Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

6 Month Fixed Term Contract

We are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity to specialise in dysfluency as part of our community service. This post is suitable for a specialist therapist with experience of working with children who present with dysfluency, or as a developing specialist.

If you enjoy innovative practice, have strong communication and interpersonal skills and are enjoy working flexibly with preschool and school age children we would love to hear from you.

We are a friendly and supportive team committed to providing effective services to children and young people (CYP) in Peterborough.

With a strong ethos of CPD, clinical support and supervision, our dynamic team provides evidence-based advice, training and interventions to CYP their families and education staff. We work with CYP aged 0-19 with speech, language and communication needs and feeding difficulties at universal, targeted and specialist levels.

Main duties of the job

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

The post holder will be responsible for the management of specialist clinical caseloads of children and young people with dysfluency. Depending on the candidate and experience there may also be opportunities to work with children and young people presenting with voice disorders.  S/he will work independently with access to more senior colleagues as needed, be responsible for supervision of more junior colleagues and a first point of contact for the preschools and schools they are working in for the service.

This post is suitable for a therapist with experience in the specialism or as a developing specialist post.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• Manage own time, prioritise workload effectively.
• Manages caseload within departmental standards.
• To identify appropriate assessment, intervention and management of children with dysfluency.
• To plan and deliver training (formal and informal) in consultation with lead therapist to enable parents and other professionals to support children’s and young people’s fluency.
• To identify appropriate assessment, intervention and management of children with complex speech, language and communication needs, following service specification and pathways.
• To modify clinical intervention based on outcomes and assessment findings.
• Apply a range of communication strategies to support the child’s communication needs.
• Communicates complex condition specific information to carers, teachers, teaching assistants and other professionals.
• Provides training and support to others regarding the appropriate management and care of children.
• To initiate the planning and delivery of training for other professionals and/or parents as appropriate.