Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Senior Speech and Language Therapist - Band 6
Full time 37.5 hours per week.
Would you like to come and join our Children's Speech & Language Therapy Team in Coventry?
Due to additional funding, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to join our innovative community-based team working across Coventry.
Opportunities are available to work with a mixed caseload across all ages and in a variety of settings. You would be providing assessment and intervention for children and young people, with aspects of the role also including training for parents and education staff.
You will also have some service-wide responsibilities and would offer clinical and caseload support to less experienced colleagues. The service is delivered in a variety of settings: family homes, nurseries, mainstream and special schools, and the city centre clinic. We also provide some virtual appointments via Attend Anywhere.
Main Duties of the Job
The Children's Speech & Language Therapy Team aims to provide a high-quality service to children, young people, and their families. We provide assessment, interventions, advice, and support to children and young people aged 0-19 with a Coventry GP. We also support children in Coventry schools with an Education, Health & Care Plan. We have developed clinical pathways and a competency programme in various clinical areas including Speech, Language, Voice, Stammering, Dysphagia, Deafness, Cleft Palate, Alternative & Augmentative Communication, and young children 'At Risk' of SLCN.
We are committed to professional development and evidence-based practice, offering regular in-service CPD days and peer group clinical supervision. Mentoring and management supervision are also provided, as well as support from more experienced therapists. Internal and external training courses are supported.
Being a member of a large Speech and Language Therapy team of SLTs and Assistants and close working with Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues gives opportunities for various clinical and training experiences.
About Us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability, and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
* Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
* Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching, and mentoring, and much more
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership, and more
* Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
* Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline, and more
* Staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.
Job Responsibilities
You will have a Speech & Language Therapy qualification and RCSLT & HCPC registration. You will need to demonstrate flexibility and initiative, enthusiasm, and organisational skills to work as part of a Multidisciplinary and Multi-Agency Team. It is desirable to have experience working with complex children in specialist settings and to have AAC experience.
If you're a good team player, ready to join a supportive team and embrace our commitment to learning from our children, families, and each other, please apply. In return, we'll offer you development opportunities and the opportunity to make a real difference to our local community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC registered
* Postgraduate training relevant to the client group
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to practice independently within the clinical area
* Ability to provide clinical advice on an individual case basis
* Excellent organisational skills
Experience
* SLT clinical experience working with children with a variety of clinical needs
* Experience in the development and delivery of training
* Experience of multi-agency/professional working
Other
* Ability to travel independently across the city on a regular basis
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 per annum / pro rata
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