Speech and Language Therapist

**Main area**
- Speech and Language Therapist

**Grade**

Band 5 - 6

**Contract**

Permanent

**Hours**

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

**Job ref**

373-LD0529-A RR

**Site**
- Eastway, Eastway Assessment and Treatment Unit.

**Town**

Chester

**Salary**

£38,682 - £46,580 per annum

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

29/10/2025 23:59

**Job overview**:
An opportunity has become available for a qualified Speech and Language Therapist, either newly qualified or with more experience, preferably including experience and passion for working with people with a learning disability.

This role is to work as part of a multidisciplinary team with adults with a learning disability. The post is 0.5 with the Community Learning Disability Team in West Cheshire and 0.5 at Eastway, Assessment and Treatment Unit, based in Chester.

As a key member of both teams you will have opportunities to develop your skills across a range of clinical areas including AAC, Total Communication, Higher level language difficulties and dysphagia.

Dependent upon experience, the successful applicant will either commence as a Band 5 and progress to a band 6, or commence at Band 6, please speak with the team manager for more information regarding this.

You will work alongside more experienced SLTs to consolidate and develop your skills. If completing your Newly Qualified Competencies full support will be given.

Within these services we are always wanting to look at how best to provide the most effective service for people who access it and this includes carrying out QI projects and research. There are links with CANDDID, the Centre for Autism Neurodevelopmental disorders and Intellectual Disabilities, which supports projects being carried out.

There could be discussions around possible flexible working arrangements to see if this could support the service.

**Main duties of the job**:
You will provide evidence-based speech and language therapy assessment, treatment and intervention to service users who have learning disability and communication and/ or eating and drinking difficulties (dysphagia training will be provided as needed).

You will join a team of Speech and Language Therapists who work in Learning Disability across CWP and meet regularly to develop and share good practice.

Within these services we are always wanting to look at how best to provide the most effective service for people who access it and this includes carrying out QI projects and research. There are links with CANDDID, the Centre for Autism Neurodevelopmental disorders and Intellectual Disabilities, which supports projects being carried out. There could be discussions around possible flexible working arrangements to see if this could support the service.

**Working for our organisation**:
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are en