Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Speech Therapist (Youth Justice) - Development Post

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Job summary

This is a permanent, part time post (18.75 hours) worked across Monday to Friday with some evenings and weekends.
The service requires a highly specialist Speech & Language practitioner to plan, develop and co-ordinate the Speech and Language Therapy service to young people within a youth justice setting.
This post is based at Leigh Town Hall but will require working within the community.
Substantial specialist experience is required

This is a development post open to those at Band 6-7 level. Starting salary will be set at the point closest to or matched at existing salary and support provided to progress towards and through Band 7.

Main duties of the job

To deliver highly specialist clinical work as part of the multidisciplinary team. This includes working with young people within a youth justice setting.
To provide highly specialist multi-disciplinary clinical input to Wigan Youth Justice Service and work alongside other SLTs working within Youth Justice.
To assess and treat own caseload of patients maintaining own records as an autonomous practitioner.
There is a strong support and advisory element within this role.

About us

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Date posted

28 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £52,809 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

302-25-6933380CM

Job locations

Leigh Town Hall

Market Street

Wigan

WN7 1DY

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess and diagnose communication issues in children and young people with varying needs in a range of locations including primary and high schools, special schools, Specialist Resources and Youth Justice settings.

To develop and implement highly specialist speech and language therapy management programmes and to measure and evaluate outcomes.

To ensure that clients / parents / teachers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of the treatment programmes wherever possible.

To provide highly specialist advice and programmes to parents / carers and other professionals regarding the management and care of children with complex communication difficulties.

To independently attend case conferences / reviews / multi-disciplinary meetings

To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures

To produce detailed reports, reflecting highly specialist knowledge, regarding clients needs and summarising proposed treatment plans.

To contribute to legal documents such as Education Health and Care Plans and Annual Reviews.

To adapt practice to meet individual clients circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.

To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local trust policies.

To share information with clients, carers and other professionals, observing data protection guidelines

To contribute highly specialist knowledge to multidisciplinary teams to ensure a client focused approach to treatment.

To communicate complex information from highly specialist assessment and treatment to clients, carers and other professionals.

To work closely with clients, carers and other professionals to negotiate and agree client management.

To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where significant barriers to understanding exist.

To respond sensitively at all times particularly when imparting potentially distressing information regarding the nature of the clinical difficulties and their implications.

To demonstrate expert skills in motivating clients, carers and other professionals to engage in the therapeutic process.

To demonstrate expert skills in managing conflict within the clinical highly specialist area.

To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible, in line with trust policy.

To foster productive relationships with others who have challenging communication difficulties and who may be under stress.

To employ excellent communication skills.

To apply expert strategies to facilitate and enhance the effectiveness of communication, both verbal, non verbal and environmental, including the use of high and low tech AAC where necessary.

To provide highly specialist assessment and advice on optimising the clients communicative environment taking into consideration the communication skills of parents / guardians, carers and other professionals.

To demonstrate independence in dealing with complex issues related to caseload management.

To employ counselling skills with parents and clients with highly complex needs.

To discharge appropriately agreeing a point of closure with the parents and child and informing other professionals as appropriate.

To identify personal/professional development evidenced by Personal Development Plan developed within an appraisal framework, including objectives relevant to this clinical specialism.

To maintain skills and knowledge required of a highly specialist therapist and to maintain up to date HCPC and RCSLT registration.