Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Main area Children's Speech and Language Therapy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working
  
  

37.5 hours per week (pro rata) Job ref 828-PROVIDE3887

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Colchester HQ / Wren House, Chelmsford Town Colchester / Chelmsford Salary £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/02/2026 23:59

Job Overview

THIS POST CAN BE BASED IN CHELMSFORD OR COLCHESTER

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a range of settings across different aspects of the speech and language therapy service.

The post holder will excel in working independently and enjoy delivering therapy to children and young people in a variety of settings, including virtually.

The successful candidate will be a member of a highly motivated and supportive Speech and Language Therapy Team and have access to supervision and team meetings. There will be opportunities for you to develop clinical skills across a range of specialisms, as well as mentoring and supervision opportunities.

We look forward to welcoming you as part of the team.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will hold an appropriate Speech and Language Therapy degree; be able to work independently as well as part of a team; have experience of working with children with speech, language and communicat

ion difficulties.

This post will require the Therapist to engage with the child and their family; liaise with school staff and contribute to the Educational Health and Care Plans when necessary.

The post holder will also provide training to school staff and parents as required; frequently work alone and unsupervised; support (and work with) junior colleagues; contribute to discussions on proposed local clinical guidelines, protocols and care packages and attend speech and language therapy team meetings, inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary meetings.

This post requires the candidate to drive to various locations across Essex.

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times:

Vision:

Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Duties, Responsibilities and Key relationships of the job

Operational Or Strategic Responsibilities:

• To ensure the provision of a comprehensive Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Service to the care groups specified in the job summary. This includes Specialist assessment; differential diagnosis; clinical decision making and provision of appropriate levels of intervention based on best practice
• To provide training to school staff and parents as required

To adhere to quality guidelines and participate in service monitoring and clinical audit

To adhere to agreed administrative procedures for the service including the collection of statistical data

To adhere to the service plan and agreed protocols

To contribute to discussions on proposed local clinical guidelines, protocols and care packages

To independently maintain the operational running of delegated parts of the service

To frequently work alone and unsupervised

To support/mentor Band 5 therapists and supervise assistants, volunteers and students and contribute to their development

To fulfil statutory requirements towards other agencies. This includes the provision of complex written reports for the statutory assessment process

To attend Speech and Language Therapy Department Team meetings, inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary meetings

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Minimum 2 years experience
  
  

Essential

Essential criteria

• Registered member of Health Care Professions Council
  
  

Essential

Essential criteria

• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Licence to Practice Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Knowledge and adherence to local and national clinical guidelines
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses and CPD activities
  
  

FURTHER INFORMATION:

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.

If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net

If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

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To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.

Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant:

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.