Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SEND)

Provide Community; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide Community is seeking an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to support children and young people across Essex in a Band 7 role.

You will lead on service delivery in designated settings, hold a highly specialist clinical caseload in complex needs and AAC, and supervise therapists and assistants. There are opportunities to contribute to service planning and to work within the broader SEND Therapies team.

Qualifications

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with HCPC.
• Experience in Band 7 level or equivalent.
• Experience with AAC and complex needs.
• Ability to supervise and develop staff and therapy assistants.

Responsibilities

• Lead on service delivery in designated settings.
• Maintain a highly specialist clinical caseload in complex needs and AAC.
• Supervise and line manage therapists and assistants.
• Contribute to planning and delivery of the Therapies service.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary SEND Therapies team.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Supervision

AAC

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Tools

HCPC registration

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated speech and language therapist to help us support children and young people in a range of settings across Essex.

This Band 7 role involves co‑ordinating, supporting and delivering a high quality, evidence based service in a range of settings, predominantly within the clinical fields of complex needs and AAC. There are also opportunities to supervise and manage therapists, developing their skills, as well as therapy assistants.

Key responsibilities

• To lead on service delivery in designated settings
• To hold a highly specialist clinical caseload within these schools.
• To supervise and line manage therapists and assistants
• To contribute to the planning and service delivery of the Therapies service
• To work as part of the Speech and Language Therapy team, as well as the wider multi disciplinary SEND Therapies team.

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups.

Eligible for NHS Pension

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lorraine Hutchingson Job title: Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07976 539301