Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Come and join one of our Locality SLT teams in Birmingham: a vibrant multicultural city!

• Full time, part time with minimum 3 days per week; hybrid working - mix of working from home and being on site
• £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata)

We have sessions available in our Early Years and Schools teams, in both mainstream and specialist settings supporting a range of communication needs including AAC. The sessions are likely to be in East, North and North-West but could be available elsewhere so do apply!

Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents?

Do you want to be part of an integrated SLT service with an experienced, optimistic and inclusive workforce of SLTs and education partners?

If so come and join us!

It’s an exciting time! It's our first year of delivering an integrated SLT service within a Balanced System framework. We're working in partnership with families, the Local Authority, individual schools and a wide range of stakeholders to deliver interventions at Universal, Targeted and Specialist levels.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to:

• Manage your own caseload of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) including assessment, diagnosis and intervention; using an enabling model to support the child to achieve functional outcomes.
• Deliver care, face to face and virtually, across a range of locations including education settings, children's centres, family hubs, health centres and family homes.
• Clinically supervise NQPs and more junior members of staff.
• Work with children and families at home and in early years, mainstream & specialist settings, supporting children with SLCN and complex needs.
• Work alongside education and local authority and Early Years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and work in localities developing local networks to build skills in the wider workforce and increase the impact of our interventions.