Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!

We are excited to be advertising for a B7 0.4 WTE Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who will provide a high standard of Speech and Language therapy (SLT) service to young people who are being supported by Devon Youth Justice Services They will act as a source of expertise on SLT, providing supervision, training and guidance to a multidisciplinary team regarding specialist assessment and intervention for young people.

We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's 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

Work as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the AACES Pathway, providing Specialist SLT assessments and interventions for a caseload of complex young people, and provide support to Speech and Language Therapists working in Youth Justoce Services and across all other integrated pathways as required.

About us

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 and Torbay.

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, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.

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 vision is to be a successful, vibrant, partnership that benefits the communities we serve.