Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community health provider as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist in Swindon. This role offers a chance to help children overcome speech and language challenges through tailored therapy, collaborative support, and involvement in their development. Be part of a supportive team dedicated to enhancing care and outcomes.

Benefits

NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms

Discounts through My Reward Hub

Access to eLearning and professional development

Free tea, coffee and milk at base location

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
• Health Professions Council Licence to Practice.
• Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to preschool and school-aged children.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and identifying communication difficulties in children using standardized tools.
• Providing specialist speech and language therapy support in various settings.
• Creating clear, professional reports for families and educators.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Empathy

Organizational skills

Presentation skills

Teamwork

Education

Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Job description

Are you a passionate Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist looking for your next adventure? This is a wonderful opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people in Swindon!

In this rewarding role, you'll use your skills and experience to provide specialist speech and language therapy support across a variety of settings, including:

Engaging with preschool children within the local community

Supporting school-aged children and young people in both educational and clinical environments

Offering guidance, support, and supervision to junior colleagues within the speech and language therapy team

Sharing your valuable expertise with the wider team and key stakeholders

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a meaningful impact, wed love to hear from you!

Enquiries can be made to:

Lisa Atkinson: [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

Skilled in assessing and identifying communication difficulties in children using standardised tools, informal observation, and collaborative input from families and school staff. Careful consideration is given to auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic aspects of communication to form a clear, holistic understanding.

Bringing specialist knowledge and well-developed perceptual skills to support children with a range of needs, including those with disabilities, to inform thoughtful clinical decisions.

Therapy is guided by evidence-based strategies aimed at enhancing communication, with personalised care plans shaped by assessment findings and outcome evaluations.

Clear, professional reports are provided for families, educators, and healthcare professionals, including those for education, health and care plans.

Committed to working closely with others, offering informed advice, sharing complex information sensitively, and adapting practice to suit each childs unique background and needs, while encouraging joint working to support the best outcomes in therapy.

Please see the attached Job Description for the full list of responsibilities.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist, you'll be part of our valued team based in the SLT department at The Saltway Centre, Swindon.

You will feel valued as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Working for an organisation that has been shortlisted at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards in the Public Health Nursing category
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location

The Ideal Candidate:

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Health Professions Council Licence to Practice
• Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks
• Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to preschool and school-aged children
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and audit
• Understanding of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
• Knowledge of the standards of record keeping
• Ability to adapt own style including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Negotiation and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
• Demonstrates ability to be a good team member including working with other agencies Prioritisation skills
• Excellent presentation skills both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
• Experience working with children with complex speech, language and communication difficulties
• Experience of developing relationships with staff from other agencies/organisations and management teams

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.