# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - School Aged Service > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sirona care & health CIC. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist-school-aged-service/c8c6294b-75a3-4d04-8206-fc3a572f21d3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist-school-aged-service/c8c6294b-75a3-4d04-8206-fc3a572f21d3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sirona care & health CIC - **Location:** Dependent on role once appointed - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 7 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T08:01:36.903Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/Bristol/Sirona_care_health_CIC/Speech_Language_Therapy/Speech_Language_Therapy-v8350229 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8350229?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://sirona-cic.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our School Aged Service in a varied and diverse role! Our School Aged Service offers an exciting range of commissioned and core opportunities, allowing you to develop specialist clinical skills while contributing to service-wide initiatives. In this role you will: - Deliver commissioned work at Baytree Special School, supporting children and young people across both the Clevedon and Worle sites (3 Band 6 sessions per week). - Provide core input to North Somerset Special School (1 Band 6 session per week). - Be part of our Band 6 Training Team (0.2 WTE), helping to shape and deliver training across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. This unique blend of clinical and developmental work offers excellent variety, autonomy and the chance to make a meaningful impact across multiple settings. ### Main duties of the job Baytree Special School (Clevedon and Worle sites) Provide a bespoke Speech and Language Therapy service to primary and secondary-aged pupils within a specialist school environment. You will work collaboratively with education staff, families and the wider multidisciplinary team to support children and young people with a range of speech, language and communication needs, enabling them to achieve their full potential within their educational setting. North Somerset Special School Deliver our core Special School offer, providing specialist assessment, intervention and advice for children and young people with complex communication needs. This includes supporting pupils with dysphagia and AAC requirements, working closely with school staff and carers to promote safe eating, drinking and effective communication. Training Team (0.2 WTE) Contribute to the development, delivery and evaluation of a wide range of evidence-based training, modelling and support packages for education staff and parents across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Training is delivered through a blend of online and face-to-face methods and aims to build confidence, knowledge and skills in supporting children's speech, language, communication and feeding needs. This varied role offers the opportunity to combine specialist clinical practice, multi-agency working and workforce development, making a meaningful difference to children, young people and those who support them. - · ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position. If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications & Training **Essential** - Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy as recognised by the Health and Care Professions Council - HCPC Registered **Desirable** - Post graduate dysphagia training - Other relevant qualifications e.g. Makaton ### Skills, Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner - Experience of using clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate child-centred intervention, using an evidence-based practice approach - Ability to demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practices, clear care plans and outcomes measure - Experience of providing specialist advice, teaching, training or demonstration related to clinical expertise to relevant carers and colleagues to ensure the advice given is fully integrated into a daily routine - Experience of contributing to the needs assessment of children as part of the SEND process in line with the local guidelines and the Code of Practice - Ability to prioritise caseloads and manage time effectively **Desirable** - Experience of implementing AAC - Experience of managing dysphagia needs - Experience of delivering training ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10675558) - [employees benefits (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2102) - [application guidance (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2466) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.