Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapists to deliver evidence-based SLT in mainstream schools and units across West Suffolk. You will work with children and young people with diverse speech, language and communication needs, conducting face-to-face sessions in educational settings.

You will assess and plan interventions, design training for educational staff, collaborate with families and educators, participate in annual reviews, supervise junior

Responsibilities

• Deliver speech and language therapy into mainstream schools/units in West Suffolk.
• Work with children and young people with a broad range of speech, language and communication needs.
• Deliver face-to-face sessions to individual and groups of children within educational settings.
• Provide assessment and plan/deliver therapy interventions for children.
• Design and support delivery of training packages to educational staff (face to face and virtually).
• Work closely in partnership with families, educational staff and the wider professional team to support effective outcomes for children and young people.
• Take part in the Annual Review process by writing Annual Review reports and attending meetings where possible.
• Support junior therapists and assistants by offering supervisions and shadowing.
• Take responsibility for overseeing caseload management for B3/B4/B5 colleagues where required.
• Take an active role in supporting wider service development projects.

Job description

The successful candidates will:

• Deliver speech and language therapy into mainstream schools/units in West Suffolk.
• Work with children and young people with a broad range of speech, language and communication needs.
• Deliver face-to-face sessions to individual and groups of children within educational settings.
• Provide assessment and plan/deliver therapy interventions for children.
• Design and support delivery of training packages to educational staff (both face to face and virtually)
• Work closely in partnership with families, educational staff and the wider professional team to support effective outcomes for children and young people.
• Take part in the Annual Review process by writing Annual Review reports and attending meetings where possible.
• Support junior therapists and assistants by offering supervisions and shadowing.
• Take responsibility for overseeing caseload management for B3/B4/B5 colleagues where required.
• Take an active role in supporting wider service development projects.

  Due to the complex nature of the caseload these posts will include managing CYP with Education, Health and Care Plans & experience is required. Empowering therapy partners is key to our service and these roles include providing a training offer to parents/carers and education staff. Our team is strongly committed to deliver effective, evidence-based therapy, and we offer regular supervision, mentoring, CPD and training. The successful applicants will have good communication skills and a strong desire to work in partnership with colleagues in education, parents, and carers to achieve good outcomes. An ability to travel to different locations within the working week is essential.

  #BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings. The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge. Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital. We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team. With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be. We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.