Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Sussexcommunity; Crawley; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated Children's Speech and Language Therapy team in Crawley as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. This role involves providing assessment, therapy, and support for children with complex needs in a collaborative environment. Opportunities for professional development and flexible working arrangements are available, alongside a competitive salary within the NHS framework.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy.
• HCPC registration and RCSLT membership required.
• Experience in managing a clinical caseload independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and therapy for children.
• Advise families and settings on interventions.
• Train support staff and write reports.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Oral & written communication

Problem-solving

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Education

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Qualification/MRCSL

HCPC Registration

Membership of RCSLT

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Children's Speech and Language Therapy team in Central have some exciting opportunities within our complex needs services. We are looking for therapists to join our teams to work in our brand new Child Development Centre in Crawley, our Special School in Crawley and our special school in Horsham.

Our complex needs service can support development of skills in AAC/Eating and Drinking and Interventions to support Neuro diverse children. We work within the balanced model to provide support at universal, targeted and specialist levels. In our special schools we work closely with the teaching staff to ensure a robust communicative environment for all children and in the Child Development Centre we work alongside our multi-disciplinary colleagues to support families.

The Central team consists of 45+ staff working in different clinical areas. The team are approachable and keen to support each other, B7 clinical leads provide supervision with additional support for staff from Band 7s Leads in SSCs, EYS, Deafness and our Neurodevelopmental Pathway for clinical advice and second opinions.

The successful applicant willvalue the opportunity to work in partnership with parents, colleagues and staff in education and social care settings to achieve the best outcomes for those in their care.

Main duties of the job

To provide:

• Assessment
• Advice to parents/carers/setting staff
• Training
• Therapy Plans and Outcomes
• Therapy
• Reports for ENCHA, Transition, Annual Review etc
• Data as required
• Support to other SLT teams during school holiday periods
• Up to date clinical competencies in line with HCPC requirements

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

As a therapist with two or three years experience you will be keen to work further develop your skills in your chosen specialist area. You will work as part of awell supported team but and be able to contribute your well developed skills to the efficient and safe running of your part of the service. You will be able to support students, Speech and Language Therapy Assistants and NQTs/Band 5s and demonstrate resilience and early Leadership skills. You will actively seek opportunities to further your knowledge and skills.

You will be able to:

Assess children

Advise families and settings

Provide Therapy - individual; group; direct/indirect; remote/face to face

Train others

Write Reports and Intervention Plans

Use outcome measures

Use System One electronic notes

Attend and contribute to Team and Locality Meetings

Access, and provide, supervision

Attend training and disseminate information

Maintain a CPD log

For further information please see the job description and person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Qualification/MRCSL
• HCPC Registration
• Membership of RCSLT

Experience

• Experience of independently managing a clinical caseload
• Working in partnership with parents, teachers and other carers/support workers
• Experience of working within a relevant specialist area and developing specialist packages of care.
• Inter-agency planning, consultation and working
• Experience of a range of caseload management and prioritisation systems

Skills and knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal skills/oral & written communication
• Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to client group
• Well established knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to client group.
• Good negotiation, problem-solving and organisational skills
• Excellent analytical and reflection skills

Other

• Car owner/driver or suitable alternative

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.

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum / pro rata