Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our Schools Team in East Kent.  

You will be joining the team to support us to establish and develop the Balanced System ® with our primary and secondary schools across East Kent. The successful applicant will work alongside experienced Speech and Language Therapists, Education Specialists, SLT assistants and network of clinical leads to deliver universal, targeted and specialist support to schools and children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).

We offer a strong support network including good access to CPD and supervision.

The Children’s Therapies Team is an integrated therapies team providing Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Specialist Nurse Advisors and Care Co-ordinators to children 0 – 19 years within KCHFT. We work closely with colleagues from other health, education and social care teams to provide an integrated team around the child approach.

Main duties of the job

• To be part of a Link Therapy Team delivering the principles of Balanced System® to a cohort of primary & secondary schools.
• To jointly manage a caseload of schools/children as part of the Link Therapy Team.
• To deliver evidence-based SLT advice, training and interventions for schools and children.
• To assess, plan and implement universal, targeted and specialist SLT interventions that support children with a range of speech, language and communication needs.
• To develop integrated care plans in partnership with the school, child, young person and / or family recommending and supporting interventions that are appropriate at a universal, targeted and specialist level.
• To participate in clinical supervision and access on-going CPD to deliver a safe and effective service to schools.
• To actively work as a member of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams to provide high quality advice, training and interventions to schools, children and young people and their parents/carers in line with our care pathways and the Balanced System®

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways