Children's Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Salford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for an experienced Children's Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for a 1-year, part-time post to work within their Complex Needs team. The role involves assessing and delivering interventions in diverse settings while collaborating with families and professionals. Supported by a friendly team, this position requires excellent knowledge of paediatric communication disorders and relevant qualifications. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• HCPC registration required.
• Relevant post-graduate experience in Complex Needs.
• Experience working with children/young people with eating, drinking and swallowing needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess and diagnose speech and communication needs.
• Implement and plan therapy interventions and programmes.

Skills

Excellent specialist knowledge in paediatric communication disorders

Good planning, organisational, caseload management

Basic IT skills

Experience in delivering training packages

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Completion of specialist short courses

Full driving licence

Job description

Children's Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 04 December 2025

We are looking for an experienced Children's Speech and Language Therapist for a 1 year, 3 days/week fixed term post (maternity leave cover) to work within our Complex needs team. The role will involve the delivery of assessments and interventions within specialist settings, clinic and homes and the delivery of training to parents/carers and colleagues. You will be part of a well‑established and experienced group of SLTs. Salford Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service provide CPD, supervision, support and mentoring from a range of experienced SLTs across the service. You will be part of a large, friendly, supportive team who are passionate about ensuring that all children and families receive appropriate and timely therapeutic and preventative interventions that aim to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Due to the nature of the post you may be required to travel to different sites as required by the service.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver universal, targeted and specialist clinical work as part of a multidisciplinary team in line with Balanced System principles.
• Working collaboratively with parents/carers and setting staff to support children with speech, language and communication needs, including eating, drinking and swallowing needs.
• To assess and diagnose speech, language and communication need and to plan and implement Specialist Speech and Language Therapy interventions and programmes of care and discharge appropriately, using evidence-based practice.
• To produce reports outlining the finding of the assessments and child/young person's needs and next steps (including for statutory purposes, e.g. EHCP assessments).
• Demonstrate clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
• Support the development and delivery of training packages to parents/carers and setting staff.
• To provide peer support to and receive peer support from other Speech and Language colleagues.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

Person Specification

Registration

• HCPC registration – licence to practice
• Member of RCSLT

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
• Full driving licence (car owner/driver essential)

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Demonstrate excellent specialist knowledge in a wide range of paediatric communication disorders which is underpinned by current evidence‑based practice.
• Relevant post‑graduate experience working in Complex Needs.
• Good planning, organisational, caseload management and prioritisation skills.
• Knowledge and demonstrated use of up‑to‑date assessment tools relevant to client group.
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions.
• Experience of delivering training packages.
• Basic IT skills.
• Experience of working with children/young people with eating, drinking and swallowing needs.
• Have attended Talking Mats Training (Foundation Stage).
• Experience of working with AAC.

Skills and Abilities

• Evidence of problem‑solving skills.
• Good analytical and reflection skills.
• Ability to be a good team member and proactive in supporting senior staff and service delivery.
• Knowledge of national policies, procedures and clinical guidance.
• Awareness of principles of clinical governance.
• Demonstrates an awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity within their role.

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, pro rata per annum