The Children’s Therapies Team is an integrated therapies team providing Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Specialist Nurse Advisors and Care Co-ordinators to children 0 – 19 years within Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. This vacancy is for 22.5 hours a week (0.6Wte) within the East Kent Children’s Therapies service. The postholder will work 3 days per week within the Augmentative and Alternative (AAC) pathway supporting both early years and school aged children in a range of environments including home, clinic and education settings. The successful applicant will join other AAC Clinical Leads across Kent working closely together to support the AAC pathway. The post holder will provide support and supervision to other clinicians in the team managing children with AAC needs. The post holder will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and with specialists including the Kent & Medway Communication & Assistive Technology (KMCAT) team to assess and support children with AAC needs. Supporting and leading on the AAC pathway across Kent Leading on service policy and clinical care pathways across KCHFT in these specialist clinical areas Ensuring team members are working to agreed care pathway within these clinical areas Providing effective supervision, training and support to SLTs to enhance their CPD Reporting and advising on development requirements in these specialist areas to colleagues, Professional Leads, Team Leads, Locality Clinical Manager and Head of Service. Participating in reflective practice and on going learning within these clinical fields Carrying out delegated line management of staff Managing a complex /specialist clinical caseload across 0-19 years Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lindsey Tilley Job title: Locality clinical manager Email address: lindsey.tilleynhs.net