Job summary
Band 6 Children's Speech and Language Therapist
Come and join one of our Locality SLT teams in Birmingham : a vibrant multicultural city!
We have 3 permanent posts - a full-time post in our schools team based in North locality, a full-time post in our Early Years team based in East locality and a part-time post (3 days per week) in our schools team based in S/SW localities. You will be working in children's centres and mainstream settings supporting families, education partners and children with a wide range of communication needs. There may be an opportunity to work across both Early Years and School-age services if need arises.
There are also 2 Fixed term posts available working in South and East localities to cover maternity leave, primarily working as part of the schools team in mainstream and some special schools.
We have term time and all year round contracts and offer flexible working patterns.
Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents?
Do you want to be part of an integrated SLT service with an experienced, optimistic and inclusive workforce of SLTs and education partners?
If so come and join us!
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
- 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 work in localities developing local networks to build skills in the wider workforce and increase the impact of our interventions.
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.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
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 & training
Essential
- oFirst degree level qualification
- oHCPC Licence to practice
- oEvidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
- oFull Membership of Professional body , relevant to service area
Desirable
- Relevant training in specialist area e.g. post graduate dysphagia qualification, SensoryIntegration, neurological rehabilitation
- Relevant training in clinical leadership
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention in a relevant specialist area of service
- oSignificant 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
- Experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people with a range of developmental disorders and delays
- oExperience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
- oExperience of delivering support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of the needs of a diverse social and ethnic population and the impact on all aspects of service provision
- oCompetent in supporting the collection and analysis of data, critiquing research to contribute to service development, planning and management
- oKnowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service area
Person Specification
Qualifications & training
Essential
- oFirst degree level qualification
- oHCPC Licence to practice
- oEvidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
- oFull Membership of Professional body , relevant to service area
Desirable
- Relevant training in specialist area e.g. post graduate dysphagia qualification, SensoryIntegration, neurological rehabilitation
- Relevant training in clinical leadership
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention in a relevant specialist area of service
- oSignificant 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
- Experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people with a range of developmental disorders and delays
- oExperience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
- oExperience of delivering support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of the needs of a diverse social and ethnic population and the impact on all aspects of service provision
- oCompetent in supporting the collection and analysis of data, critiquing research to contribute to service development, planning and management
- oKnowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service 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.
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).
