Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Leeds
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 FTE DOE
Hours: 21 Hours per week
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a dedicated team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

MAIN PURPOSE

To work as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team providing speech and language therapy input within the BIRT neurobehavioral model to People We Support with acquired brain injury (ABI). To liaise with internal and external professionals, family members and People We Support

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical / Professional Practice

• To work within a specialist clinical area as an autonomous professional with support and supervision (which may be remote) from a more senior SaLT for more complex cases. To accept professional accountability and responsibility.
• To apply the neurobehavioral approach to brain injury, demonstrating knowledge of current research findings, and best practice in the field.
• With supervision as required, to manage a caseload of People We Support with complex mental/physical health needs and/or challenging behaviour.
• To use evidence-based practice, service user centred principles and clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate intervention.
• With supervision as required, undertake comprehensive assessments, considering environment, context and future plans, of People We Support in order to formulate appropriate:
• rehabilitation goals
• care plans
• communication and dysphagia therapy programmes
• referrals
• communication partner training

*Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. *

• All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks