Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for an additional, full-time Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Team Lead to join the team in North East Surrey, working in the areas of SLD and dysphagia.

The starting salary for this position is £51,087 per annum (NHS Band 7 equivalent) for working 36 hours per week, across 42 weeks of the year, pro-rata to £55,142 per annum 52 week equivalent, inclusive of market supplement

Our Offer to You:

• Flexible working options around school core hours
• Paid fees for RCSLT membership and HCPC
• Mobile and agile working solutions
• A team of students, therapists and assistants led by a Therapies Manager who is a SLT
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

Main duties of the job

As a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist / Clinical Team Lead you will hold your own specialist clinical caseload in Walton Leigh School (SLD) and provide dysphagia support to children in mainstream schools, as well as providing secondary opinions for others in the team.

You will have a management role in the North East SLT team which includes working alongside the other Leads to support and develop an enthusiastic and friendly team who work in mainstream and specialist schools.

Through a joined up approach with colleagues across Surrey, you will ensure the wider team is informed of current research and evidence base, and that clinical practice is of high quality.

In this role, you will also be involved in:

• Providing clinical supervision and line management to members of the SLT Team
• Supporting with second opinions, observation, training and shadowing opportunities for colleagues
• Supporting student placements
• Working with management on the operational and strategic development of services to our schools across Surrey
• Providing 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.