Job Description

We are looking for a part time B6 Speech and Language Therapist with a special interest in working with young people who have complex needs.



We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams. This post will be based in the Exeter East and Mid Devon locality.



The role will include speech and language assessment and intervention for children and young people with significant communication difficulties, often those with a complex medical history. Support can be offered usually within the special school setting and include working with the young persons support network with a focus on developing a total communication approach to enhance receptive and expressive language skills.



As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.



Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!



Manage a caseload of children and young people with complex Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) using evidenced 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 reports, feedback and statistics reflecting specialist knowledge.



Inform carers and other professionals on details from specialist assessments.



Work with the wider team to co-ordinate visits, clinic appointments and oversee the day to day caseload management.



Participate in the provision of student placements and support rotation therapists at a lower banding across the county as needed.



Working within a CFHD pathway of care, provide clinical support for the complex needs specialism to SLT's across the other designated pathways/s of care (these can include but are not limited to; Speech, Language and Communication Pathway, Managing Neurodiversity Pathway, Community Children's Nursing, Physical and Sensory pathway and Vulnerable Children's Pathway).



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 FT



Devon Partnership NHS Trust



Royal Devon and Exeter FT



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.



Communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions in a way that is accessible and easily understood. This will include facilitating strategies for people with communication disorders where barriers to understanding may exist.



Demonstrate specialist Speech and Language Therapy knowledge across a range of therapeutic interventions.



Responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise.



Use routine outcome measures and goal-based approach, collaboratively with service users, in ways that inform treatment and clinical care.



Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached /Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification .