Job summary
This post is Fixed Term for 30 months only due to funding.
Are you an enthusiastic speech and language therapist who is passionate about changing the life chances of children in the Early Years by supporting children's speech, language and communication needs?
Are you looking for a post in the beautiful South Wales valleys?
Then this may be the job for you!
We are delighted to offer this fixed-term band 6 Speech and Language Therapist post, currently funded until March 2028.
We are looking for a therapist with experience working with children under 4, has excellent communication skills and enjoys working collaboratively with others. You will join our already well established Flying Start team in RCT.
You will demonstrate the Health Board values of listening, learning and improving, treating everyone with respect and always working together as one team.
Main duties of the job
You will support families and the Early Years workforce to develop young children's communication. This may involve advice and signposting for individual children, supervision, training and support to staff. You will liaise with other professionals in Health.
We are a friendly and compassionate service with a strong commitment to supporting staff well-being, supervision and continued professional development.
You will join a small, passionate and committed multi agency team that consists of speech and language teams, an Educational Psychologist, an Occupational Therapist and Flying Start Childcare Advisory Officers. The team young children and their parents via the Community Wellbeing and Resilience Service. We provide training and advice to Flying Start settings and wider professionals in health and across Resilience families at universal and targeted levels, whilst maintaining links to the core SLT service. The focus is on prevention and early identification of speech, language and communication needs, whilst promoting responsiveness in caregivers and practitioners through evidence based practice.
The children's SLT service has a range of clinical specialists available for second opinions and staff are supported by a line management structure, Paediatric Team Leads and an Admin Team.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
Person Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential
- Speech and Language Therapy Degree
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Relevant training courses.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children under 4 years.
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency teams
- Experience of providing training.
Desirable
- Experience of leading a project.
- Experience of reporting data.
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of communication development under 4, disorders and interventions.
- Knowledge of Flying Start, SLCN guidance and reporting.
Skills
Essential
- Able to analyse speech/ language assessment information and make appropriate clinical decisions.
- Knowledge of a wide range of paediatric speech and lang assessment tools
- Knowledge of a range of paediatric speech and language intervention approaches.
Desirable
- Welsh language speaking/listening skills at a Level 3 or above
Person Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential
- Speech and Language Therapy Degree
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Relevant training courses.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children under 4 years.
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency teams
- Experience of providing training.
Desirable
- Experience of leading a project.
- Experience of reporting data.
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of communication development under 4, disorders and interventions.
- Knowledge of Flying Start, SLCN guidance and reporting.
Skills
Essential
- Able to analyse speech/ language assessment information and make appropriate clinical decisions.
- Knowledge of a wide range of paediatric speech and lang assessment tools
- Knowledge of a range of paediatric speech and language intervention approaches.
Desirable
- Welsh language speaking/listening skills at a Level 3 or above
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).
