Job summary
Are you caring, compassionate, motivated and interested in developing your career within the health service? Join us at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, train to become a qualified Speech & Language Therapist.
We are recruiting for SLT Apprentice roles within the Kent Children's Therapies Team.
You will be an innovative thinker and strong negotiator, with a budding passion to improve the lives of children in the community through speech and language therapy.
The SLT apprenticeship is a new and innovative route to 'Learn while you Earn' and combines 4 years of clinical employment, work based learning, and academic learning. Once your apprenticeship is completed, you will become a Band 5 SLT within the Trust, continuing your career with us.
Our integrated children's therapy service team includes Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, assistants and administrators support children aged 0-19.
We provide assessment, review, specialist advice, training and therapy interventions for children with a range of needs, including: alternative and augmentative communication (AAC); pre-verbal communication; receptive and expressive language; speech and dysphagia.
We work in close partnership with schools, other education providers and the local authority services.
If you apply for more than one of the SLT vacancies, you will only be invited to interview once but you will be considered for every vacancy where you were successfully shortlisted.
Main duties of the job
As an apprentice you'll have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge, skills and experience during placements across the trust and our partner providers. You will be provided with dedicated time to study for a Bachelor's degree in Speech & Language Therapy.
The successful candidate for this position will also need to complete an application and interview with the apprenticeship provider. Once you have been successful at both elements, you will be offered the apprenticeship position.
Please carefully review the qualification requirements in the person specification as these are also the entry requirements for the apprenticeship. You will need to provide certificates as evidence of your qualifications as part of the recruitment process. The University of Sheffield also require:
- A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure check (or EU equivalent)
- A satisfactory occupational health screening report
Whilst you will be based in one specific team, your placements will give you a variety of learning environments working across both internal and external clinical placements to gain an appreciation of the different areas of the local healthcare service.
As many of our bases are away from public transport routes, it is a requirement of the role that you are able to drive and have access to a car (subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010).
About us
One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated 'outstanding' by the CQC. We've got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent.
We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.
Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we're reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.
Looking for professional development? We can support that too! Our career pathways will help you achieve your aspirations
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place on the 14th March 2024.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity
Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know so they can help you with this.
All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Interviews are due to take place on the 14th March 2024.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity
Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Functional skills level 2 or GCSE English (minimum grade C or 4);
- Functional skills level 2 or GCSE Maths (minimum grade C or 4);
- 3 A levels (minimum grade ABB) or an equivalent Level 3 qualification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge or experience of work in a health care setting
Desirable
- Work experience in NHS or Care setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the role of Speech and Language Therapy
Desirable
- Understanding of evidence-based practice
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to manage own time and plan timed activities.
- Professional and patient focused approach with inspirational skills
- High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet
- Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the development programme.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Intermediate IT skills - MS Word, Outlook
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Functional skills level 2 or GCSE English (minimum grade C or 4);
- Functional skills level 2 or GCSE Maths (minimum grade C or 4);
- 3 A levels (minimum grade ABB) or an equivalent Level 3 qualification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge or experience of work in a health care setting
Desirable
- Work experience in NHS or Care setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the role of Speech and Language Therapy
Desirable
- Understanding of evidence-based practice
Skills and Aptitude
Essential
- Ability to manage own time and plan timed activities.
- Professional and patient focused approach with inspirational skills
- High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet
- Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the development programme.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Intermediate IT skills - MS Word, Outlook
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).
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).
