Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

senploy; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist healthcare charity in Liverpool is seeking a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to deliver assessments and therapy. Candidates should have a degree in Speech and Language Therapy, HCPC registration, and experience with complex needs. The role offers a generous benefits package including a pension scheme, occupational sick pay, and comprehensive training opportunities.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Occupational sick pay

Cycle to work scheme

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience.
• Experience with Autism and learning disabilities.
• Clean driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist assessments and therapy programmes.
• Provide consultancy and support to staff and families.
• Lead clinical supervision for junior colleagues.

Skills

Communication skills

Training delivery

Experience with complex needs

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

HCPC registration

RCSLT membership

Job description

Overview

We\'re Hiring: Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Liverpool

Location: Liverpool

Hours: 37.5 per week (Term Time - 41 weeks/year)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £37,802 term time only (Pro-rated from £41,490 FTE)

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist assessments and therapy programmes tailored to individual needs.
• Provide consultancy, training, and support to school staff, parents, and carers.
• Lead clinical supervision for junior colleagues and contribute to service development.
• Use data to monitor progress and improve outcomes.
• Maintain clinical records in line with HCPC and RCSLT standards.

What We\'re Looking For

• Essential: Degree in Speech and Language Therapy; HCPC registration & RCSLT membership; significant post-qualification experience; experience with complex needs including Autism and learning disabilities; excellent communication and training delivery skills; clean driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Desirable: Experience in specialist education settings; knowledge of EHCP processes and education provision; experience in service development and outcome measurement.

Benefits

• Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
• Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
• Proud to be a real living wage employer
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
• Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home

Alongside an incredible team of like-minded peers, you\'ll be working behind-the-scenes to support our staff, volunteers, families, and supporters. You will be helping our work happen across the charity; enabling us to care for and champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience. If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you