Job overview

Are you a compassionate Speech and Language Therapist looking to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people? Join our friendly, supportive, and highly experienced multidisciplinary team as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist, specialising in autism and neurodevelopmental assessment.

Working across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality autism assessments and supporting children, young people, and their families throughout their journey. You'll collaborate closely with a range of professionals, contributing your specialist communication expertise to ensure the best possible outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity to manage a specialist caseload independently while undertaking a varied and rewarding role. You will use your clinical knowledge and experience to assess, advise, and support children and young people with complex needs, providing expert guidance to families, carers, and partner agencies.

We are committed to helping our staff thrive. As part of our team, you'll benefit from regular clinical supervision, excellent continuing professional development opportunities, and a supportive leadership structure that encourages growth and innovation.

Main duties of the job

To carry out social communication observations and assessments in a clinic, educational settings or home setting

To undertake ADOS assessments (if/when trained) for children and young people up to the age of 18 years (early years and school age)

To carry out assessment of children with a complex social communication presentations as part of a multi professional team providing specialist clinical advice.

To write contributions to diagnostic multidisciplinary reports and EHCP reports

To carry out formal language assessments and interpret these results 

To take the lead where appropriate in feeding back assessment and diagnostic results to parents and young people

To support other Speech and Language therapists and other professionals including Specialist Nurses, Paediatric Registrars, Early Years Practitioners and Psychology Assistants working as part of the ASD assessment team

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.