Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 10 months (Permanent and fixed term contracts available.)
- Hours
- 22.5 hours per week (Part time)
- Job ref
- 150-MM0174-CSS
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Horsham Hospital
- Town
- Horsham
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pa / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
Due to a secondment opportunity, the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy team in Central are looking for therapist to cover 0.6wte in Horsham Nursery Specialist Support Centre, an SSC attached to a Nursery which has 16 places for preschool children requiring dynamic assessment of their needs before going into school. Typically these children will be demonstrating social communication difficulties and or Developmental Speech/Language Disorder, they are all likely to need an Education Health Care Needs Assessment before starting school.
The SLT will work closely with setting staff and the Speech and Language Therapy Assistant, who supports for half a day a week. There is support for the SLT from Band 7s Leads in SSCs, EYS, Deafness and our Neurodevelopmental Pathway. The Seconded SLT will still be working in the wider team and is happy to be available for questions or advice.
The successful applicant will value the opportunity to work in partnership with parents, colleagues and staff in education and social care settings to achieve the best outcomes for those in their care. They will welcome opportunities to share their knowledge and skills and promote the values of a balanced system approach to service delivery.
Any questions please feel free to contact us via the details below.
Main duties of the job
To provide:
- Assessment
- Advice to parents/carers/setting staff
- Training
- Therapy Plans and Outcomes
- Therapy
- Reports for ENCHA, Transition, Annual Review etc
- Data as required
- Support to other SLT teams during school holiday periods
- Up to date clinical competencies in line with HCPC requirements
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
- Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
- Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Research opportunities
- Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a therapist with two or three years’ experience you will be keen to work further develop your skills in your chosen specialist area. You will work as part of a well supported team but and be able to contribute your well developed skills to the efficient and safe running of your part of the service. You will be able to support students, Speech and Language Therapy Assistants and NQTs/Band 5s and demonstrate resilience and early Leadership skills. You will actively seek opportunities to further your knowledge and skills.
Assess children; Advise families and settings; Provide Therapy - individual; group; direct/indirect; remote/face to face; Train others; Write Reports and Intervention Plans; Use outcome measures; Contribute data.
Use System One electronic notes
Attend and contribute to Team and Locality Meetings
Access, and provide, supervision
Attend training and disseminate information
Maintain a CPD log
For further information please see the job description and person specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Qualification/MRCSL
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Membership of RCSLT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of independently managing a clinical caseload
- Working in partnership with parents, teachers and other carers/support workers
- Experience of working within a relevant specialist area and developing specialist packages of care.
- Inter-agency planning, consultation and working
- Experience of a range of caseload management and prioritisation systems
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills/oral & written communication
- Competent IT skills
- Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to client group
- Well established knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to client group.
- Good negotiation, problem-solving and organisational skills
- Excellent analytical and reflection skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Car owner/driver or suitable alternative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tamsyn Dell or Alice West
- Job title
- Clinical Services Managers Central C-SALT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01403 620445
- Additional information
C-SALT Central Admin Office 01403 620445
Tamsyn Dell 07884 912393
Alice West 07484 032577
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