Community Paediatric Speech

We are seeking a passionate, innovative and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team in North Cumbria. The team provide a service to the East of the Cumberland district.
The role will be to support the development and delivery of the targeted and universal levels of the speech and language therapy service in line with current commission requirements.
To develop and deliver the targeted and universal levels of the speech and language therapy service in line with current commission requirements.
To collaborate with interagency work to ensure all children have appropriate language and communication opportunities to reach their desired outcomes.
Share expertise related to key messages and to model best practise with colleagues, families and practitioners, through delivery of training and signposting to other agencies.
To audit and review outcomes for stakeholders and children accessing targeted and universal speech and language therapy service levels.
To undertake effective and holistic assessment of children referred to understand the functional impact of any speech, language or communication.
In line with service demand, to assume responsibility and accountability for a caseload of children and/or young people with diverse presentations holding the duty of care and prioritizing and managing the caseload independently.
In collaboration with the Band & Universal and Targeted Lead SLT, contribute to delivery of the universal and targeted speech and language therapy service. This will include:

- identifying and utilising outcome measures in partnership with Universal SLT colleagues across the county and the management team, to measure the impact of the universal role
- delivering and reinforcing key universal messages to families and practitioners in order to help develop children’s communication skills.
- planning and delivering training across the children’s workforce to develop awareness of the importance of communication skills for every child
- raising quality of provision in early years settings to support communication.
- developing and reviewing referral criteria, pathways and screening tools.
- supporting work at the pre-referral stage (e.g. triage function, health promotion and education, expectations of referrers etc)
- raising awareness of the universal speech and language therapy role/service. -promotion of this level of response as being timely, safe and proximal to the child
- contributing to relevant joint strategy development
- establishing targeted level offer

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
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