Job summary
Band 6 Children's Speech and Language Therapist - SEND & Community teams
Come and join our Children's SLT team in Birmingham : a vibrant multicultural city!
Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents?
Do you want to be part of creating a new SLT service with an experienced, optimistic and inclusive workforce of SLTs and education partners?
If so come and join us! Due to new investment and natural turnover from our large team of 82 WTE staff we are thrilled to offer a number of permanent Band 6 SLT posts with sessions available in communication and dysphagia.
It's a very exciting time for the SLT service!
- Inclusivity is high on our agenda - the Commonwealth Games showcased Birmingham's commitment to this - and you'll find it reflected in our approach to staff, children and families
- We're designing a new integrated SLT service to support children with SLCN with Balanced System guru Marie Gascoigne and the Better Communication team. Working in partnership with families, the Local Authority, individual schools and a wide range of stakeholders to deliver interventions at Universal, Targeted and Specialist levels
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will have opportunity to:
- Manage your own caseload of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and /or eating and drinking difficulties including assessment, diagnosis and intervention; using an enabling model to support the child to achieve functional outcomes
- Use existing skills or be supported to develop skills in working with children with eating and drinking difficulties
- Deliver care, face to face and virtually, across a range of locations including education settings, clinics and family homes
- clinically supervise NQPs and more junior members of staff
- Work with children and families at home and in early years settings, mainstream, supporting children with SLCN and complex needs; flexibly responding to the highest areas of need.
- Work alongside education and local authority and Early years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and to work in localities developing local networks to build skills in the wider workforce and increase the impact of our interventions.
- Work closely with individual schools on Term Time Only traded contracts
About us
Join our department at this exciting time:
- We offer flexible working with opportunities to work full-time, part-time, Term Time Only, hybrid (mix of virtual and face to face)
- We offer a friendly and supportive working environment with a strong emphasis on CPD through access to specialist clinical support, sharing good practice and effective team working.
- We value our staff and advocate career progression internally. We encourage our therapists to contribute to service development, and we welcome and value new ideas and experiences.
- We have strong links with Universities and commitment to student education
- We have great access to IT: laptops and mobile phones provided as routine
For further information about our department follow the link below:
http://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/childrens-slt
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertaking assessment of clients communication and making appropriate clinical decisions with access to senior colleagues as required
- Structuring clear therapy plans based on best practice
- Advising and facilitating the decision making process regarding patient/client management by ensuring that effective communication is achieved
- Using highly developed communication skills to explain complex condition related information from assessment /therapy plan to clients/carers and multidisciplinary team members etc.
- Working as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people.
See Job description for more detail.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertaking assessment of clients communication and making appropriate clinical decisions with access to senior colleagues as required
- Structuring clear therapy plans based on best practice
- Advising and facilitating the decision making process regarding patient/client management by ensuring that effective communication is achieved
- Using highly developed communication skills to explain complex condition related information from assessment /therapy plan to clients/carers and multidisciplinary team members etc.
- Working as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people.
See Job description for more detail.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree level qualification
- HCPC Licence to practice
- Full Membership of Professional body , relevant to service area
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
Desirable
- Relevant training in specialist area e.g. post graduate dysphagia qualification, Sensory-Integration, neurological rehabilitation
- Relevant training in clinical leadership
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service area
- Competent in using electronic systems relevant to practice in the Trust and in the clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention in a relevant specialist area of service
- Significant experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams in Local Authority and Health settings
- Experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people with a range of developmental disorders and delays
- Experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
- Relevant experience of supporting service
- Experience of delivering support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals
- Experience of providing complex written and verbal information to others to a high standard
- Experience of delivering successful/effective training to a range of qualified professionals in the area of specialism
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree level qualification
- HCPC Licence to practice
- Full Membership of Professional body , relevant to service area
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
Desirable
- Relevant training in specialist area e.g. post graduate dysphagia qualification, Sensory-Integration, neurological rehabilitation
- Relevant training in clinical leadership
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service area
- Competent in using electronic systems relevant to practice in the Trust and in the clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention in a relevant specialist area of service
- Significant experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams in Local Authority and Health settings
- Experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people with a range of developmental disorders and delays
- Experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
- Relevant experience of supporting service
- Experience of delivering support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals
- Experience of providing complex written and verbal information to others to a high standard
- Experience of delivering successful/effective training to a range of qualified professionals in the area of specialism
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).