Carla

Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
IDD background, currently working in Notts HC Liaison & Diversion supporting vulnerable people throughout the CJS

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

Penultimate day at work done before I go off on maternity leave at 5pm tomorrow. As someone who genuinely loves the work I do, and whose career shapes a lot of my identity, I am feeling all the emotions - excited, exhausted, anxious, even a little bit sad. #mySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

My last service meeting for the foreseeable (I'm the pregnant lady at the front!) Lucky to work with such a wonderful and inspiring team. See you on the other side!

[Nottinghamshire SLT’s ID & MH @Notts_ID_MH_SLT]

Twice in 2022 our face to face service meetings were cancelled (due to heatwave & #strike). We made up for it today! Focus was on building postive relationships through accessible communication.

@NottsHealthcare

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

PSA: if you have time-owing, please treat yourself to an early finish today. We all work above and beyond our hours on a regular basis so be kind to yourself. If it isn't urgent, it can wait until Monday. On that note, I'm taking my own advice and signing off! #mySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

11.5 working days before I go on maternity leave. 3 assessments to complete, 3 sets of reports and recommendations to write and 4 handover meetings with education/ YJS. Oh and all the flagged emails... #mySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

An excellent opportunity to join a wonderful, supportive team and Trust! Not often opportunities come round that combine clinical specialisms with ward leadership. #SLTjobs

[Nottinghamshire SLT’s ID & MH @Notts_ID_MH_SLT]

Looking for a new opportunity to influence where it matters?

Band 7 SLT role on a low secure forensic ward. Exciting bit is the time allocated for joint leadership on the ward: Communication change, change, change!

@NottsHealthcare

https://t.co/9bd7sz1JpV

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

CC'd into an email whereby school feel that one of my CYPs has "no SEN needs". Couldn't help but feel slightly smug when responding with full assessment data showing that he appears to have significant SLCN and is performing below age equivalent peers #MySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

This is all kinds of wonderful, what an inspiration 💫

[Sally Morgan @sallymorganslt]

Great to have an #AugCom #AAC user read the ⁦@CBeebiesHQ⁩ story ⁦@RCSLTpolicy⁩ #IDPWD https://t.co/YHjOIc91KU

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

Service user just asked if we were vegetarian as he'd like to buy me a piece of meat for Christmas - obviously we said that was very kind but no need - but still made me grin like a Cheshire cat! exactly why I love my job. Happy Friday folks! #MySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

Lots of fabulous Band 7 SLT opportunities - including my current role as I'm off to have a baby! @Notts_ID_MH_SLT @NottsHealthcare @NottsHCPeople
https://t.co/yGy0OrWMOY
#SLT #SLTJobs #mySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

@ClareAllely @EmilieJCoin @Routledgepsych @routledgebooks @SalfordResearch I'm a Speech & Language Therapist working in Liaison & Diversion and this would make a perfect maternity leave present so I can keep learning while I'm "out of office!"

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

So it's official - my maternity leave post is now live. A wonderful opportunity to experience a B7 role in Liaison & Diversion/ Community Forensics. Such a varied job and one I genuinely love. Happy to answer any questions! #mySLTday
https://t.co/yGy0Oseody

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

Just had an appointment with a chap who told me that his sister (a practicing AHP) had told him that "high-functioning people can't have autism". So much wrong with this statement on so many levels. #mySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

@JacquiLearoyd I wasn't but this was 7/8 years ago so I like to think things may have changed...!

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

Took one day of annual leave and came back to 3 appropriate referrals😅#mysltday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

Finishing my report for a 17 yr old male with ADHD - referred to me with ongoing concerns re: communication. Some colleagues cynical about whether he would engage and whether SLT was really needed. Turns out he meets the criteria for Developmental Language Disorder. #mySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

@LilianGreenwood All those years of being an 'instagram husband' have finally paid off!

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

"Always be proud of what you do, because you are damn good at it"". Grateful to the client who sent me this after our final face-to-face session, more grateful that he'll probably ever realise actually #mySLTday

[Carla @CarlaMorrell6]

"I'm quite sad I won't see you now" - the best compliment I can hope to receive as a clinician. As much as it's nice for colleagues and managers to recognise my work, nothing is better than knowing you've managed to give an individual a positive experience of services. #mySLTday