Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join their community Speech & Language Therapy team. This role focuses on working with children with communication needs and offers collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams. Candidates should hold a Speech and Language Therapy degree and have practical experience with paediatric speech issues. The position involves flexibility, travel across different locations, and includes a supportive work environment with numerous benefits.

Benefits

Great flexible working opportunities

Discounted gym membership

Lease car scheme

Generous annual leave

Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of completion of RCSLT Competencies.
• Post graduate experience working with paediatric speech and language difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Assess, implement and review Speech and Language Therapy intervention.
• Collaborate with clients and carers on care plans.
• Adapt practices to meet individual circumstances.

Skills

Knowledge of assessment tools

Understanding of national policies

Experience with appropriate interventions

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification

Health Care Professional Council - Licence to practise

Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Go back Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 26 January 2026

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The Community Speech & Language Therapy team at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust works across the localities of Sefton and Liverpool, and as part of our development, we have a vacancy for Band 6 Specialist Speech & Language Therapists based in Sefton.

We are looking for an experienced therapist to join our innovative community based team, to work with children and young people presenting with a range of social communication needs, language disorders and speech sound disorders.

This is a specialist post, with support from a range of highly specialist speech and language therapists, and access to external CPD courses and opportunities to undertake research encouraged.

This post is based in the community, and so there is an expectation that the successful candidate will be able to travel to, and between various locations throughout the week.

If you are enthusiastic about improving the communication skills of children and empowering parents, carers and educators to do so, we would welcome your application. If you would like more information, please contact Hannah Rothwell, Principal Speech & Language Therapist on 0151 282 4973

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work in the neighbourhood team of speech and language therapists to provide a high-quality speech and language therapy service to children in a variety of community settings including clinics, schools and nurseries.

We are looking for a therapist who can assess and provide a range of therapeutic interventions using specialist knowledge to children with a variety of speech, language and communication difficulties.

The team work collaboratively with other partner agencies and carers to enable them to understand the communication needs and to provide appropriate advice, support and intervention.

About us

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job responsibilities

• Assess, implement and review Speech and Language Therapy intervention and discharge in a timely manner.
• Ensure that children/carers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans and facilitate joint decisions wherever possible.
• Work with clients on an individual and group basis.
• Work independently as a member of a Speech and Language Therapy Team and as a member of a wider multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrate the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of clients communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.
• Engage in collaborative working practices with the children and young people, their parents / carers, educational, social care and health professionals.
• Adapt practice to meet individual circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.
• Negotiate with carers, clients and others around individual case management including the management of the communication environment.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent.
• Health Care Professional Council - Licence to practise.
• Evidence of completion of RCSLT Competencies.
• Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy.
• Evidence of completion of short courses relevant to Speech & Language Therapy.

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of and experience using a range of assessment tools relevant to the client group.
• Knowledge of, and an understanding of national policies relevant to the client group.
• Knowledge of and experience of a range of appropriate interventions relevant to the client group.
• An understanding of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group.
• Ability to travel between venues within the working day.

Experience

• Post graduate experience working with a range of paediatric speech, language and communication difficulties.
• Relevant experience providing assessment, care planning and report writing.
• A member of a relevant clinical excellence group.

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.

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