Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

HMP Birmingham

Are you looking for variety, flexibility, challenge and the chance to progress your career into providing modern Speech and Language Therapy in a prison setting?

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to work across the Learning disability and autism neurodiversity pathway (LDA) here at HMP Birmingham, which is cemented within the prison mental health team.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust are the NHS provider of healthcare delivery for HMP Birmingham and work alongside several partnership agencies.

We have expanded services with focused pathways on Secondary mental health, Trauma, Personality Disorder, Dementia care and Learning Disability/ASD.

We are looking to recruit passionate Band 7 Speech and Language Therapists on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Main duties of the job

HMP Birmingham is part of the regional resource for the remand estate in the West Midlands, and is a Cat B establishment, servicing the Birmingham crown and magistrates' courts. The prison currently holds a maximum of 970 prisoners, with a combination of both sentenced and remand adult males.

We are now looking to enhance our skilled team with a Speech and Language Therapist to build services for the LDA and Neurodiverse pathway.

There is a great opportunity to embrace change and embed culture.

Our service has defined structured Mental Health teams in operation and a supportive multi-disciplinary team, made up of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychiatrists, and Psychologists.

We want to employ a Speech and Language Therapist who has a real understanding of the needs of the prisoner/offender population and can also bring innovation and change to our services. We see these services as a genuine specialism and are offering the opportunity to be part of it.

As part of our inspiring teams, you'll have the scope to share ideas and follow them through into innovative practice.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Job responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

• A recognised professional degree qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
• Registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Demonstrate highly specialist skills and knowledge in SLCN applicable to the client group accessing the service (must include neurodiversity)
• Demonstrates knowledge of legislation, national standards and frameworks applicable to working in a mental health trust
• Commitment and enthusiasm for the continued development of Speech and Language Therapy services in mental health settings.
• ADOS trained (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)
• Demonstrate knowledge of service improvement and quality assurance of practice in the identified specialist area of SLCN.

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.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a year, pro rata environmental allowance £1542