Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

Band 6 Children’s Speech and Language Therapist

Come and join one of our Locality SLT teams in Birmingham : a vibrant multicultural city!

We have sessions available in all localities in our Schools team, in both mainstream and specialist settings supporting a range of communication needs including AAC.  A small number of Early Years sessions may also be available.

We have term time and all year round contracts and offer flexible working patterns.

Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents?

Do you want to be part of an integrated SLT service with an experienced, optimistic and inclusive workforce of SLTs and education partners?

If so come and join us!

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will have opportunity to:

• Manage your own caseload of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) including assessment, diagnosis and intervention; using an enabling model to support the child to achieve functional outcomes
• Deliver care, face to face and virtually, across a range of locations including education settings, children's centres, family hubs, health centres and family homes
• Clinically supervise NQPs and more junior members of staff
• Work with children and families at home and in early years, mainstream & specialist settings, supporting children with SLCN and complex needs
• Work alongside education and local authority and Early Years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and work in localities developing local networks to build skills in the wider workforce and increase the impact of our interventions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Undertaking assessment of clients communication and making appropriate clinical decisions with access to senior colleagues as required
• Structuring clear therapy plans based on best practice
• Advising and facilitating the decision making process regarding patient/client management by ensuring that effective communication is achieved
• Using highly developed communication skills to explain complex condition related information from assessment /therapy plan to clients/carers and multidisciplinary team members etc.
• Working as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people.

See Job description for more detail