Speech and Language Therapist inBlackburn inBlackburn PUBLISHED
WED 15 JAN 2025
Opportunity to make a significant impact on children's communication skills and overall development.
Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, including Occupational Therapists, enhancing professional development.
Flexible working environment, providing therapy in various locations such as clinics, homes, nurseries, and schools.
Strong support structure in place for supervision and personal development, encouraging leadership skills.
Commitment to professional development, including training in evidence-based practices and current issues.
Engagement with families and educational professionals, fostering a holistic approach to therapy.
The Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking qualified Speech and Language Therapists to join their Children's Speech and Language Therapy Teams in the Pennine locality, covering areas including Burnley, Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen, and Hyndburn Ribble Valley Rossendale. The role involves improving communication skills of children and young people, collaborating with families, and providing support to professionals across various settings such as clinics, homes, nurseries, and schools. Candidates are expected to possess excellent communication skills, a degree in Speech and Language Therapy, current HCPC registration, and experience working with diverse communication needs.
The role requires a flexible approach and a commitment to professional development, including leadership in service innovation. The successful candidates will manage their own caseloads while also overseeing assistant practitioners. An interest in eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties is desirable. The Trust promotes a supportive environment for clinical and professional growth, ensuring that employees have the resources they need to enhance their skills and competencies.
The role requires a flexible approach and a commitment to professional development, including leadership in service innovation. The successful candidates will manage their own caseloads while also overseeing assistant practitioners. An interest in eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties is desirable. The Trust promotes a supportive environment for clinical and professional growth, ensuring that employees have the resources they need to enhance their skills and competencies.
Job Summary
Exciting opportunities have arisen for a suitably qualified Speech and Language Therapists to join the forward thinking and super friendly Children's Speech and Language Therapy Teams in the Pennine locality. We cover the Burnley and Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen and Hyndburn Ribble Valley Rossendale areas of Lancashire.
Main duties of the job
We are committed to improving the communication skills of children and young people, while supporting carers and other professionals to increase their ability to understand and support children with communication needs. The 3 Teams consist of SLTs and OTs working together.
The Children's Speech & Language Therapy teams provide high quality services to children with speech, language and communication difficulties across the locality. We work in a variety of locations, including clinics, children's own homes, nurseries and schools. We work closely with families and with colleagues in health, education and social care and you must have excellent communication skills to support these relationships
About Us
You must be enthusiastic and motivated and have experience of working with children with diverse speech, language and communication needs.An interest in managing eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties is desirable but not essential.
You will manage your own time and caseload effectively and also support assistant practitioners in managing a delegated caseload. We are committed to promoting professional development in all staff and you should be enthusiastic about developing your leadership skills in service innovation. A significant supervision and support structure is in place to ensure competencies are met and specific areas of interest developed. Demonstrating a proactive approach to your own clinical and professional development and having a sound understanding of evidence based practice, is important.
Date posted
31 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
351-CEN1154-MC
Job locations
East Lancashire Sites
Blackburn
BB2 1AX
Job Description
Job responsibilities
A flexible and creative approach is essential to enable the service to continue to drive towards improving quality for children and families
For further information about the posts please review the Job Description and Person Spec enclosed.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
A flexible and creative approach is essential to enable the service to continue to drive towards improving quality for children and families
For further information about the posts please review the Job Description and Person Spec enclosed.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
East Lancashire Sites
Blackburn
BB2 1AX
Employer's website
www.jobsincare.com/job/jbliF351 (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS
Exciting opportunities have arisen for a suitably qualified Speech and Language Therapists to join the forward thinking and super friendly Children's Speech and Language Therapy Teams in the Pennine locality. We cover the Burnley and Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen and Hyndburn Ribble Valley Rossendale areas of Lancashire.
Main duties of the job
We are committed to improving the communication skills of children and young people, while supporting carers and other professionals to increase their ability to understand and support children with communication needs. The 3 Teams consist of SLTs and OTs working together.
The Children's Speech & Language Therapy teams provide high quality services to children with speech, language and communication difficulties across the locality. We work in a variety of locations, including clinics, children's own homes, nurseries and schools. We work closely with families and with colleagues in health, education and social care and you must have excellent communication skills to support these relationships
About Us
You must be enthusiastic and motivated and have experience of working with children with diverse speech, language and communication needs.An interest in managing eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties is desirable but not essential.
You will manage your own time and caseload effectively and also support assistant practitioners in managing a delegated caseload. We are committed to promoting professional development in all staff and you should be enthusiastic about developing your leadership skills in service innovation. A significant supervision and support structure is in place to ensure competencies are met and specific areas of interest developed. Demonstrating a proactive approach to your own clinical and professional development and having a sound understanding of evidence based practice, is important.
Date posted
31 December 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
351-CEN1154-MC
Job locations
East Lancashire Sites
Blackburn
BB2 1AX
Job Description
Job responsibilities
A flexible and creative approach is essential to enable the service to continue to drive towards improving quality for children and families
For further information about the posts please review the Job Description and Person Spec enclosed.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
A flexible and creative approach is essential to enable the service to continue to drive towards improving quality for children and families
For further information about the posts please review the Job Description and Person Spec enclosed.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
- Current Professional Registration with HCPC
Essential
- Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
- Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools
- Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes
- Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group
Essential
- Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
- Safeguarding of children/adults and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
Essential
- Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
- Safeguarding of children/adults and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
East Lancashire Sites
Blackburn
BB2 1AX
Employer's website
www.jobsincare.com/job/jbliF351 (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS
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