Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

This role has a competitive starting salary of £43,227 - £46,623 per annum for five days a week (36 hours), across 42 weeks of the year. Part time hours will also be considered.

Are you an enthusiastic qualified Speech and Language Therapist with over two years experience who would like to develop your skills? We have a great opportunity to join our skilled, supportive, and solution-focused team!

The Surrey Schools Speech and Language Therapy Team have a number of exciting new vacancies due to internal promotions, allowing us to enhance our offer to children at SEN support.

We have posts across all geographical areas of Surrey, with office bases in Reigate, Weybridge and Woking.

Our Offer to You

42-week contract, working across term-time and an additional, flexible 15 days for CPD, project work and supervision activities as well as 10 weeks holiday in non-term time
Belonging to a team of students, therapists and assistants led by a Therapies Manager who is an SLT
Comprehensive clinical supervision programme including a buddy, 1:1 meetings with line manager, extensive in house training programme and formal external training opportunities, access to clinical effectiveness groups, case study groups and enhanced probation support, termly whole-team study days, encouragement to join and attend CEN's relating to practice
Opportunities to develop management skills by taking on line management of assistants or experienced autonomous therapists (NQPs who have completed competencies) and taking students. Training and support is provided
Paid RCSLT membership and HCPC fees
An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
2 paid volunteering days per year
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Role

The Speech and Language Therapy Service is part of Surrey County Council's local offer to support the special educational needs and disabilities of children and young people within mainstream schools and specialist provision. This Service is part of the Early Intervention, Prevention and Support Service in Surrey's Children, Families and Lifelong Learning Directorate, and works collaboratively with other teams such as Educational Psychology, Specialist Teachers and SEN teams.

We aim to deliver the right support at the right time, through assessment and intervention; equipping families and professionals with the skills and resources to work together to support children with SLCN. We offer universal, targeted and specialist support for children, families, and the school workforce; working with children and young people with EHCPs and those at SEN support following Surrey's Graduated Response.

We also have a specialist dysphagia service and specialist deaf service.

The Surrey SLT service is a large team (nearly 200) of both qualified Therapists and non-qualified Therapy Assistants. We have excellent supervision and CPD models plus a rolling in-house training programme; we are committed to continuous learning and development. We champion our team and one of our Therapists was voted People's Choice in the Surrey Stars Awards, receiving over 500 votes showing just how well the service is regarded in the organisation!

We are a forward thinking service and were involved with the RCSLT and Reading University around the dysphagia competences linked to student placements.

Your main duties in the role of Specialist Speech and Language Therapist will include:

Clinical decision making in conjunction with school / college staff around the level of support needed to…