Job summary
Clare Lodge is a national provider of secure accommodation "welfare" only placements and the only all female unit in England. The home is governed by Peterborough City Council. CPFT provides an in reach health service that includes caring for young people's physical and emotional wellbeing. The team also uses the integrated framework for secure care and works in a collaborative way with PCC to support a therapeutic environment.
We are a friendly, passionate, and patient focussed team who are dedicated to working alongside our Local authority partners to improve both health and social outcomes and deliver the best possible care.
Clare Lodge In Reach Health Team provides:
- Trauma informed delivery of health care.
- Comprehensive holistic health assessment and intervention including mental health, neurodevelopmental, speech and language, sexual health, and physical health.
- Direct therapeutic interventions.
- Drug and alcohol advice.
- Outreach service.
- Named health professional role and opportunity to liaise with national professional network.
- Group work.
- Occupational Therapy Input.
- Integrated working alongside Clare Lodge residential and education teams.
Main duties of the job
This role requires a HCPC / RCSLT registered Speech and language therapist with knowledge and experience working with Children and Young people with SEMH needs.
The post holder will be required to use their specialist clinical skills in the planning, development, and evaluation of the trauma informed pathways, including contributing to defined projects as delegated by the Clinical Lead or Service manager.This involves supporting the local team in effective and equitable clinical decision making, ensuring that a good quality service SALT is delivered and maintained within the pathway.
The post holder will be required to use their specialist clinical skills to develop and provide a range of training packages relating to supporting the communication needs of service users, to equip support staff and others with the specialist communication skills required to work with them.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- The post holder will demonstrate highly specialist knowledge and clinical skills in SEMH and trauma across the 0-19 age range.
- To be highly proficient in the assessment, identification, treatment and management of the specialist health and communication needs of Children with SEMH needs and other complex conditions. This may include assessment of complex conditions and presentations such as developmental trauma, autism, ADHD as well as behaviour which challenges.
- To use highly specialist observation skills to assess service user and care staff interaction (including verbal, non-verbal communication etc) encouraging adaptive strategies to maximise effective communication being aware of cultural or linguistic differences.
- To modify clinical intervention based on outcomes and assessment findings.
- To make onward referral as appropriate.
- To enable the implementation, adaptation and use of alternative and augmentative communication across a variety of communication environments. Working together with service users and their supports.
- To identify the need for, and be involved in, development and delivery of training packages to enhance the communication and other skills of setting and support staff, as well as parents and carers and others working with children with SEMH needs and other communication difficulties.
- To work collaboratively with service users, their support staff, carers and families as appropriate, to make decisions relevant to the service users individual needs.
- To recognise the impact of a persons communication needs and develop clear care plans to address these needs.
- To have the ability to communicate sensitive and/or information about CYP with complex condition specific information to carers, teachers, teaching assistants and other professionals as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- The post holder will demonstrate highly specialist knowledge and clinical skills in SEMH and trauma across the 0-19 age range.
- To be highly proficient in the assessment, identification, treatment and management of the specialist health and communication needs of Children with SEMH needs and other complex conditions. This may include assessment of complex conditions and presentations such as developmental trauma, autism, ADHD as well as behaviour which challenges.
- To use highly specialist observation skills to assess service user and care staff interaction (including verbal, non-verbal communication etc) encouraging adaptive strategies to maximise effective communication being aware of cultural or linguistic differences.
- To modify clinical intervention based on outcomes and assessment findings.
- To make onward referral as appropriate.
- To enable the implementation, adaptation and use of alternative and augmentative communication across a variety of communication environments. Working together with service users and their supports.
- To identify the need for, and be involved in, development and delivery of training packages to enhance the communication and other skills of setting and support staff, as well as parents and carers and others working with children with SEMH needs and other communication difficulties.
- To work collaboratively with service users, their support staff, carers and families as appropriate, to make decisions relevant to the service users individual needs.
- To recognise the impact of a persons communication needs and develop clear care plans to address these needs.
- To have the ability to communicate sensitive and/or information about CYP with complex condition specific information to carers, teachers, teaching assistants and other professionals as required.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Qualification Degree or equivalent
- Registered with Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
Desirable
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
Experience
Essential
- Range of significant experience working as a Specialist Paediatric SLT
- And/or enthusiasm and engagement within the field of SEMH
Desirable
- Teaching experience of delivering presentations
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of Education policies and procedures
- Language and emotional development of children adolescents and young people.
- Relevant national, local and regional legislation and policies, including those related to SEMH, including NICE guidelines.
- Underlying reasons for behaviour - including autism, learning disabilities (LD), developmental language disorder (DLD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- Implications on speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) & SEMH.
- Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group including informal assessments for pragmatics, narrative skills, in additional to other language assessments.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to see the CYP in their wider family and social context.
- Ability to see the positives in a CYP (unconditional positive regard).
- Strong interpersonal skills to build trusting relationships with other professionals, parents and CYP.
- Attunement - being able to contain CYP's emotion and support them to regulate.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Qualification Degree or equivalent
- Registered with Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
Desirable
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
Experience
Essential
- Range of significant experience working as a Specialist Paediatric SLT
- And/or enthusiasm and engagement within the field of SEMH
Desirable
- Teaching experience of delivering presentations
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of Education policies and procedures
- Language and emotional development of children adolescents and young people.
- Relevant national, local and regional legislation and policies, including those related to SEMH, including NICE guidelines.
- Underlying reasons for behaviour - including autism, learning disabilities (LD), developmental language disorder (DLD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- Implications on speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) & SEMH.
- Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group including informal assessments for pragmatics, narrative skills, in additional to other language assessments.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to see the CYP in their wider family and social context.
- Ability to see the positives in a CYP (unconditional positive regard).
- Strong interpersonal skills to build trusting relationships with other professionals, parents and CYP.
- Attunement - being able to contain CYP's emotion and support them to regulate.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
