Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

The Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the Experts at Hand service will help schools develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to support children with speech, language and communication needs. You will lead engaging whole-school training and provide drop-in sessions to identify needs and navigate referrals.

Working with education staff, you will supervise Band 5 colleagues, promote communication-friendly approaches and contribute to sustainable school-based support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver whole-school training to education staff.
• Provide drop-in sessions within schools to identify needs and navigate referrals.
• Supervise and support Band 5 colleagues within the service.
• Evaluate service outcomes and demonstrate impact of the Experts at Hand model.

Job description

As a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the innovative Experts at Hand service, you will play a key role in helping schools develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to support children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. You will build the knowledge, skills and confidence of education staff through the delivery of engaging whole-school training, as well as training education staff to deliver targeted and evidence-based group interventions. You will provide drop-in sessions within schools, helping staff to identify needs early, consider appropriate next steps and navigate referral pathways, ensuring children receive support from the most appropriate service at a universal, targeted or specialist level. Working collaboratively with education staff, you will promote communication-friendly approaches, embed practical strategies into everyday practice and contribute to the development of sustainable support within schools. You will also provide clinical supervision, support and guidance to Band 5 colleagues working within the service, helping to ensure high-quality, evidence-based practice. In addition, you will support the evaluation of the service by measuring outcomes, monitoring impact and demonstrating how the Experts at Hand model is improving confidence, practice and outcomes for children and young people.

If you're motivated, innovative and excited by the opportunity to help shape a new initiative, develop your skills and influence practice at a whole-school level, we'd love to welcome you to our team.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles. North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region. Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities. Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation. Our mission We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other Our vision We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn Our values

• Kind: We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open: We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair: We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team: We work well together and with our communities