Speech and Language Therapist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated full time Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist .

This post will be based in Exeter and will be part of the highly supportive Exeter and Okehampton S&LT Team, delivering a community speech and language therapy service to children and young people within clinic and education settings.

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children’s community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.

As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.

The Communication and Interaction pathway consists of Speech and Language Therapists working across Devon and Torbay.

The aim of the team is to ensure that specialist support is easily accessible within the community settings, providing both direct support to children, young people and families, and to the wider community teams.

Everyone in the team is provided with regular supervision, opportunities for training and development

• To independently manage, with access to support from more senior colleagues and the team, a caseload of children and young people in the Exeter area with developmental disorders of speech, language and communication.

The provision of a speech and language therapy service of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of developmental disorders of speech, language and communication.

To provide appropriate intervention and evaluate outcomes.

To provide advice to parents and carers, early years and school staff and other professionals on matters relating to the speech, language and communication needs of individual children and young people.

To set up and monitor programmes to be carried out by other key workers.

To write reports reflecting specialist knowledge.

Why Work With Us

Children and Family Health Devon is a system-wide service that delivers an integrated, coordinated support model which wraps around the child, young person and family.

It has been specifically designed to respond to all elements of the commissioner’s strategy and specification along with the vision and strategic direction of the STP.

It builds on our strong relationships across education, health, social care and voluntary sector services in Devon, and, most importantly, it has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/ carers.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tanya Bowden Job title: Clinical Team Manager Email address: tanyabowden@nhs.net Telephone number: 01392 208545