The Children’s Speech and Language Therapy service has vacancy for a Band 5 therapist, the post holder will be part of our Early Years and Mainstream Schools Teams.
You will work with early years and school age children in a range of settings: community clinics; preschool settings and schools You will assess children, put together therapy plans, advise and train others as well as carrying out therapy yourself.
You will have a comprehensive induction period and be supported by friendly and experienced colleagues across the teams. Specifically, you will have regular supervision from a clinical lead. You will also have easy access to a buddy for those questions you feel you can't keep asking.
This is an ideal post to help you transition from NQT to therapist or to further develop a wide range of therapeutic skills to carry forward into your career. Well-structured supervision arrangements enable you to draw upon the wealth of experience within the wider team.
During your preceptorship year, clinical time will be reduced to allow a regular session for NQT development activities.
Our Speech and Language Therapy service is jointly funded by Health and Education and has a service specification that is broadly divided into Early Years and Schools. We use a universal, targeted and specialist approach focused on enabling the best possible communication between parents, carers and setting staff and the children and young people in their care.
You will work as part of a supportive and friendly team to:
Assess children’s speech language and communication needs (SLCN) and the functional impact of these
Advise families and settings on how they can help reduce this impact and facilitate communication skills
Provide individual or group therapy, demonstrating to parents/carers and setting staff how they can use strategies and techniques
Train parents/carers and setting staff so that they are empowered to identify and manage their child’s communication needs.
Write Reports and Intervention Plans, sharing information and setting targets with parents/carers and setting staff
Measure the success of your actions and report your outcomes
Maintain your clinical and professional development to be the best therapist you can be and progress in your career
Be part of clinical networks to ensure practice is evidence based and current.
SCFT is committed to developing staff professionally - with access to training funds, frequent inhouse training and to staff Wellbeing with a range of resources and courses available within the Trust.
We also have equipment budgets which enable the service to continually improve resources for assessment and therapy.
As a large team (over 100 SALTs plus SALTAs and administrative staff across the Trust) we have many opportunities for career development and it is often worth asking about the likely availability of additional sessions across the C-SALT team in West Sussex. If you think might be interested in working with us, why not get in touch?
To assess and provide therapeutic input to children and young people with communication difficulties.
To manage a caseload independently and to manage service priorities and client needs.
To assist in the organisation of caseloads within the scope of the post with support from other speech and language therapists and/or relevant Clinical Lead, advising SLT Clinical Service Manager of shortfalls and difficulties as they arise.
Manage clinical risk within own caseload, and generate strategies for caseload management.
Adapt practice to meet the individual circumstances, having regard to cultural and linguistic differences. Ensure that the child/young person and parent/ carers are involved in planning and decision making relevant to therapy intervention.
To provide accurate and timely statistics as required by Speech and Language Therapy and Sussex Community Foundation Trust
To provide all clinical practice in line with HCPC Standards of Proficiency and RCSLT clinical guidelines, ratified local policies and with due regard to evidence based practice.
Any other duties in line with the band and scope of the post
Please see attached job description and person specification for more details.
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Mar 2025