Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Band 6/6) - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation[...]

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Worksop; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join their CAMHS team. The role involves providing assessments and interventions for children with communication needs. Candidates will benefit from a supportive environment and opportunities for professional development. This part-time position offers a competitive salary and is based in Worksop, with flexible working arrangements available.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing and managing caseloads within clinical area.
• Experience of delivering Learning and development opportunities for others.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention.
• Contribute to a multi-disciplinary service supporting children and young people.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Organizational Skills

Teamwork

Education

Recognised SLT Degree/diploma/Masters

Job description

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Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 6/6

Main area Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Grade Band 6/6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 18.75 hours per week Job ref 186-545-25-MH

Site Langold Town Worksop Salary £29,970 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 31/05/2025 23:59 Interview date 12/06/2025

Job overview

Are you the Speech and Language Therapist we are searching for? Are you enthusiastic, seeking an opportunity to develop your clinical skills and a new adventure? Come and join our thriving CAMHS Speech and Language Therapy Service.

We are excited to offer a new opportunity for an experienced B5/B6 SLT wanting to progress in their career. If you are newly qualified and this is a clinical area you would love to specialise in, then this post may be perfect role for you. Please contact us to discuss your experience and see if you are the SLT we are seeking.

You will join our Community CAMHS SLTs as part of the CAMHS North Community Multidisciplinary Team carrying out specialist speech and language therapy assessments and intervention where appropriate to children and young people who are referred to the CAMHS North Team.

You will be well supported by Specialist and Highly Specialist SLT colleagues and the wider MDT, with many opportunities for peer support and multi-disciplinary working.

You will enjoy close links with our CAMHS Speech and Language Therapists and our SLT colleagues across the Trust and within the East Midlands, and benefit from excellent levels of support, supervision, IT and CPD opportunities.

The role is based across Newark and Bassetlaw. The Speech and Language Therapists use a assertive outreach model with our CYP, seeing them at home, education setting, and/or the clinic with opportunities for some remote and flexible working.

Main duties of the job

You will be contributing to a multi-disciplinary service supporting children and young people accessing CAMHS. This will include:

• Carrying out individual Speech and Language Therapy assessments and produce reports and recommendations for implementing communication reasonable adjustment
• Providing specific speech and language therapy interventions to individuals where appropriate
• Liaison and advice with families, carers, education and health care colleagues in how to support CYP with SLCN with/without neurodevelopmental differences in order to facilitate reasonable adjustments and increased access to services.

SLTs in CAMHS are a core part of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting the understanding of the patients communication needs

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To independently provide a specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment, intervention and advice service to children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs and / or Autism Spectrum Disorder accessing Community CAMHS.
• To develop and provide specialist packages of care to CYP within CAMHS Community
• To work as an integral part of a Community CAMHS multi-disciplinary teams, providing training, support and coaching to enhance understanding of CYP accessing CAMHS with specialist needs in relation to communication.
• Contributing to and developing guidance and resources for SLT's & other clinicians within CAMHS to enhance communication and understanding of CYP within the service, particularly those with neurodevelopmental issues.
• To work collaboratively with leads to further embed SLT processes within CAMHS and to work with them on appropriate service developments as requested.
• Help to maintain and develop a high quality, motivated and effective SLT CAMHS team.
• To be responsible for supporting junior colleagues, student SLTs and assistant speech and language therapists within the Community CAMHS Teams.

Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person specification

Contractual requirements

• Ability to travel between sites, patients home and educational settings

Physical requirement

• Excellent speech and hearing
• Physcial skills in line with MVA
• Recognised SLT Degree/diploma/Masters (pre reg)
• NQT competencies completed or working towards (if band 5)
• RCLST Registered
• HPCP Registered

Training

• Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
• Post basic dysphagia training or completed competencies

Experience

• Working experience or relevant student placements (eg CAMHS, Secure, AMH, Autism, SEMH)
• Experience of assessing and managing caseloads within clinical area
• Experience of delivering a variety of approaches to SLT service delivery
• Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as part of SLT team
• Experience of delivering Learning and development opportunities for others
• Experience of supporting students and other staff
• Experience of enabling different staff groups to understand issues around communication and/or dysphagia
• Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working
• Experience of voluntary, paid work or cares role with children/adults with, autism, learning disability or mental health needs

Knowledge

• Knowledge of SLT delivery including the use of different approaches and multi-disciplinary working, across different contexts and environments.
• Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
• Knowledge of different assessments and interventions to working with Developmental Language Disorder / Autism / Learning Disabilities (IDD). Or undergraduate knowledge of different approaches to working with individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions, speech language and communication needs.
• Knowledge of different assessments and interventions to working with SEMH and Autism

Skills

• Empathetic and psychologically minded
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Well organised
• Good reasoning skills
• Motivated and a motivator
• Team builder and team member
• Ability to manage own well-being with access to supervision to sustain this.
• Can discuss issues involved in managing a caseload
• Experience of working in a team and to discuss the benefits of teamwork
• Experience of delivering Learning and development opportunities for others

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Danielle Haddon Job title CAMHS Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist Email address [e-mail] Additional information

We encourage informal enquiries.

Katie Hallam; Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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Danielle Haddon; CAMHS Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist
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