Children's Technical Instructor (Speech & Language Therapy)

at  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

This role will involve working as a member of the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team to provide therapy and support to children who have difficulties with speech, language and communication needs.
The role will involve working as a member of a project team to support the role out of evidenced-based screening tools and interventions to children with social communication difficulties, and their families.
You will be implementing screening tools and interventions to children with social communication difficulties to ensure best outcomes.
You will also be supporting the wider Stockport Family to embed these social communication screening tools and interventions across Universal services such as Health Visiting. You will also work closely with the SLT project leads and supervisors as well as with colleagues in the Child Development Unit.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

BENEFITS WE OFFER TO YOU:

Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
NHS pension scheme membership
Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
NHS Staff discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Please see detailed Job Description document for full list of responsibilities.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13

Please refer the Job description for details