An exciting development opportunity exists within Children’s Care group for a permanent band 6 role (29.6hours) in Forth Valley. The Speech and Language Therapy team in Forth Valley is known nationally for their sector leading work and transformational change in order to further improve outcomes of children in young people, particularly those living in poverty. The Teams work in partnership with families, education and health staff to deliver quality Universal, Targeted and Individualised approaches. The successful candidate will work in partnership to reduce the risk and impact of speech, language and communication difficulties on children’s wellbeing. There is also scope within this post to support Eating, Drinking and Swallowing difficulties and full training will be provided if this is an area of interest. This role will require the successful candidate to deliver new and innovative whole systems universal, targeted and individualised approaches within Education and in the wider community. The candidate will be highly experienced in delivering individualised support to a broad range of children and young people with communication needs. They will also have significant experience of delivering universal and targeted whole school and nursery approaches and be confident in measuring impact within these settings. The successful candidate will be highly competent in improving the communication environment, affecting behaviour change and modelling and coaching parents and education staff with a range of approaches and interventions. You will receive a high level of professional support, leadership and clinical supervision. You will also have access to high quality professional development delivered by our very highly skilled teams across Forth Valley. The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk If you have the skills to meet the demands of this post please complete and submit an application. We love it when people contact us to discuss advertised posts. It allows you to find out more about us and the role and allows us to support you with your application process which we enjoy doing. Please do get in touch with Pauline Christie or Nicola Orr on 01786 434078. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 23rd of April. If you require any additional information you can contact Pauline Christie or Nicola Orr on 01786 434078 or email pauline.christienhs.scot or nicola.orrnhs.scot Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail, therefore please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and your Jobtrain account for updates. NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.