Community Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist B6 Universal/Targeted

Integrated Care System; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Carlisle is seeking a passionate Community Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist to join their team. You will work with children to support their language and communication needs, delivering targeted interventions and collaborating with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and relevant registration. This full-time position offers a salary of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, providing an essential service to the community.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC and ongoing membership with RCSLT.
• Experience delivering training in community settings.
• Knowledge of current national strategies related to speech therapy.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children with diverse presentations.
• Deliver targeted speech and language therapy services.
• Collaborate with teams to review and enhance service delivery.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaborative practice

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Registered with HCPC

Job description

Go back North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Community Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist B6 Universal/Targeted

The closing date is 22 August 2025

We are seeking a passionate, innovative and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team in North Cumbria. The team provide a service to the East of the Cumberland district.

The role will be to support the development and delivery of the targeted and universal levels of the speech and language therapy service in line with current commission requirements.

To develop and deliver the targeted and universal levels of the speech and language therapy service in line with current commission requirements.

To collaborate with interagency work to ensure all children have appropriate language and communication opportunities to reach their desired outcomes.

Share expertise related to key messages and to model best practise with colleagues, families and practitioners, through delivery of training and signposting to other agencies.

To audit and review outcomes for stakeholders and children accessing targeted and universal speech and language therapy service levels.

To undertake effective and holistic assessment of children referred to understand the functional impact of any speech, language or communication.

Main duties of the job

In line with service demand, to assume responsibility and accountabilityfor a caseload of children and/or young people with diverse presentations holding the duty of care and prioritizing and managing the caseload independently.

In collaboration with the Band & Universal and Targeted Lead SLT, contribute to delivery of the universal and targeted speech and language therapy service. This will include:

identifying and utilising outcome measures in partnership with Universal SLT colleagues across the county and the management team, to measure the impact of the universal role

delivering and reinforcing key universal messages to families and practitioners in order to help develop children's communication skills.

planning and delivering training across the children's workforce to develop awareness of the importance of communication skills for every child

raising quality of provision in early years settings to support communication.

developing and reviewing referral criteria, pathways and screening tools.

supporting work at the pre-referral stage (e.g. triage function, health promotion and education, expectations of referrers etc)

raising awareness of the universal speech and language therapy role/service. -promotion of this level of response as being timely, safe and proximal to the child

contributing to relevant joint strategy development

establishing targeted level offer

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

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• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

The changes mean that:

• youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
• the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

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Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be

Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as followsif applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

These schemes are subject to availability

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oDegree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy approved by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
• oRegistered with HCPC
• oOn-going membership with the RCSLT
• oEvidence of advanced postgraduate training in field of specialism.
• oMembership of specialist interest groups.

Experience

• oExperience of delivering training to others (parents, other agencies)
• oExperience of implementing own service development initiatives.
• oExperience of working in a variety of community settings.
• oEvidence of Leadership Training.

Knowledge

• oTo demonstrate specialist knowledge across the full range of work procedures and practises, which are underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience.
• oHigh level of knowledge of current national and local strategies, clinical guidelines and legislation relating to the delivery of speech and language therapy services to early years, and school aged population.
• oTo have a highly developed knowledge of a broad range of specialist assessments as required.
• oAn understanding of the roles of other professionals involved in the specialist area of practice.
• oThe Balanced System training
• oTOMs

Skills and Aptitudes

• oHighly developed physical skills where a high degree of precision, speed and high levels of hand/eye and sensory co-ordination are essential for performing real time, accurate phonemic and phonetic transcriptions and signing to support speech.
• oTo use highly developed auditory, perceptual and observational skills, together with highly specialist knowledge, underpinned by current evidence based practise to assess, make differential diagnoses, structure clear care plans and adapt practise to meet individual circumstances.
• oTo be able to use highly developed communication skills for communicating and understanding highly complex, sensitive and contentious information in a verbal or written form, where there may be significant barriers to acceptance and understanding, which need to be overcome, using highly developed negotiation, influencing, persuasive, and emphatic or reassurance skills. E.g. Negotiating with or motivating parents/carers, clients; sensitive communication of condition related news, providing reassurance; managing disagreements or conflicts about client management, generating and negotiating solutions in complex and emotional situations, dealing with confrontational individuals and/or agencies.
• oSkills to lead and promote multi agency and inter agency working and collaborative practise.
• oTo be able to maintain intense concentration on a frequent basis in all aspects of patient management. In particular, to monitor auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client communication, adapting and facilitating according to the perceived needs of the client.
• oAbility to manage own time, prioritise tasks and work independently to manage cases, using relevant policies and specialist knowledge to inform and make clinical decisions.
• oAbility to multi task on a frequent basis e.g. analyse data, compile complex reports with distractions and frequent interruptions.
• oTo demonstrate skills and awareness of manual handling regulations in relation to the lifting and handling of children when required.
• oSkills required to make formal presentations and provide training both to staff in own profession and other professionals.

Personal Circumstances

• Full driving licence
• Physical effort from Band 6 profile

Other requirements

• oSupport equality and value diversity (Level 2)

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.

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata