Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Job summary

Join a vibrant NHS team in Birmingham as a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. This permanent role offers flexible working patterns to support children with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs in various education settings. With strong training support, you'll have the opportunity to develop professionally and make a significant impact on children's lives.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions

Extensive holidays

Flexible working options

Dedicated well-being services

Qualifications

• Significant experience in diagnostic assessment and intervention for children.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary teams within Local Authority and Health settings.
• Experience managing safeguarding concerns.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload of Children with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs.
• Deliver care face-to-face and virtually across various locations.
• Supervise NQPs and junior staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Assessment

Collaboration

Education

HCPC Licence to practice

Full Membership of Professional body

Job description

Main area Children's community Speech and Language Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Term time hours
• Annualised hours

37.5 hours per week (A range of working patterns are available, please contact us to discuss) Job ref 820-7226093-CF

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Administration base : Moseley Hall Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 24/06/2025

Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Band 6 Children’s Speech and Language Therapist

Come and join one of our Locality SLT teams in Birmingham : a vibrant multicultural city!

We have sessions available in all localities in our Schools team, in both mainstream and specialist settings supporting a range of communication needs including AAC. A small number of Early Years sessions may also be available.

We have term time and all year round contracts and offer flexible working patterns.

Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents?

Do you want to be part of an integrated SLT service with an experienced, optimistic and inclusive workforce of SLTs and education partners?

If so come and join us!

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will have opportunity to:

• Manage your own caseload of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) including assessment, diagnosis and intervention; using an enabling model to support the child to achieve functional outcomes
• Deliver care, face to face and virtually, across a range of locations including education settings, children's centres, family hubs, health centres and family homes
• Clinically supervise NQPs and more junior members of staff
• Work with children and families at home and in early years, mainstream & specialist settings, supporting children with SLCN and complex needs
• 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 work in localities developing local networks to build skills in the wider workforce and increase the impact of our interventions.

Working for our organisation

· We offer flexible working with opportunities to work full-time, part-time, Term Time Only, hybrid (mix of virtual, home 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 are strongly committed to anti-racism, equality and diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity in our workforce to better serve our communities

· We have strong links with Universities and are committed to student education We have great access to IT: laptops and mobile phones provided as routine

Detailed job description and main 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.

Person specification

Qualifications & training

• • HCPC Licence to practice
• • Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
• • Full Membership of Professional body , relevant to service area

Experience

• • 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
• • Experience of delivering support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals

Skills/Knowledge

• • Knowledge of the needs of a diverse social and ethnic population and the impact on all aspects of service provision
• • Competent in supporting the collection and analysis of data, critiquing research to contribute to service development, planning and management
• • Knowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service area

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.