Speech And Language Therapist

To provide high-quality Speech and Language Therapy services to children and young people to maximise communication potential.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week.

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000.

Articulates with:

Executive Director. Leads and Senior team members. Whole team. Will work in partnership with families, the workforce within the locality and commissioners

Essential requirements

• Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Degree or Masters.

• Registration with RCSLT and HCPC.

• Respect for confidential information.

• Enhanced DBS applied.

• Commitment to Communicate’s mission, vision and values.

Core responsibilities.

• To provide a Speech and Language therapy services to children, directly and through support to their families and the multi-disciplinary team.

• Provide speech, language and communication assessments for children and young people in consultation with their families, the multi-disciplinary team and other SLTs and SLTAs.

• Keep accurate records and provide written reports.

• Set targets for therapy and monitor progress. • Provide intervention on an individual or group basis as required.

• Develop and demonstrate SLT programmes and groups for pupils.

• Able to make independent decisions about caseload management.

• Hold responsibility for own caseload, working under supervision of a senior SLT.

• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the planning, development and delivery of an effective and efficient service.

• Liaise with other involved agencies and with families to provide an integrated service.

• Support SLT student placements.

• Access clinical supervision within the team via regular meetings, supervision, mentoring and appraisals.

• Be committed to continuing their professional development.

• Support the delivery of training programmes to others and contribute to the development of training.

• Contribute to the evaluation and monitoring of services.

• Participate in audits of performance against defined standards, policies and procedures

Desirable requirements

• Experience working as an SLT with children, young people who have Speech, Language and Communication Needs, their families and the Multi-agency team.

• Experience working within early years settings and schools.

• Able to give and receive positive and critical feedback

Person specification

• Shares Communicate’s values and behaves in line with these at all times.

• Enthusiastic about making a difference to children through a consultative SLT model.

• Highly skilled communicator both face to face and written.

• Value working within a team and with people.

• Capable of working both independently and collaboratively.

• Able to be flexible and adapt to change.

• Able to inspire, support, skill, praise and provide feedback to others.

• Capacity for organised and flexible work.

• Respect for other roles within children’s workforce, styles and approaches.

• Good theoretical knowledge base and commitment to evidence based practise.

• A commitment to provide effective services and continued improvement

• Able to reflect, learn and change within every day work and during continuing professional development.