Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Key Relationships

To work with service users and carers To work with other members of Specialist Learning Disability Service To work with other stakeholders including Health Facilitation, Learning Disability in-patient services, Primary and Secondary Care Services, county council and any other relevant stakeholder group To link with other SLTs particular those in the Learning Disabilities and Forensic business stream

Duties and Responsibilities

To manage a mixed caseload, using evidence-based person centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for the specified service user group To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team To maintain clinical records To develop skills and knowledge Clinical Responsibility To assess, diagnose and develop treatment plans for service users, including those with - profound learning disabilities, additional sensory and/or physical disability, mental health diagnosis and/or challenging behaviour. To be responsible for managing a defined complex caseload with ongoing evaluation of clinical effectiveness To work with and be available to other SLTs and Assistant Therapy Practitioners (ATPs) for support and joint consultation regarding clinical practice as required To be an autonomous practitioner To work with service users and carers to identify SLT requirements as part of the overall care plan To plan and implement individual interventions, in collaboration with the service user and carer To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions with service users to ensure effectiveness of intervention and positive outcomes To have knowledge and understanding of the application of alternative and augmentative communication To have the skills needed to facilitate group work with service users To undertake complex risk assessment and risk management for individual clients To ensure that clients are consulted and involved in decision about their care For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.