Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

The Children's Integrated Therapy Service in Blackburn with Darwen is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated qualified Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) to join our experienced and friendly team. Experience working in paediatrics is desirable but not essential.

We work with children and young people aged 0 19 years with communication needs and eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. The Service offers clinical and management supervision, specialist support from senior staff, continuing professional development and specialist SLT forums.

The team comprises speech and language therapists and speech and language therapy assistants. We work closely with colleagues in health, education and social care to provide a genuinely child centred service across various locations, including clinics, children's own homes, nurseries and schools.

The successful candidate will effectively manage their own time, demonstrate excellent communication skills and have an interest in working with children and their families. A therapist with experience in eating, drinking and swallowing is desirable.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, including term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi time. The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do, and we offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

• Professional Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
• Current Professional Registration with HCPC
• Evidence of continued professional development

• Understanding of clinical governance framework and implications for practice, including audit and research governance
• Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs
• Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs and related to client group

• Evidence of recent and relevant postgraduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice, demonstrating an in depth knowledge of specialist area
• Multi disciplinary/multi agency collaborative working
• Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical setting

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Knowledge of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 is required and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).