Children's Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Fantastic opportunity to work as part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust's Children's Speech and Language Therapy team.

4.5 days, term time only role working as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.

Opportunities may be available across a wide range of settings including special schools, mainstream schools.

This position may involve working across a range of needs and ages, supporting children and their families at universal, targeted and specialist levels through the Balanced System approach. We are looking to appoint enthusiastic, committed and dynamic speech and language therapists who will provide an excellent service to the young people of Stockport.

The successful candidates will hold a Degree/Masters level qualification or equivalent and be a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. They will also be registered as a Speech and Language Therapist with the HCPC.

They will have experience of working with children as an SLT, gained in settings such as community clinics, child development teams, mainstream or special schools. They should have a good grasp of the SEND Code of Practice, universal, targeted and specialist approaches and experience of working with partners to achieve the best possible outcomes. Excellent communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work both as part of a team and autonomously.

We are currently recruiting to a number of positions which may cover mainstream or special schools, as well as other duties within the team covering all ages.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen.

We believe the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore it may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - local financial advice

The successful candidates will primarily be working in school settings across Stockport, though working with other ages may also be covered.

The post involves working directly with children with a range of Speech, Language and Communication Needs and alongside their families, health care and education staff to provide universal and targeted intervention approaches, as well as detailed assessment. This may be through 1:1, small group, whole class/school work and involves coaching and training for the wider workforce and/or parents.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

Additional requirements: an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90 (deducted from first salary). Also, a condition of employment to join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

• Ability to work as part of a team and communicate messages effectively
• Ability to travel independently and efficiently across multiple community sites to meet the operational requirements of the role
• Ability to develop relationships with awareness of interpersonal skills and use of any strategies required to support this
• Demonstrates telephone communication adaptability and IT skills
• Demonstrates organisational skills and strategies to reduce stress in pressured situations
• Uses own initiative and demonstrates the ability to prioritise workloads
• Open to learning about bias and being an ally for people with protected characteristics
• Awareness of trust policies & procedures, up-to-date in current issues around professional practice and evidence-based practice
• Demonstrates problem solving skills and ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes
• Ability to supervise other practitioners
• Ability to run internal/external courses
• Evidence of participation in research

• Experience of working as part of a children's therapy team and multidisciplinary team
• Experience of student or therapy assistant supervision. (2 excellent)
• Demonstrates participation in complex discharge planning
• Experience of working in EY settings/schools providing SLT programmes
• Experience using EPR
• Experience of writing SALT advice for EHCPs

• HCPC and RCSLT membership
• Degree in SALT
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to paediatrics clinical fields
• Involvement with a Special Clinical Interest Group
• Evidence of Post Grad training/Qualifications

• Demonstrates specialist clinical skills across a range of SLCN
• Demonstrates an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Demonstrates knowledge of working in community therapy services and paediatric services
• Demonstrates knowledge of legislation relating to children, e.g. SEND, safeguarding
• Demonstrates knowledge in a specific area of interest

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.

£39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata per annum - term time only.