Childrens Team:37.5 hours per week

We are delighted to be in a position to attract 5 full-time Posts for Band 5 therapists who want to work with Children across our service. The Posts will suit newly-qualified therapists or therapists keen to expand their experience working with children.

We have had some significant investment in our services and we are keen to improve service delivery to our children across South Tyneside and Sunderland.

Three posts will be predominantly based in South Tyneside and three in Sunderland although we work across our patch as one integrated team. We have sessions across a range of settings in community clinics and education settings. We are particularly excited to have two of the new Posts funded specifically for children with SEND in South Tyneside.

Please apply if you are keen to develop your skills working with children across community and specialist settings who have a broad range of SLCN.

We are working with agencies and service users across systems to really try and improve the Service to children with SLCN and SEND. This includes working with our Family Hubs, mainstream and specialist education settings, local authority and other health partners as well as commissioners.

Join us if you want to be part of our drive to make a difference to the long-term outcomes for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

You will have experience of working with children with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties, and be able to assess, plan and provide intervention and therapy within a range of settings. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be committed to working in a multi-disciplinary way to facilitate the best outcomes for children. You will be well-supported and be part of a forward-thinking department that provides a range of specialist services and is always striving to be innovative and put research into practice to improve patient outcomes. Developing our team members in their career path is the corner-stone of this. This will be an ideal opportunity for a therapist looking to develop their skills in this area who also has values that align with those of our organisation and is passionate about making a difference to children and young people. Our Childrens Speech and Language Therapy Team covers South Tyneside and Sunderland localities. There are excellent links across the Childrens Therapy staff with joint supervision and sharing practice sessions.

Key requirements: Enthusiasm for this client group, experience of working with children with SLCN, team worker, HCPC registration, ability to meet the transport requirements of this Post.

For more details contact: Ruth Rayner (Head of Service), 0191 569 9009.

Nicola Johnson (Operational Manager)0191 569 9122 or Emma Bowen (Clinical Team Lead) 0191 283 3284.

About us

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as a Speech and Language Therapist (SALT) for Childrens Services.

To provide a clinical service to children with a wide range of speech, language and communication disorders.

To work autonomously assessing, differentially diagnosing, prioritising, treating and discharging patients with advice/supervision from senior clinicians.

To participate in clinical governance activity i.e. research, audit, evidence-based practice.

To liaise with and advise other agencies/professionals involved with the patient.

To contribute to service planning, improvement and modernisation to ensure patient safety.

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Person Specification

Physical Requirements

Essential

• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role.
• Ability to move and handle equipment and clients.

Desirable

• Car driver/owner, or access to mobility support.

Skills/Attributes/Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the full range of childrens Speech, Language and Communication problems.
• Excellent communication skills in all modalities.
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
• Organisational skills and well-developed time-management skills.

Desirable

• IT skills.
• Understanding of the principles of Clinical Audit R +D and evaluating service provision.
• Evidence of ability to plan and co-ordinate the work of others.

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant/recognised Degree qualification in Speech and Language Therapy - BSC/MSc.
• HCPC Registration.
• RCSLT Membership eligibility.

Desirable

• CPD and previous experience of working at this level.
• Evidence of post-graduate training/CPD in SLCN.
• Completion of pre-registration year-RCSLT NQT competences signed off -full clinical autonomy.

Experience

Essential

• Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy clinical experience.
• Previous experience of working with children.

Desirable

• Post-graduate paediatric Speech and Language Therapy clinical experience.
• Experience of treating or observing treatment of a range of Paediatric SLCN disorders.
• Experience of working with children with additional needs.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Provision of training.

Other

Desirable

• Please provide a contact telephone number (in case we need to contact you quickly about your Application), or write 'no Number' if you do not have one.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cleadon Park PCC

The Nook

South Shields

NE34 8PS

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