Therapist à France

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6 - Full time (37.5 hours per week) - Fixed Term Temporary (maternity leave cover until 01/08/2026)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Integrated Service for Children with Additional needs (ISCAN) team providing Speech & Language Therapy to children in Tameside and Glossop. We are looking for a motivated and skilled therapist to work within our Complex Needs and Social Communication Team.

We are a friendly multi-disciplinary team who are always looking for new innovative ways to develop our service. The role provides an excellent opportunity to work alongside dedicated professionals providing excellent high quality care to reduce the impact of speech, language & communication difficulties to children and their families

The team are looking for a motivated Speech and Language Therapist who is experienced working with infants, children and young people with complex communication and / or feeding difficulties. You will be working within our specialist complex needs and social communication team working within a range of settings.

As an Specialist SLT working with children complex needs, you will be responsible in the continued development of our complex needs and social communication pathway and keeping the team up to date with evidence based interventions.

Main duties:
• Working in family homes, community clinics and education settings, and taking full responsibility for a caseload of paediatric clients.
• Providing excellent assessment and management support to children with a range of communication and /or feeding difficulties.
• Taking the role of an specialist SLT within the complex needs and social communication team - developing relevant pathways and packages of care, training the team , offering second opinions.
• Providing leadership and supervision to other members of the team.
• Developing the knowledge and skills of the wider workforce to improve outcomes for children.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.


The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.



This advert closes on Sunday 10 Aug 2025