Grade - NHS AfC: Band 6

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Speech & Language Therapy Service

 

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Early Years Clinics / Pre-School Complex Needs

Band 6 / 37.5 hours FTC maternity cover

We are seeking an experienced speech and language therapist to join our friendly and enthusiastic Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service in West Sussex to help us cover a FTC maternity leave.

This post is based at the Worthing clinic and Worthing CDC at Worthing Hospital and within the Worthing Locality but some travel across the county will be required. The post holder will be managed by the Worthing Locality Manager. Children within West Sussex are offered therapy services through an integrated care-pathways model and you will work as part of the Early Years pathway and within the vision, values and strategic objectives of Sussex Community NHS Trust.

The successful applicant will be offering a variety of evidence-based, direct and indirect therapy approaches to children delivered at the universal, targeted and specialist level within the hospital clinic, children's homes,  nurseries as well as local Children and Family Centres. There is a strong commitment to multi-agency working with colleagues in Health, Education and local partnerships.

The successful applicant will be part of the Early Years and Pre-school complex needs teams.

 You will:

• Have experience of appropriate assessments and interventions for children with speech, language delay/disorder as well as complex needs and Autistic Spectrum Disorders. (some dysphagia experience is also desirable for this post)
• Provide input to pre-school children with a range of communication difficulties including complex needs, learning and physical disabilities, and Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
• Visit pre-school settings, nurseries and homes to ensure all environments support the child's needs.
• Promote the use of AAC and Total Communication approaches.
• Have experience of setting and measuring outcomes to ensure that you are delivering high quality and effective care.
• Have excellent communication and negotiation skills in order to work with and through others (parents, caregivers and pre-school and school staff) to achieve positive outcomes for children with SLCN.
• Work with Highly Specialist SLTs, a Specialist SLT, a SLTA as well as colleagues within the MDT who are also based at the Child Development Centre, Worthing Hospital.
• Develop and offer training to colleagues, educational staff and other professionals.

If successful you can expect:

• A warm, friendly, encouraging team of therapists and assistants
• Structured support and supervision
• Excellent clerical support
• A range of training and development opportunities
• Regular team meetings
• A wide range of resources

 The Sussex Community Trust Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service is committed to Continuing Professional Development and supports staff to engage in a broad range of learning opportunities. The successful candidate will work within the vision, values and strategic objectives of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Car driver essential

Applicants must be registered with HCPC

Enhanced DBS check required

 

Sussex Community NHS Trust values:

compassionate care I working together I achieving ambitions I delivering excellence

 

 

 

 

Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.