You will be part of our friendly and welcoming team in Wiltshire Children's Services providing speech and language therapy support to pre-school and school age children with a widerange of speech, language and communication difficulties and their families, within the Wiltshirecommunity.
You will also provide support, training and advice for families and other professionals.
Main duties of the job
To work independently, with responsibility and accountability to manage and prioritise caseloads ofpre-school and school aged children with a wide range of speech, language and communicationdifficulties in the community
To offer assessment and differential diagnosis of a childs communication difficulties through use offormal and informal assessment, specialist knowledge and consultation with parents and otherprofessionals involved in their care
To produce reports reflecting clinical knowledge regarding clients needs and summarising proposedcare plans/target sheets for parents, carers, setting staff, and other professional colleagues, based onevidence. This may include production of reports for education, health and care plans
To manage ongoing care as per service clinical care pathways
To ensure a person-centred partnership in the management and care of children with speech, languageand communication difficulties so that clients, their parents/carers and setting staff are involved in theplanning and prioritisation of their care plans/target sheets wherever possible as part of ourcollaborative approach. Demonstrate practical activities when appropriate, to increase their ability to implement the therapy programme, to ensure realistic expectations from therapy, and to facilitatetheir adjustment to the speech and language consequences of the communication difficulties and likelyprognoses
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job responsibilities
As a Band 5 Speech & Language Therapist you will be part of our valued team in our Wiltshire Children's Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
* Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Person Specification
General Requirements
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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.
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