Children's SLT Team and Clinical Lead Early Years Complex Care

Job overview

Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking to develop your clinical and team leadership skills?

This role provides an opportunity to lead the early years complex needs service across Shropshire Telford and Wrekin and to contribute to longer term planning for the ongoing design of service delivery. These might include; developing an all ages (0-19) complex needs support service to mainstream schools, or a place based wider early years speech, language and communication needs service supporting HVs and Family Hubs.

This is an exciting time to come and work with us as we move into Year 2 of ELSEC; taking the learning and spirit of success from Year 1.

If you are interested in shaping the future, working with parents and partners to consider how best to meet the needs of children and young people, their parents and education practitioners in innovative ways please do call us to find out more.

The balance of the role in relation to direct clinical and leadership time will be negotiated with the successful candidate.

Systems are in place for effective professional support across  Children's Therapy Teams and the Child Development Centres. Our commitment to personal development, training, including to Advanced Clinical Practice, peer review and supervision are important to us. The successful applicant will need to be able to meet the travel requirements of the post across Shropshire and Telford. We welcome applications from SLTs seeking flexible working.

Main duties of the job

To be part of the management and clinical leadership team developing, delivering, and evaluating the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service in line with the agreed service specifications determined by Commissioners.

To provide clinical leadership for the service for young Children with Complex Speech, Language and Communication Needs.

To work in close partnership with parent/carers, professionals, and organisations to deliver a model of care, which makes a significant contribution to improving health, social and education outcomes, and reducing inequalities in access to services.

To be responsible for all issues relating to clinical practice together with other Team and Clinical Leads within the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team and relevant managers of Children’s Services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.