This role has a competitive starting salary of £40,761 per annum (including market supplement), based on 36 hours per week across 42 weeks a year (equivalent to a Band 6 NHS post) pro-rata to £43,996 full-time equivalent.
Are you an enthusiastic, qualified Speech and Language Therapist with over 2 years’ experience looking to develop your skills in working with school aged children?
If so, we can offer great opportunities to join our skilled, supportive and solution-focused team where you will develop the speech, language and communication skills of children with a range of clinical diagnosis e.g. developmental language disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, dysphagia, autism.
We are an expanding service with exciting career opportunities where posts can be mixed based on interests, including mainstream schools and colleges, specialist schools as well as developing a specialism in deafness (which could also include an early years caseload) or dysphagia.
North East Surrey (Weybridge, Epsom & Ewell, Spelthorne, and Elmbridge) - 3 days per week part-time position available
42-week contract, working across term-time and an additional, flexible 15 days for CPD, project work and supervision activities as well as 10 weeks holiday in non-term time
Belonging to a team of students, therapists and assistants led by a Therapies Manager who is an SLT
Comprehensive clinical supervision programme including a buddy, 1:1 meetings with line manager, extensive in house training programme and formal external training opportunities, access to clinical effectiveness groups, case study groups and enhanced probation support, termly whole-team study days, encouragement to join and attend CEN’s relating to practice
Training and support is provided
Paid RCSLT membership and HCPC fees
An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
A generous local government salary related pension
Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
The Surrey SLT service is a large team (over 160) of both qualified therapists and non-qualified therapy assistants working in mainstream and specialist provisions through primary, secondary and colleges, with some opportunities for a preschool caseload.
We have excellent supervision and CPD models plus a rolling in-house training programme; we are committed to continuous learning and development. We are a forward thinking service and were involved with the RCSLT and Reading University around the dysphagia competences linked to student placements.
The Speech and Language Therapy Service is part of Surrey County Council’s local offer to support the special educational needs and disabilities of children and young people within mainstream schools and specialist provision. This Service is part of the Inclusion & Additional Needs Team in Surrey’s Children, Families and Lifelong Learning Directorate, and as such works collaboratively with other teams such as Educational Psychology, Specialist Teachers and SEN teams.
equipping families and professionals with the skills and resources to work together to support children with SLCN. We offer universal, targeted and specialist support for children, families, and the school workforce; working with children and young people with EHCPs and those at SEN support following Surrey’s Graduated Response. Your main duties in the role of Specialist Speech and Language Therapist will include:
Clinical decision making in conjunction with school/college staff around the level of support needed to achieve the best possible outcome for the children and young people on your defined caseload
Working with assistants, setting targets for the children and young people they are supporting, and monitoring of the delivery and outcomes of their work
Assessment, advice and intervention for children with a range of speech, language and communication needs within your caseload. For children and young people on your caseload who are considered to have complex needs and where a joint multidisciplinary approach is essential to achieving the best outcome for these children and young people, you will be supported by your clinical team leader
You will work in partnership with other colleagues to ensure a holistic and child centred approach to identifying and meeting children and young people's needs.
Working in the community in close partnership with Advisory Teachers of the Deaf and the wider Physical and Sensory Support team to deliver a service to preschool deaf children and their families in their homes and in nursery settings
Degree in Speech and Language Therapy and a minimum of 2 years’ experience working as an SLT (slightly less with signed off completion of NQP competencies may be considered)
An understanding of the English education system including the National Curriculum and SEND code of practice
Experience of leading and supporting others including newly qualified therapists, assistants, students, work experience placements
A range of evidence-based interventions used to support children and young people
For consideration for working in our specialist dysphagia service you will need experience of working with children with eating and swallowing disorders and a keen interest in extending your clinical expertise in this field
For consideration for working in our school based/college service with children needing support with speech, language and communication within a range of diagnoses you will need experience of working within school/college environments and age groups and a keen interest in extending their clinical expertise in this field
Surrey has both urban and rural areas and Therapists will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.
This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.
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