Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist

We are looking for a Band 6Speech and Language Therapist to join our community Speech and Language Therapy team based at ourDerby Court, Trowbridge location.

If you are dedicated to raisingawareness of speech, language and communication needs in young people in thecommunity, wed love to hear from you!

You will work alongside our Band 5 and Band 7 Speech and Language Therapists as well as Speech and Language Therapy Assistants, and report to the Hub Team Lead. You will support preschool and school age children up to the age of 19 yearswith a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties and their familieswithin the Wiltshire community.You will assess a childs communication difficulties using formal and informal assessment, specialist knowledge and consultation with parents and professionals.

We are particularly interested to hear from Speech and Language Therapists with a special interest or post graduate training in voice, stammering, dysphagia or other clinical areas. Additional training could be considered to an appropriate candidate for these or other clinical areas.

You will join a team who is innovative and progressive with a focus on fostering development for all their staff with opportunities for apprenticeships and other development opportunities.

Service hours are typically 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, with opportunities for flexibility within this upon discussion., As a Speech and Language Therapistyou will manage a caseload of children with multiple and complex SLCN including children with social, emotional and mental health needs

You will provide specialist advice and support to the Wiltshire SALT service in order to identify and enable effective support and intervention for those with speech, language and communication difficulties.

You will participate in multidisciplinary planning and strategy meetings regarding the needs of specific young people and the service as a whole. This will include identifying gaps in the service and generating possible solutions.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.