Senior Speech and Language Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to work collaboratively with the Early Childhood Development Multi‑Disciplinary Team (MDT). We are looking for a Band 6 Senior Speech and Language therapist to join our pathway. This pathway helps babies and children under 5 in Devon (excluding Plymouth) with severe delay or differences in multiple areas of their development. The MDT includes: Clinical Psychologists Occupational Therapists Physiotherapists Speech and Language Therapists Early Years Practitioners Paediatricians You would be responsible for providing specialist speech and language therapy assessments and therapeutic interventions to children and their families who have been referred and accepted for help. You would also provide more help and risk support as identified in the I‑Thrive model. You will work with more junior clinicians, providing supervision and clinical supervision, and assist with the coordination of the clinic caseload. Manage a caseload of children and young people with complex Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN), which may include speech, language, communication difficulties, using evidence‑based practice to assess, plan, formulate, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings individually and/or in groups and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Provide clinical support and supervision within a CFHD pathway of care, and across the designated pathways/s of care (these can include but are not limited to Speech, Language and Communication Pathway, Managing Neurodiversity Pathway, Community Nursing, Physical and Sensory pathway and Vulnerable Pathway). Coordinate the clinic and oversee day‑to‑day caseload management together with the Clinical Team Manager. Participate in student placements, team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and report to the locality lead; promote and support participation of service users across the service; participate in clinical audits and research as appropriate; attend relevant training and development to maintain and develop skills and knowledge required of a specialist therapist, and maintain up‑to‑date HCPC and RCSLT registration. Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including: Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust Devon Partnership NHS Trust Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust Livewell South West CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people which are provided by TSDFT and DPT. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county‑wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i‑Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities. Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers. Our children and young people say… We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non‑patronising and non‑judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure. Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant partnership that benefits the communities we serve. Why Work With Us For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Emily Smith Job title: Clinical Team Manager Email address: emily.smith214@nhs.net Telephone number: 07990 790667 Hannah Greer Clinical Team Manager Senior SALT Direct Telephone: 01803 217758 / 07811501295 Email: Hannah.greer1@nhs.net #J-18808-Ljbffr