Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Children Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 448-BCHS-6202634-A
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Luton
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/06/2024
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Preschool - Luton
Band 6
Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy.
Job overview
B6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Preschool
Come and join our friendly Speech and Language Therapy Team in Luton, Bedfordshire.
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Specialist Speech and Language Therapists to join our established community therapy team working with preschool children in Luton.
We need:
Confident, motivated and enthusiastic therapist, willing to work flexibly
Experience of working with preschool children with a wide range of SLCN
Someone looking to develop their clinical knowledge and skills
You will:
Manage a caseload providing targeted, evidence-based assessment and therapy
Work closely with colleagues in health and education
Participate in training to parents and other professionals around SLC needs
Support junior staff within the service
As a Service we provide:
A welcoming and supportive team
Formal and informal training, including shadowing opportunities
Regular robust clinical supervision and a mentoring system
Regular whole team in house CPD days as well as in service and external courses
Collaborative working with system partners including 0-19 team, Community Paediatrics and education settings
Reflective clinical forums and buddying systems
Regular whole service and locality meetings
Career development opportunities including clinical and professional development
Main duties of the job
The post holders will provide specialist clinical input to preschool children across the Luton locality.
Working as part of the community preschool team, you will provide speech and language therapy support to children with a wide range of SLC needs including statutory provision.
You will provide training to enable parents and other professionals to support children’s language and communication needs.
You will mentor and support other colleagues.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To independently identify, assess and diagnose speech, language and communication impairments and select appropriate patients and type of therapy for effective treatment.
To make a differential diagnosis based on evidence from assessment, and design appropriate treatment based on analysis of profile of need seeking advice as appropriate.
Be responsible for delivering specialist speech and language therapy input to school age children and young people of all ages, covering a range of disorders of communication.
To provide training to enable parents and other professionals to support children’s language and communication needs.
Make independent decisions about caseload management, including discharge.
To plan, organise and prioritise own workload, clinical and non-clinical.
To use clinical skills to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management for complex clinical issues.
Gain extensive clinical experience and expertise to improve and further develop specialist skills through training, support and study.
To have appropriate knowledge or an awareness of low tech AAC, for example communication boards.
To have knowledge of and contribute to the EHCP process within the given timescales, including preparing reports with outcomes and targets for the initial report and for annual reviews as required.
To triage new referrals into the service and reject or accept these based on service criteria, including skills in discussing potential referrals with referrers.
To provide second opinions and shadowing opportunities for less experienced colleagues, including within the Language Provision, as required.
To seek out second opinions from more experience colleagues as required.
To make referrals onto specialist services as required, including Health, Education and / or Social Services.
To participate in the development and delivery of training (formal and informal) to others with and without support and reflect on and evaluate training provided.
Independently take students on placements for clinical teaching and supervision, including exam placement.
Undertake supervision and complete appraisals for SLTs and Support Practitioners.
To contribute to the support of newly and recently graduated SLT Staff.
To support and take part in the induction and training of new staff to the service.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Qualified speech and language therapist
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- posMember of relevant CENt graduate qualification in relevant area
- Attendance at relevant courses, e.g. language and / or speech disorders.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates a well-established knowledge of a range of clinical disorders, assessments and appropriate therapeutic interventions in specialist field; including management of children with social communication difficulties.
- Relevant experience as qualified SLT in the specialist field.
- Evidence of high level of specialist knowledge/skills as a result of experience/CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience of carrying out supervision and appraisals.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically.
- Awareness of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Demonstrates a positive approach to problem solving
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Lisa Delafield
- Job title
- Deputy Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07908185013
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