Team Lead, Children's Speech and Language Therapy | Provide CIC
| Posting date: | 16 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 pa |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2024 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, CM2 0QX |
| Company: | Provide CIC |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6296123/828-PROVIDE2952 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist to lead the Children's SLT team at Provide, covering a permanent opportunity.
This role is an opportunity to manage and facilitate the Children's SLT team in their provision of speech and language therapy, intervention and support to children in the Mid Essex area.The post holder will be responsible for the leadership of the Children's SLT Service.
To lead and facilitate the provision of speech and language therapy
intervention and support in the community setting.
To lead in the development of services for families with children/ young people
who have speech and language therapy needs and monitor the quality of
service and referral/waiting times
To manage and ensure the safety of the workforce including oversight and
delivery of the training and competency assessment of speech and language
therapy staff.
To contribute to the development of the Children’s Speech and Language
Therapy Service by consolidating good practice and identifying, participating
in, and implementing research based practice.
To lead and promote effective collaboration with multi agency partners.
Deliver clinical speech and language therapy
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
To lead the supervision and monitoring of speech and language therapy staff to ensure high quality safe and effective standards of care
To lead the recruitment of new staff
To manage the Children’s speech and language therapy Service budget
To ensure staff are managing workloads effectively, within identified time
restraints
To be responsible for the contemporaneous record of the team including
resolving input delays, errors in recording, accurate and timely record keeping
To act as an ambassador and representative for the service and the
organisation, leading collaboration internally and externally
To develop, maintain and promote effective communication within the multidisciplinary services and with children, young people and their families
To be responsible for the local maintenance and management of facilities and the working environment
To travel in order to meet the needs of the families and service
To behave in a professional matter at all times
Responds appropriately to queries and complaints, negotiates assertively and presents a positive self-image
To comply with and develop protocols, procedures and guidelines for the
speech and language therapy service
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024
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