Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-CR7261304
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Amersham Hospital
- Town
- Amersham
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Children and Young People Integrated Therapies Link Worker
Band 3
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Are you an excellent communicator and want to make a tangible difference to the lives of children and young people?
Come and join our compassionate and caring team in Buckinghamshire's Children and Young People's (CYP) Therapy Service. As a Link Therapy Worker you will work as part of a small team under the direction of the Communications and Engagement Lead to provide support to education settings and family centres in Buckinghamshire to enable the CYP Integrated Therapies clinical teams to support children with therapy needs.
As part of new investment through recommissioning of the service, you will enable the service to reach a wide audience, with a focus on tackling health inequalities ensuring that all children can access the support they need.
Main duties of the job
The link therapy workers will coordinate delivery of a range of activities, including but not limited to:
Provide personalised support to education settings and family centres to coordinate therapy assessments, embed therapy interventions and promote wider workforce training to support children with SEND
Work closely with education settings and SEND advisors to support children's needs using the Graduated Approach
Foster empowerment in setting staff by being a consistent, familiar contact
Coordinate access to more specialist support when needed
Signpost available support services and groups locally for children and young people with SEND
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSEs / NVQ111 / BTech
- Significant and relevant work experience E.g. in a school or early years setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant practical work experience related to the clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleaugues
- Able to communicate effectively
- Demonstrates time management skills to balance workload
- Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
- Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
- Able to identify strengths and needs and seek support when needed
- Able to demonstrate relevent IT skills and use a range of applications to support workload
- Demonstrates awareness of the roles of other professionals
- Fully IT literate and able to use a range of applications to support workload
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Able to travel between a range of clinical locations - Car Driver
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Heather Brown
- Job title
- Communication and Engagement Lead CYPIT
- Email address
- [email protected]
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