CAMHS CLA Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Key Responsibilities Include

• Specialist speech, language and communication assessments.
• Delivering evidence-based, individualised interventions.
• Consultation, advice and training
• Contributing to service development and quality improvement.

Use your clinical expertise to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people.

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist sought to join our CAMHS Looked After Children's Team, to support children whose early experiences may have included trauma, neglect and loss.

Working within a specialist, trauma-informed multidisciplinary team, you will help identify and address speech, language and communication needs, enabling young people to express themselves, build relationships, and engage fully.

We offer excellent support, monthly clinical supervision with the Clinical Lead SLT, strong peer networks, multidisciplinary working, and outstanding CPD opportunities.

Based at St Ann's Valley Centre, Nottingham, this role offers the chance to help young people find their voice, strengthen relationships, improve emotional wellbeing, and achieve better outcomes.

Every child deserves to be heard. Join us and help them thrive.

• A qualified Speech and Language Therapist with HCPC registration
• Significant experience working with children and young people with SLCN, ideally in youth justice, social care, or CAMHS
• Excellent clinical reasoning, advocacy, and interpersonal skills
• A commitment to anti-racism, trauma-informed practice, and inclusive communication
• Confidence working autonomously and collaboratively in fast-paced environments

You will be contributing to a multi-disciplinary service supporting children and young people accessing CAMHS. This will include:

• Carrying out specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessments and bespoke packages of intervention, including specialist reports, recommendations and bespoke resources.
• Developing Training / advice in collaboration with the MDT to support the CYP, and CAMHS.

SLTs in CAMHS are a core part of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting the understanding of the patients communication needs, contributing towards neurodiversity diagnostic assessment and writing neuro-affirming reports using a neuro-affirmative approach to support individuals and people in their lives to understand their neurodevelopmental and communication differences.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 10,500 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health and forensic health services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 80 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings and secure environments.

We are one of the largest mental health and community health Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.