Speech and Language Therapist

We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist who is experienced and enthusiastic about autism to join a friendly and supportive team who are passionate about neurodiversity. We would love to hear from you if you want to develop your career in autism and to be part of a team that is forward-thinking about neurodiversity and committed to excellence across all ages.

You will join an experienced and dedicated team who work in a number of locations across Berkshire to provide autism assessments across the age, ability, and complexity range. The Autism Assessment Team works closely with partnership agencies and voluntary services to facilitate continued support and advice for families pre-assessment and beyond diagnosis and provides online support pre-assessment and post-diagnosis via the innovative BHFT online platform ‘SHaRON’ (Support Hope and Resources Online Network).

You will be self-motivated and able to work autonomously at pace; be effective in managing your time, workload, and priorities, and motivated by your drive to deliver the highest quality care while ensuring the best possible patient experience. We are striving for our service to be innovative, creative, and young person and family-focused. We are inspired by some of the best practices and emerging evidence from around the country and are not afraid to trial some new and original thinking for the benefit of our young people.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting autism assessments for children and young people from 2-18 years, across the ability range. All assessments are conducted with 2 clinicians.
• This will include complex and second opinion autism assessments.
• Identifying when onward referral is required and managing this.
• Provision of high-quality assessment reports with recommendations.
• Clinicians in the Autism Assessment Team also offer training, consultation, supervision, and clinical moderation on our online support platform.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority.
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services.
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell.
• Generous NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities.
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles.
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services.
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants.
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment, and armed forces community to support equality.
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption, and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites.