About this role
Job summary
The Children's SLT teams work in close partnership with parent representative groups, and key stakeholders in education and social care across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Local Authorities to monitor and improve the service through co-production.
The teams are committed to ensuring staff have the skills and time to feel proud of the work that we do. At Band 6 there are options and opportunities to deliver care and support, and to develop your skills across our specialist pathways. The focus for this role is to provide care acrossacross universal, targeted and specific waves of intervention to children and young people in early years, mainstream and specialist schools with speech, language and communication needs. If you have interests in specific areas of children's SLT please talk with us about those at interview.
The SLT team actively seek to develop everyone's interest and participation in audit, service improvement and research.
We will actively support you to develop your skills and your career during this fixed term contract and encourage you to consider a longer term career with us as opportunities emerge through the SEND reforms in 2026/27.
Main duties of the job
To undertake comprehensive autonomous speech, language and communication assessment for children and young people, including those with complex presentations, using investigative and analytical skills. To analyse and interpret clinical and non-clinical information to form an accurate profile of strengths, difficulties and needs, diagnoses and prognoses in a wide range of complex conditions. To develop care plans in partnership with children and young people, parents and others in children's lives. To deliver care and support at a highly specialist level. To develop your knowledge, skills and clinical networks in your chosen specialist area respondingto available evidence and being involved in audit, service improvement and research.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
The Children's SLT team work closely within Children's Therapy Services with the Child Development Centres and Community Paediatrics, and also provide in reaching services to the local acute wards
There are strong relationships across the Children's and Families service delivery group with all teams.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications Essential
Holds recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent. Holds Health Professions Council licence to practice as a Speech and Language Therapist. Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Evidence of completion of relevant short course and continuing professional development
Experience Essential
Extensive experience at post-graduate level with a range of speech, language communication difficulties in children including stammering. Significant experience of working with children and young people with complex communication needs. Experience at post-graduate level of working in multidisciplinary teams to assess the needs of children and families. Experience at post-graduate level of using a range of assessments and assessment processes. Experience at post-graduate level of delivering and evaluating relevant training and coaching programmes. Experience of data gathering methodology and participation in clinical audit.
Knowledge & Skills Essential
Knowledge of relevant speech, language, communication assessments, interventions and techniques and how to evaluate their relevance and effectiveness. Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to Children's Speech and Language Therapy and to Children and Young People's Education. Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and their implementation in practice. Knowledge of nationally recognised training and coaching packages of care for parents and other professionals working with children with SLCN. An ongoing awareness of recent developments in practice and research including National guidance. Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and their implications for the service. Effective written and verbal communication skills for a wide audience of children and adults.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address Stepping Stones
Brunel Road
Malinslee Telford
TF3 2BF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)