Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

Would you like to progress your clinical skills and professional career in paediatrics?  Do you have a special interest in working with Deaf children? Would you like to increase your skill base as part of a supportive multi-discipline team?

In this role you will have the opportunity to work as part of an experienced team of therapists, having autonomy of your own caseload.

You will have opportunities to shadow therapists in various settings, attend training sessions and develop your knowledge and skills within the wider school age team and develop specialist skills relating to working with both Deaf children and those with Developmental Language Disorder.

As part of a well established multidisciplinary team including Royal Berkshire Audiology, ENT and Berkshire Sensory Consortium service, you will be working with children and young people with speech and language needs, as well as supporting deaf children within resource bases and mainstream schools. You will have the opportunity to contribute to service development and provide supervision to junior staff members.

You will be expected to deliver a high standard of speech and language therapy care to children and young people with a range of needs, therefore we are looking for someone with a real passion for seeing children and young people reach their potential.

The role will involve travel across Wokingham and West Berkshire but also allows for opportunities for some home working.

Main duties of the job

• To function as a specialist autonomous clinician, with a role in supporting delivery of the CYPIT model and provide support to other more junior CYPIT therapists and non-professional staff.

• To provide high quality assessment and interventions for  children and young people with developmental / complex needs in area of specialist expertise, using evidence based/person-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

• To provide specialist therapy input into clinical services within a designated area/team, contributing to defined projects as requested by Clinical Leads.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The  ''must haves” for  this role:

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist; registered with HCPC

• Experience (including placement experience) in working with deaf and hearing children with a range of communication difficulties.

• Ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites within Wokingham and West Berkshire.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Kate Murphy on 07976 317626 or [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.