Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Team Lead

Job summary

We are delighted to be able to offer the opportunity for a full time Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Team Lead post in the West of Surrey.

We are particularly looking for someone to lead the clinical team at Freemantles School in Woking. Freemantles is an Outstanding (OFSted rating 2023) school for children with complex social and communication difficulties.

This position has a starting salary of£56,142 per annum pro-rata to £52,013.92 (NHS Band 7 equivalent)for working 36 hours per week across 42 weeks of the year, inclusive of market supplement.

Our Offer to You:

• Flexible working options around school core hours
• Paid fees for RCSLT membership and HCPC
• Mobile and agile working solutions (laptop, iPhone, online resources and assessments)
• A team of students, therapists and assistants led by a Therapies Manager who is a SLT
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

Main duties of the job

As a Highly Specialist SLT / Clinical Team Lead you will hold your own specialist clinical caseload at Freemantles school, and provide clinical support and secondary opinions for others in the team in the school and also the wider team.

You will have a management role in the North West SLT Team which includes working alongside the other Team Leads to support and develop an enthusiastic and friendly team who work in mainstream and specialist schools. This role requires a high level of organisational and prioritisation skills and an ability to develop these skills in others.

Through a joint up approach with colleagues across Surrey, you will ensure the wider team is informed of current research and evidence base, and that clinical practice is of high quality.

In this role, you will also be involved in:

• Providing clinical supervision and line management to members of the SLT Team and support with second opinions, observation, training and shadowing opportunities for colleagues
• Supporting student placements
• Working with management on the operational and strategic development of services to our schools across Surrey
• Providing advice at educational panels
• Contributing to tribunals as a representative for the local authority

About us

The School-Aged Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service is part of Surrey's offer to support the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities of children and young people within mainstream schools and specialist provision. The Service is part of the Early Intervention, Prevention and Support Service in Surrey's Children, Families and Lifelong Learning directorate, working collaboratively with other teams such as Educational Psychology, Specialist Teachers and SEND colleagues.

We are a large team (over 150) of both qualified Therapists and non-qualified Therapy Assistants, with excellent supervision and CPD models. We currently work across the four geographical quadrants of Surrey, each managed by a Quadrant Lead. The teams in each quadrant are made up of Therapists and Assistants. There are a team of Highly Specialist / Clinical Team Leads in each geographical area who work together to support the team and support service development.

Our aim is for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs to receive the right support at the right time. We do this through assessment and intervention, equipping families and professionals with the skills and resources to work together to help and support children with SLCN. We work with children and young people with EHCPs (Education, Health and Care Plan) and those at SEN (Special Education Needs) support.