Children's Speech and Language Therapist (Band 5)
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Job summary
The Sirona Speech & Language Therapy team consists of around 90 qualified staff and assistants. The team is split into three geographical areas and each area has an early years and a school age team. Many staff work in more than one team. There is a specialist pathway for Autism assessment. There are also teams working with the more complex children in dysphagia and AAC. There are also Stammering and Deafness teams.
The early years service has a universal team offering training and drop ins. Once children are referred to the service they are seen in community clinics for assessment, advice and intervention blocks.
The school aged team offer a link therapy service into mainstream primary and secondary schools across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Work primarily takes place within the schools, offering universal, targeted and specialist services
There are specialist support teams as part of the school aged service, including for speech sound disorders.
Whilst many of our posts are advertised on a fixed term basis, there are frequently new opportunities arising within the team for staff who are keen to stay in the service.
We have considerable experience of supporting newly qualified therapists through their initial probation and competency development and strive to support them to find further development opportunities within the team as they arise.
Main duties of the job
This is a Band 5 role with sessions in mainstream schools as a link SLT based in both Bristol and South Gloucestershire. The postholder will work within a locality team of therapists, to be responsible for supporting the CYP who attend mainstream primary and secondary schools. You will be the link therapist for a group of schools, offering liaison meetings with the SENDCo, drop in clinics for families and offering direct assessment and therapy for children with SLCN.
About us
We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist health care services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, its about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care that we would expect for ourselves and our families.
At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, service users and communities. We therefore welcome applications from all those who feel they have the skills and attributes we are seeking.
Benefits:
We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and an NHS pension scheme plus much more! Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for more details.
Additional Information:
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.
Details
Date posted
06 December 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£27,055 to £32,934 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
B9083-CCHP3313-3
Job locations
School Age Link role in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
School Age Link role in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
BS5 6XX
Employer details
Employer name
Sirona care & health CIC
Address
School Age Link role in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
School Age Link role in Bristol and South Gloucestershire
BS5 6XX
Employer's website
https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Speech & Language Head of Service for Early Years
Grainne Rogers
07800300631
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