Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Reigate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 44,000

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

This role has a starting salary of £40,761 per annum based on 36 hours per week across 42 weeks a year pro-rata to £43,996.

Are you a Speech and Language Therapist with over 2 years' experience looking to develop 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. Posts can be mixed based on interests, including mainstream schools and colleges, specialist schools as well as developing a specialism in deafness or dysphagia.

We have posts across Surrey!

Rewards and Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• Opportunities to develop management skills by taking on line management of assistants or experienced autonomous therapists and taking students.
• Paid RCSLT membership and HCPC fees.
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme.
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year.
• A generous local government salary-related pension.
• 2 paid volunteering days per year.

Main Duties of the Job

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 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. Supporting junior members of the team, line managing others and taking on students.

About Us

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 champion our team and one of our Therapists was voted People's Choice in the Surrey Stars Awards receiving over 500 votes showing just how well the service is regarded in the organisation!

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.

Job Responsibilities

Please see above and below for full information about the opportunities available at Surrey County Council.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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).
• Registration with the HCPC and RCSLT, and permission to work in the UK.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Experience

• 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.
• 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.

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.