Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SEND) | Provide CIC

Provide CIC; Colchester, Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community interest company in Chelmsford is seeking a speech and language therapist to support children and young people across Essex. This role involves leading service delivery in schools, managing a specialist caseload, and supervising other therapists. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in clinical settings. The company is committed to high-quality and responsive health and social care services for its community.

Qualifications

• Experience in a variety of clinical settings.
• Ability to manage complex cases.
• Supervisory experience with therapists and assistants.

Responsibilities

• Lead service delivery in designated settings.
• Hold a clinical caseload within schools.
• Supervise and manage therapists and assistants.
• Contribute to therapy service planning and delivery.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Flexible

Motivated

Specialist clinical skills

Education

Relevant degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Overview

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 coordinating, 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead on service delivery in designated settings.
• Hold a highly specialist clinical caseload within these schools.
• Supervise and line manage therapists and assistants.
• Contribute to the planning and service delivery of the Therapies service.

Disability Confident and Employer Information

Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. For more details please refer to the employer information provided.

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, and provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

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