Highly Specialist Speech And Language Therapist (Send)

Provide Community (Provide Cic); Great Holland; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide is seeking an enthusiastic, flexible Speech and Language Therapist to support children and young people across Essex in a Band 7 role. The post involves coordinating a high quality, evidence-based service in clinical areas such as complex needs and AAC, with opportunities to supervise therapists and therapy assistants.

You will lead on service delivery in designated schools and manage a highly specialist caseload while contributing to planning and service development within the Therapies

Qualifications

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Willingness to travel to multiple sites for service delivery.
• Experience with complex needs and AAC is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead service delivery in designated schools.
• Holding a highly specialist clinical caseload in complex needs and AAC.
• Supervise and line manage band 5/6 therapists and SLT assistants.
• Contribute to planning and delivery of the Therapies service.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical expertise

Teamwork

Education

Speech and Language degree

HCPC registered

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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.

About us

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

Job responsibilities

See attached job description.

To lead on service delivery in designated schools.

To hold a highly specialist clinical caseload within these schools, predominantly in the clinical fields of complex needs and AAC.

To supervise and line manage band 5/6 therapist and speech and language therapy assistants

Person Specification

Circumstances

Essential

• Ability to travel to a variety of sites
• Computer literate and able to use SystmOne

Qualifications

Essential

• Speech and Language degree
• Registered member of Health Professions Council

Knowledge

Essential

• Relevant in depth clinical knowledge in the area of people with complex speech, language and health needs
• Well-established knowledge of a wide range of conditions and treatments for children with complex speech, language and communication difficulties

Desirable

• Knowledge of low and high-tech AAC methods

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).