Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 500+ reviews have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Band 6 Prison Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join a well-established Speech & Language Therapy team based in Sutton.
Specialism/Team: Prison
Job Type & Hours: Locum, 3-month contract, full time. 5 days per week. This position is a locum position but with the opportunity to go permanent if preferred.
Pay Rate: £32 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
- Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years’ experience
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
- Daily payroll and in-house payroll system
Duties:
- Provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions for service users who have a variety of complex communication and/or swallowing needs
- Independently manage your own caseload, accessing clinical and managerial supervision on a regular basis
- Act as part of a multi-disciplinary team and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service within your region
- Provide specialist advice to prison officers, other speech and language therapists, professionals, and stakeholders within and outside of the Prison with regards to their specialist area, ensuring carers and family are involved in care where appropriate/possible
- Provide compassionate, non-judgemental care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect, and dignity
Requirements of the Prison Specialist Speech and Language Therapist/SLT:
- Degree or equivalent within Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC registration
- Recent UK/NHS post qualifying experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist
- Undergo prison vetting to obtain Cat-B prison clearance – this will be provided for free for successful applicants but it can take a month or 2 to process and complete
Contact:
This Prison Specialist Speech and Language Therapist/SLT job is advertised by Alex Herd; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Speech and Language Therapist role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
