Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and registered Speech and Language Therapist to join the Children’s Therapy Service, working alongside dedicated professionals providing excellent high-quality care to reduce the impact of disability to children and their families with additional and complex needs.

We are one of 6 Children’s Therapy teams working across Lancashire and are committed to improving the communication skills of children and young people while supporting carers and other professionals to increase their ability to understand and support children with communication needs. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Speech & Language Therapists in our Blackburn with Darwen team. The team work across a variety of locations, including clinics, children’s own homes, nurseries and school settings.

The post holders will be responsible for a specialist speech and language therapy caseload of children and young people with diverse therapy needs, working closely with families and colleagues in health, education and social care. They will include: 

•    Under taking comprehensive assessment using investigative and analytical skills to formulate hypotheses in order to determine a diagnosis.
•    To establish individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a range of evidence based treatment skills and options to formulate interventions and programmes of care.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of children’s integrated therapy team providing a Speech & Language therapy service for children referred for assessment and intervention.

The post holder will be responsible for assessment of need, intervention and treatment provision as indicated for a wide variety of conditions (this may include chronic, complex, disabling life limiting and challenging illnesses) within the area of speech and language therapy.

The post holder will be responsible for the comprehensive assessment of children and young people with diverse presentations, using investigative and analytical skills, to formulate hypotheses in order to determine appropriate interventions and goals.

To establish individualized management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilizing a range of evidence based treatment skills and options to formulate interventions and programmes of care.

To participate in the delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education voluntary sector organisations, and parents / carers.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.