Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Job overview

Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist (SALT) looking for your next challenge? Do you fancy working in the beautiful, rural County of Herefordshire?

An exciting opportunity has become available for a highly specialist, B7 passionate SALT to join the team in the beautiful Wye Valley. This is a 12 month, fixed term maternity leave post for up to 4 days a week.

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working within a Multi Disciplinary Team to provide assessments and support the diagnostic pathway for pre-school & school age children who may have Autism.

The post may also include working with young people with a range of complex communication needs, a large majority having a diagnosis of Autism, up to the age of 19. The WVT Speech and Language Team are striving to make innovative and sustainable solutions in supporting the children and families of Herefordshire. We are interested to hear from therapists with ideas and pro-active approaches to tackling large and complex caseloads.

Applications are welcomed from individuals with established skills in these areas and from those with transferable skills who are enthusiastic about further development.

We look forward to welcoming you to our relatively small but highly committed team.

Informal discussions prior to application are welcome- via the SaLT admin base at Belmont 01432 363975 or email:

Lucy Sweeting (Clinical Manager and Head of Profession for CYP - SALT). lucy.sweeting@wvt.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

• Act as lead clinician and professional resource in relation to pre-school autism diagnostic assessment within the department.
• Providing support for CYP who require alternative and augmentative forms of communication – communication books and devices in the specialist provision school base.
• Supporting the team around the CYP - working with parents and carers and the MDT within schools/health – joint appointments with community nurses, physio and OT
• Working in line with the 5 year Autism Strategy 2021-26 – improving access to post-diagnostic support.
• Working to Balanced system transformation plan – supporting universal, targeted and specialist offer in specialist provision base – including training offer.
• To support and mentor less experienced therapists and to line manage and supervise the work of Child Development Centre based B4 SALTAs.
• To contribute to the development and implementation of policies within the department according to best practice and own area of work which may impact on other departments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Applicant requirements

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.