Job summary
Band 6 Children's Speech and Language Therapist
Come and join our 1 of our 6 Locality SLT teams in Birmingham: a vibrant multicultural city!
Come and meet us for a Q & A to find out more about the team and ask any questions on MS Teams on 12th July from 16:30 - 17:00 Email lisa.abba1@nhs.net for the link.
Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents?
Do you want to be part of creating a new SLT service with an experienced, optimistic and inclusive workforce of SLTs and education partners?
If so come and join us! Due to new investment and internal promotion within our large team of 100+ staff we are thrilled to offer a number of permanent Band 6 SLT posts
It's a very exciting time for the SLT service!
- Inclusivity is high on our agenda - the Commonwealth Games showcased Birmingham's commitment to this - and you'll find it reflected in our approach to staff, children and families
- We're implementing a new integrated SLT service to support children with SLCN in the Autumn term, designed in partnership with Birmingham City Council and supported by Balanced System guru Marie Gascoigne and the Better Communication team. We're very excited to begin to deliver interventions at Universal, Targeted and Specialist levels throughout the cit
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will have opportunity to:
- Manage your own caseload of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) including assessment, diagnosis and intervention; using an enabling model to support the child to achieve functional outcomes
- Use existing skills or be supported to develop skills in working with children with eating and drinking difficulties
- Deliver care, face to face and virtually, across a range of locations including education settings, children's centres, family hubs, health centres and family homes
- clinically supervise NQPs and more junior members of staff
- Work with children and families at home and in early years mainstream & specialist settings, supporting children with SLCN and complex needs
- Work alongside education and local authority and Early Years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and to work in localities developing local networks to build skills in the wider workforce and increase the impact of our interventions.
- Providing enhanced support to local schools who buy-in extra SLT resource
About us
Join our department at this exciting time:
- We offer flexible working with opportunities to work full-time, part-time, Term Time Only, hybrid (mix of virtual and face to face)
- We offer a friendly and supportive working environment with a strong emphasis on CPD through access to specialist clinical support, sharing good practice and effective team working.
- We value our staff and advocate career progression internally. We encourage our therapists to contribute to service development, and we welcome and value new ideas and experiences.
- We are strongly committed to anti-racism, equality and diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity in our workforce to better serve our communities
- We have strong links with Universities and are committed to student education
- We have great access to IT: laptops and mobile phones provided as routine
For further information about our department follow the link below:
http://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/childrens-slt
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertaking assessment of clients communication and making appropriate clinical decisions with access to senior colleagues as required
- Structuring clear therapy plans based on best practice
- Advising and facilitating the decision making process regarding patient/client management by ensuring that effective communication is achieved
- Using highly developed communication skills to explain complex condition related information from assessment /therapy plan to clients/carers and multidisciplinary team members etc.
- Working as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people.
See Job description for more detail.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertaking assessment of clients communication and making appropriate clinical decisions with access to senior colleagues as required
- Structuring clear therapy plans based on best practice
- Advising and facilitating the decision making process regarding patient/client management by ensuring that effective communication is achieved
- Using highly developed communication skills to explain complex condition related information from assessment /therapy plan to clients/carers and multidisciplinary team members etc.
- Working as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people.
See Job description for more detail.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A Degree level qualification relevant to the SLT profession
- HCPC Licence to practice
- Full Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area, e.g. ASD , dysphagia, fluency, SLI
Desirable
- Trained in ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)
- Trained in NAS EarlyBird
- Trained in PECS
- Post graduate qualification in paediatric dysphagia
Other job requirements
Essential
- Is able to deliver a number of contacts across the working week across a range of settings
- Is able and willing to move around the city.
- Is able to carry a variety of equipment between locations safely.
- Is able to work at various heights and locations according to needs of clients.
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Able to use evidence base to inform clinical decision making around complex presentations in specialist clinical area
- Able to work with a range of families in a culturally and socially diverse area
- Highly developed negotiation and influencing skills with emerging clinical leadership.
- Strong analytical and planning skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Able to explain complex ideas in a simple way. Able to write clear reports and notes to a professional standard.
- Able to use signing and communication aids where appropriate.
- IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes e.g. Communicate in Print.
Desirable
- Able to develop specialist programmes of care & explain them to carers and staff.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a qualified therapist of diagnostic assessment in any one of the following areas: ASD, dysphagia, fluency or SLI as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working as a qualified therapist in a range of preschool multi-disciplinary settings
- Significant experience of delivering clinical support and supervision to less experienced Speech and Language Therapists and/or SLT assistants
- Significant experience as a qualified therapist of managing a mixed and complex caseload across a number of settings including Early years settings and clients' homes
- Demonstrates high awareness of safeguarding issues and processes
- Significant experience as a qualified therapist of successful multi-agency working with families and stakeholders in Local Authority and Health settings.
- Specialist management of a diverse caseload, as a qualified therapist, having provided support to other professionals.
- Significant experience of using augmentative communication e.g. Makaton signing, symbols, communication aids.
- Experience of delivering successful/effective training to other professionals.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Can prioritise own workload and has insight into own coping strategies in stressful situations.
- Is able to reflect on own clinical practice and initiate appropriate changes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A Degree level qualification relevant to the SLT profession
- HCPC Licence to practice
- Full Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area, e.g. ASD , dysphagia, fluency, SLI
Desirable
- Trained in ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)
- Trained in NAS EarlyBird
- Trained in PECS
- Post graduate qualification in paediatric dysphagia
Other job requirements
Essential
- Is able to deliver a number of contacts across the working week across a range of settings
- Is able and willing to move around the city.
- Is able to carry a variety of equipment between locations safely.
- Is able to work at various heights and locations according to needs of clients.
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Able to use evidence base to inform clinical decision making around complex presentations in specialist clinical area
- Able to work with a range of families in a culturally and socially diverse area
- Highly developed negotiation and influencing skills with emerging clinical leadership.
- Strong analytical and planning skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Able to explain complex ideas in a simple way. Able to write clear reports and notes to a professional standard.
- Able to use signing and communication aids where appropriate.
- IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes e.g. Communicate in Print.
Desirable
- Able to develop specialist programmes of care & explain them to carers and staff.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a qualified therapist of diagnostic assessment in any one of the following areas: ASD, dysphagia, fluency or SLI as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working as a qualified therapist in a range of preschool multi-disciplinary settings
- Significant experience of delivering clinical support and supervision to less experienced Speech and Language Therapists and/or SLT assistants
- Significant experience as a qualified therapist of managing a mixed and complex caseload across a number of settings including Early years settings and clients' homes
- Demonstrates high awareness of safeguarding issues and processes
- Significant experience as a qualified therapist of successful multi-agency working with families and stakeholders in Local Authority and Health settings.
- Specialist management of a diverse caseload, as a qualified therapist, having provided support to other professionals.
- Significant experience of using augmentative communication e.g. Makaton signing, symbols, communication aids.
- Experience of delivering successful/effective training to other professionals.
Personal qualities
Essential
- Can prioritise own workload and has insight into own coping strategies in stressful situations.
- Is able to reflect on own clinical practice and initiate appropriate changes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
