Job Description

Do you want to work with individuals in mental health crisis who have diagnosis of Autism then please read on...



Base; Wayside House; but will be required to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire



To support young people at key times, some work may be required outside of usual office hours.

Job overview:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to be part of our Autism Intensive Support Team for Coventry and Warwickshire.



If you are driven, passionate and to want to work with Autistic adults who are in mental health crisis and are at risk of admission to hospital, then we want to hear from you.



The team is a specialist, multi-disciplinary team currently consisting of Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nursing and Therapy Assistants and Assistant Psychologists.

Main duties of the job:

Leading on service developments Clinical assessments Communication plans Specialist speech interventions Reviewing targets Risk assessments Autism informed interventions to reduce the risk of an admission due to mental health crisis Trauma informed practice Creating autism profiles as part of a MDT Providing individualised training to families and care providers

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.



We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.



As a team we work systemically to understand and support the significant impact and challenges experienced by adults with autism who are in mental health crisis, and their families.



In order to do this, we work with the network around the individual (e.g. Adult Mental Health, Social Care, Education) and work closely with commissioners. As a speech and language therapist you will have experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working as you will need to attend and chair regular MDT's, CETR's and EMDT's.



As a Speech and Language Therapist you would visit individuals at their home / at school / in appropriate setting multiple times a week to engage them and carry out our assessments and interventions.



This is an exciting time to join our Team as we mature and expand and continue to look for innovative ways to support the families we work with. If you are passionate and motivated and are driven to prevent individuals with autism and mental health needs from being admitted to hospital, then we want to hear from you.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Kami Basra on telephone:

02476 961397 Email Kamaljit.basra@covwarkpt.nhs.uk



We have drop in sessions over teams available in the next few weeks; if you are interested please email and we can book you into a slot.