Job overview

Band 6 – Primary Schools Service – Full time (37.5 hours per week) fixed term contract for 11 months in the first instance.

Are you looking for a job in a friendly, supportive, and diverse team? We’d love for you to join us! We have a full-time band 6 post available in our mainstream primary schools team. We are looking for someone with a clinical interest in social communication differences and has experience of working with autistic children. You will be working in mainstream schools, some of which will have Autism Classes. You will also support children with language disorder and a range of other communication difficulties.

What we can offer you:

·       Lots of support - group clinical supervision, 1:1 line management, Band 6 buddy, ad hoc informal office support and monthly clinical sharing sessions

·       The benefits of a large team - we well-resourced with assessments, intervention programmes and training packages that we share and adapt

·        You will have a clear timetable for your days

·       Rewarding clinical work in an interesting and busy borough in east London

·       Easy travel to your allocated school by public transport, cycling or walking

·       Proximity to green spaces like Victoria Park, canals and riverside areas, and our area includes Canary Wharf, Bethnal Green and Shoreditch

·       Office base at Mile End Hospital with great transport links

Main duties of the job

The post holder works as a member of the Speech and Language Therapy Children’s Service.  He / she works as a member of the team that provides support to children in mainstream primary and secondary schools, across language resource provisions and alternative provisions.  The post holder participates in the assessment and advice service as well as supporting a designated caseload of children and schools in line with the service priorities.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.