Senior Speech and Language Therapist

at  Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Senior Speech and Language Therapist -Band 6
Full time 37.5 hours per week
Fixed term contract for 12 months from January 2025
Would you like to come and join our Children’s Speech & Language Therapy Team in Coventry ?
Due to a team member taking a career break, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to join our innovative community-based team working across Coventry.
You would be providing assessment and intervention for children and young people with aspects of the role also including training for parents and education staff .
You will also have some service wide responsibilities and would offer clinical and caseload support to less experienced colleagues. The service is delivered in a variety of settings; family homes, nurseries, mainstream and special schools and the city centre clinic. We also provide some virtual appointments via Attend Anywhere.
The Children’s Speech & Language Therapy Team aims to provide a high-quality service to children, young people and their families. We provide assessment, interventions, advice and support to children and young people aged 0-19 with a Coventry GP. We also support children in Coventry schools with an Education, Health & Care Plan. We have developed clinical pathways and a competency programme in a variety of clinical areas including Speech, Language, Voice, Stammering, Dysphagia, Deafness Impairment, Cleft Palate, Alternative & Augmentative Communication and young children “At Risk” of SLCN.
We are committed to professional development and evidence-based practice, offering regular in-service CPD days and peer group clinical supervision. Mentoring and management supervision are also provided as well as support from more experienced therapists. Internal and external training courses are supported.
Being a member of a large Speech and Language Therapy team of SLTs and Assistants and close working with Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues gives opportunities for lots of different clinical and training experiences.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

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