Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - CFHD

Job summary

We are excited to be advertising for a 0.4wte B7 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with a special interest in Selective Mutism to join our team of Speech and Language Therapists within Child and Family Health Devon (CFHD).

This post is to cover a maternity leave and is a fixed term post until May 2027.

You will be working closely with the team within the Managing Mood, Emotions and Relationships pathway (MMERS)

We are keen to hear from professionals interested in our new pathway model. You will work with our dedicated Mental Health teams with ongoing training and supervision.

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of childrens community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.

As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of Speech and Language therapy (SLT) service to children and young people within a community setting with a specific focus on Selective Mutism.

To act as a source of expertise on SLT providing training and guidance regarding specialist assessment and intervention to Speech and Language Therapists working within Communication and Interaction Pathway in order to maintain the required standard of clinical governance.

To provide Specialist SLT assessment and intervention for a caseload of complex cases.

Job responsibilities

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

Our children and young people say

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.