Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

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The Community Speech & Language Therapy team at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust works across the localities of Sefton and Liverpool, and as part of our development, we have a vacancy for Band 6 Specialist Speech & Language Therapists based in Sefton.

We are looking for an experienced therapist to join our innovative community based team, to work with children and young people presenting with a range of social communication needs, language disorders and speech sound disorders.

This is a specialist post, with support from a range of highly specialist speech and language therapists, and access to external CPD courses and opportunities to undertake research encouraged.

This post is based in the community, and so there is an expectation that the successful candidate will be able to travel to, and between various locations throughout the week.

If you are enthusiastic about improving the communication skills of children and empowering parents, carers and educators to do so, we would welcome your application. If you would like more information, please contact Hannah Rothwell, Principal Speech & Language Therapist on 0151 282 4973

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work in the neighbourhood team of speech and language therapists to provide a high-quality speech and language therapy service to children in a variety of community settings including clinics, schools and nurseries.

We are looking for a therapist who can assess and provide a range of therapeutic interventions using specialist knowledge to children with a variety of speech, language and communication difficulties.

The team work collaboratively with other partner agencies and carers to enable them to understand the communication needs and to provide appropriate advice, support and intervention.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assess, implement and review Speech and Language Therapy intervention and discharge in a timely manner. Ensure that children/carers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans and facilitate joint decisions wherever possible. Work with clients on an individual and group basis. Work independently as a member of a Speech and Language Therapy Team and as a member of a wider multi-disciplinary team. Demonstrate the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness Engage in collaborative working practices with the children and young people, their parents / carers, educational, social care and health professionals. Adapt practice to meet individual circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences. Negotiate with carers, clients and others around individual case management including the management of the communication environment.