Specialist Speech and Language Therapist inWeybridge inWeybridge PUBLISHED
WED 30 OCT 2024
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The Specialist Speech and Language Therapist role in Weybridge, offered by Surrey County Council, includes a competitive salary of £40,761 per annum for 36 hours a week across 42 weeks per year, with opportunities for professional development within a supportive team environment. The position focuses on enhancing the speech, language, and communication skills of children with various clinical diagnoses, and includes responsibilities such as assessment, intervention, and collaboration with school staff and other professionals to achieve optimal outcomes for students.
Candidates will benefit from a strong clinical supervision program, opportunities for management skill development, and a range of additional perks such as extensive training, paid memberships, and a local government pension. The role allows for flexible working arrangements, including 15 days for continuing professional development and additional time off during school holidays, fostering a holistic and child-centered approach within the community. The team works collaboratively with various specialists to support children’s needs comprehensively.
Candidates will benefit from a strong clinical supervision program, opportunities for management skill development, and a range of additional perks such as extensive training, paid memberships, and a local government pension. The role allows for flexible working arrangements, including 15 days for continuing professional development and additional time off during school holidays, fostering a holistic and child-centered approach within the community. The team works collaboratively with various specialists to support children’s needs comprehensively.
This role has a competitive starting salary of £40,761 per annum based on 36 hours per week across 42 weeks a year (equivalent to a Band 6 NHS post) pro-rata to £43,996.
We can offer great opportunities to join our supportive and solution-focused team where you will develop the speech, language and communication skills of children with a range of clinical diagnosis.
We have posts in:
- NW Surrey (Woking, Runnymede, Surrey Heath)
- NE Surrey (Weybridge, Epsom & Ewell, Spelthorne, and Elmbridge)
- SWSurrey (Guildford and Waverley)
- SESurrey (Reigate & Banstead and Tandridge)
Rewards and Benefits
- 42-week contract, working across term-time and an additional, flexible 15 days for CPD, project work and supervision activities as well as 10 weeks holiday in non-term time
- Comprehensive clinical supervision programme including a buddy, 1:1 meetings, extensive in house & external training opportunities, clinical effectiveness groups, case study groups and enhanced probation support, termly whole-team study days
- Opportunities to develop management skills by taking on line management of assistants or NQPs. Training and support provided
- Paid RCSLT membership and HCPC fees
- Extensive Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
- 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
- Generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping
- 3 paid volunteering days per year
- Learning and development hub
- Clinical decision making in conjunction with school/college staff around the level of support needed to achieve the best possible outcome for the young people on your defined caseload
- Working with assistants, setting targets for the children and young people they are supporting, and monitoring of the delivery and outcomes of their work
- Assessment, advice and intervention for children with a range of speech, language and communication needs within your caseload
- Supporting junior members of the team, line managing others and taking on students
- You will work in partnership with other colleagues to ensure a holistic and child centred approach to identifying and meeting children and young people's needs.
Some examples are:
- Working in the community in close partnership with Advisory Teachers of the Deaf and the wider Physical and Sensory Support team to deliver a service to preschool deaf children and their families in their homes and in nursery settings
- Working with occupational therapists in our feeding pathways and MDT working in Specialist schools Joint assessments with educational psychologists
- Supporting the development and delivery of the annual service plan linked to the organisational aims and strategies
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