Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Band 7 SLT for Secondary age & School Co-ordinator

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Job summary

Come and join our Children's SLT team in Birmingham: a vibrant multicultural city!

Interviews will be held on 17th January 2024

Do you have established clinical and leadership skills or the aptitude and passion to develop these in a dynamic working environment?

Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents and supporting your SLT team to deliver on this?

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and forward thinking community team within a dual role: acting as a Highly Specialist SLT working within secondary and Further Education to develop service provision for children with SLCN across Birmingham and to act as School Age Coordinator , supporting and advocating for children with SLCN in the South Locality of Birmingham.

It's an exciting time for the service:

  • Significant new investment from health and our education partners to grow the team across a range of bands including significant growth in our leadership team
  • Community SLT teams working in localities developing local networks and building skills in the wider workforce, increasing our impact
  • A growing SEND locality agenda to integrate education and Local Authority and Early years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

Main duties of the job

You will:

  • Lead, develop and implement evidence based practice, in secondary and FE
  • Clinical supervision and support in secondary & FE
  • Coordinate and support a team of SLTAs, NQPs and experienced SLTs to deliver clinical care to School-age children with SLCN in the South area of the city
  • Work with the Early Years Co-ordinator and Team Leader within South locality to develop services, manage waiting lists and offer support and supervision.
  • Work with the other School-Age Locality Co-ordinators to develop best practice to this population across the city.
  • Be part of the service level management team shaping the direction of the SLT service in Birmingham
  • Build local networks and contribute to new ways of working in collaboration with the wider stakeholders.
  • Support the staff in your team to work in ways which optimise impact and deliver on outcomes.

About us

  • The SLT service works as part of Inclusion Services within the Children and Families Division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We work across the whole City, within a range of community and educational settings, thus requiring successful applicants to demonstrate a high level of flexibility.
  • 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 offer a supportive working environment with access to specialist clinical support, and an emphasis on sharing good practice through effective team working.
  • For further information about our department follow the link below:

http://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/childrens-slt

Details

Date posted

20 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

820-5889298-CF

Job locations

Springfield Centre

Raddlebarn rd

Birmingham

B29 6HA


Job description

Job responsibilities

See JD for detail, key duties include:

To maintain, develop and promote excellence in clinical practice for secondary age and Further Education across the SLT service, with reference to current research and evidence-based practice, contributing to safe effective practice

To take responsibility for ensuring commissioner led service delivery and management of waiting list and active caseloads in designated local area in conjunction with the locality School Age Co-ordinator

Demonstrate clinical leadership and represent the local team/service area in all appropriate meetings to support the planning and development of quality services in local designated area in an integrated partnership model

To provide Speech and Language Therapy at a highly specialist level, functioning in partnership with other agencies and disciplines to support in the holistic assessment, diagnosis and intervention for children and young people known to the service.

Linking in with regional & national colleagues via networks to benchmark best practice, build professional networks and bring practice back to the service to contribute to service planning within the specialist area

Job description

Job responsibilities

See JD for detail, key duties include:

To maintain, develop and promote excellence in clinical practice for secondary age and Further Education across the SLT service, with reference to current research and evidence-based practice, contributing to safe effective practice

To take responsibility for ensuring commissioner led service delivery and management of waiting list and active caseloads in designated local area in conjunction with the locality School Age Co-ordinator

Demonstrate clinical leadership and represent the local team/service area in all appropriate meetings to support the planning and development of quality services in local designated area in an integrated partnership model

To provide Speech and Language Therapy at a highly specialist level, functioning in partnership with other agencies and disciplines to support in the holistic assessment, diagnosis and intervention for children and young people known to the service.

Linking in with regional & national colleagues via networks to benchmark best practice, build professional networks and bring practice back to the service to contribute to service planning within the specialist area

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oFirst degree level qualification, relevant to service area
  • oHCPC Licence to practice
  • oFull Membership of Professional body , relevant to service area
  • oEvidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
  • oRelevant training in specialist area e.g. post graduate dysphagia qualification, Sensory-Integration, neurological rehabilitation
  • oRelevant training in clinical leadership

Experience

Essential

  • oExtensive experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams in Local Authority and Health settings
  • oExtensive experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people with a range of developmental disorders and delays
  • oSignificant experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
  • oRelevant experience of using leadership skills for service development
  • oSignificant experience in providing support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals

Skills

Essential

  • oKnowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service area
  • oCompetent in using electronic systems relevant to practice in the Trust and in the clinical area
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oFirst degree level qualification, relevant to service area
  • oHCPC Licence to practice
  • oFull Membership of Professional body , relevant to service area
  • oEvidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
  • oRelevant training in specialist area e.g. post graduate dysphagia qualification, Sensory-Integration, neurological rehabilitation
  • oRelevant training in clinical leadership

Experience

Essential

  • oExtensive experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams in Local Authority and Health settings
  • oExtensive experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people with a range of developmental disorders and delays
  • oSignificant experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
  • oRelevant experience of using leadership skills for service development
  • oSignificant experience in providing support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals

Skills

Essential

  • oKnowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service area
  • oCompetent in using electronic systems relevant to practice in the Trust and in the clinical area

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Springfield Centre

Raddlebarn rd

Birmingham

B29 6HA


Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Springfield Centre

Raddlebarn rd

Birmingham

B29 6HA


Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Highly Specialist SLT, Secondary & FE

Aaron Emmett

aaron.emmett@nhs.net

07725478172

Details

Date posted

20 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

820-5889298-CF

Job locations

Springfield Centre

Raddlebarn rd

Birmingham

B29 6HA


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