Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Surrey County Council
The closing date is 13 October 2024
Job summary
The starting salary for this position is £39,786 per annum (NHS Band 7 equivalent) for working 28.8 hours per week, across 42 weeks of the year, pro-rata to £53,680, inclusive of Market Supplement.
We are delighted to be able to offer a new Clinical Team Lead / Highly Specialist post in the North West of Surrey working within the areas of ASD and SEMH.
Rewards and Benefits
- Flexible working options
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
- 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
- Paid fees for RCSLT membership and HCPC
- Mobile and agile working solutions (laptop, iPhone, online resources and assessments)
- A team of students, therapists and assistants led by a Therapies Manager who is an SLT
- Ongoing CPD opportunities including termly Study Days and for specialist teams access to external training and supervision
- A structured supervision model including regular 1:1 supervision and peer supervision
- A generous local government pension scheme to provide you with a secure and guaranteed future income
- Access to a range of health and wellbeing tools to support your mental and emotional well-being, including our free confidential Employee Assistance Programme, a range of mental health apps and support for staff in crisis
- Lifestyle benefits: access to a huge range of discounted vouchers and memberships covering gym, retail, cinema and holidays. We offer many great benefits for staff depending on what is important to you
Main duties of the job
About the Role As a Highly Specialist SLT / Clinical Team Lead you will hold your own specialist clinical caseload in the area of ASD and SEMH, and provide secondary opinions for others in the team in both specialist and mainstream settings.
You will also be involved in the following:
- You will have a management role in the North West SLT Team which includes working alongside the other Team Leads to support and develop an enthusiastic and friendly team who work in mainstream and specialist schools
- Through a joint up approach with colleagues across Surrey, you will ensure the wider team is informed of current research and evidence base in the areas of ASD and SEMH, and that clinical practice is of high quality
- Provide clinical supervision and line management to members of the SLT Team and support with second opinions, observation, training and shadowing opportunities for colleagues Support student placements
- Work with management on the operational and strategic development of services to our schools across Surrey
- Provide advice at educational panels
About us
The School-Aged Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service is part of Surrey's offer to support the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities of children and young people within mainstream schools and specialist provision. The Service is part of the Inclusion and Additional Needs Team in Surrey's Children, Families and Lifelong Learning directorate, working collaboratively with other teams such as Educational Psychology, Specialist Teachers, REMA and Behaviour Support.
We are a large team (over 150) of both qualified Therapists and non-qualified Therapy Assistants, with excellent supervision and CPD models. We work across the four geographical quadrants of Surrey, each managed by a Quadrant Lead. The teams in each quadrant are made up of Therapists and Assistants. There are a team of Highly Specialist / Clinical Team Leads in each geographical area who work together to support the team and support service development.
Our aim is for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs to receive the right support at the right time. We do this through assessment and intervention, equipping families and professionals with the skills and resources to work together to help and support children with SLCN. We work with children and young people with EHCPs (Education, Health and Care Plan) and those at SEN (Special Education Needs) support.
Date posted
27 September 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£39,786 to £42,683 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
SCC/TP/288098/1951
Job locations
Woking, Surrey
Woking
GU21 6JD
Employer details
Employer name
Surrey County Council
Address
Woking, Surrey
Woking
GU21 6JD