Job summary
We are excited to be advertising for a 0.8 WTE Band 6 senior Speech and Language Therapist with an interest in dysfluency and looking for opportunities to develop their leadership skills. The main duties will be to manage a fluency caseload and undertake team lead responsibilities.
The post will be based in Torbay, South and West locality.
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.
As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.
Main duties of the job
Manage a caseload of children and young people with complex Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), which may include speech, language, communication difficulties and/or dysfluency, using evidenced based practice to assess, plan, formulate, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings (individually and/or in groups and as part of a multidisciplinary team)
Working within a CFHD pathway of care, provide clinical support and supervision to the less experienced SLT's in the team and across the designated pathways/s of care (these can include but are not limited to; Speech, Language and Communication Pathway, Managing Neurodiversity Pathway, Community Children's Nursing, Physical and Sensory pathway and Vulnerable Children's Pathway)To work with the Clinical Team Manager to co-ordinate the clinic and oversee the day to day caseload management
Co-ordinate the team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and report to locality lead
Participate in the provision of student placements.
About us
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including;
- Torbay and South Devon FT
- Devon Partnership NHS Trust
- Royal Devon and Exeter FT
- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
- Livewell South West
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people which are provided by TSDFT and DPT. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our children and young people say...
"We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure".
Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, partnership that benefits the communities we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions in a way that is accessible and easily understood. This will includefacilitating strategies for people with communication disorders where barriers to understanding may exist
Demonstrate specialist Speech and Language Therapy knowledge across a range of therapeutic interventions
Responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise
Use routine outcome measures and goal-based approach, collaboratively with service users, in ways that inform treatment and clinical care
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions in a way that is accessible and easily understood. This will includefacilitating strategies for people with communication disorders where barriers to understanding may exist
Demonstrate specialist Speech and Language Therapy knowledge across a range of therapeutic interventions
Responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise
Use routine outcome measures and goal-based approach, collaboratively with service users, in ways that inform treatment and clinical care
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Full Registration with Health Professions Council
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
Desirable
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist post graduate short courses relating to paediatric communication disorders including Learning Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge (acquired through attending specialist short courses) to enable post holder to work autonomously
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of independent management of complex and highly specialised caseload and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- In depth knowledge of children with special needs and associated conditions underpinned by current evidence-based practice
- Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment and therapeutic tools relevant to working with children and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- Ability to make a differential diagnosis, choose appropriate treatments from a range of optionsand provide specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes by use of evidence-based practice
- Ability to use specialist experience to inform sound clinical judgements/ decision making for case management
- Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
- Proven relevant experience post qualification in managing a complex varied caseload and in working autonomously in the community
Desirable
- Competence in delivering language development training to both professional and untrained staff in the community
- Experience supervising speech and language therapy programme implementation by early years and mainstream school staff
- Experience in team leading and organising a local service/clinic
- Experience of supervising less experienced Speech and Language Therapists
- Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience working in early years, school age and specialist settings
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Full Registration with Health Professions Council
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
Desirable
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist post graduate short courses relating to paediatric communication disorders including Learning Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge (acquired through attending specialist short courses) to enable post holder to work autonomously
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of independent management of complex and highly specialised caseload and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- In depth knowledge of children with special needs and associated conditions underpinned by current evidence-based practice
- Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment and therapeutic tools relevant to working with children and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
- Ability to make a differential diagnosis, choose appropriate treatments from a range of optionsand provide specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes by use of evidence-based practice
- Ability to use specialist experience to inform sound clinical judgements/ decision making for case management
- Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
- Proven relevant experience post qualification in managing a complex varied caseload and in working autonomously in the community
Desirable
- Competence in delivering language development training to both professional and untrained staff in the community
- Experience supervising speech and language therapy programme implementation by early years and mainstream school staff
- Experience in team leading and organising a local service/clinic
- Experience of supervising less experienced Speech and Language Therapists
- Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience working in early years, school age and specialist settings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
