Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Children

Would you like to provide speech and language therapy for children with Hearing Impairment and Complex Special Needs. Due to maternity leave we have an opportunity for you to be a important part of an established community SLT team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospital, on a fixed term basis. The successful candidate would provided therapy within HI Resources and a range of Special Schools across the district.Our SLT's benefit from robust supervision alongside encouraging CPD and innovative practice. You will be part of the special school team and will be supported within the friendly inclusive therapy department. The team offers a full induction programme, regular team meetings and peer support. If you would like to join our highly experienced Children's Speech and Language therapy Team please apply., To provide Speech and Language assessment and interventions to nursery and school-aged children with complex communication difficulties in special schools.

To support children with hearing impairment who are placed within the local authority mainstream primary and secondary resourced provisions.

To provide clinical expertise to colleagues within the SLT team offering clinical supervision as required

To offer training to others both internally and externally regarding communication development.

To ensure all client care is assessed, planned and evaluated according to RCSLT guidelines.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.