Speech and Language Therapist- Complex Needs | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	20 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£39,205 - £47,084 per annum (Incl. of HCAS)
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	20 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad:	Reading, RG6 6BZ
Cwmni:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7295868/371-CFS521

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Interviews are due to be held on 28th July 2025.

This permanent band 6 post is an ideal opportunity to progress your clinical skills and professional career within a supportive and dynamic integrated therapy team in our Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) division. The post is full-time (37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday) and is a permanent post based in Reading but working in Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

The successful applicant will deliver a speech and language therapy service in special schools and resource bases across Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

Our CYPIT service supports children and young people from birth to 19 years of age across Berkshire. We are an integrated therapy service, offering easy access to services and web-based advice via an on-line resource. We are establishing integrated approaches to the care that we offer families and the successful candidate would be able to take an active part in ongoing service developments.

Our teams are enthusiastic, flexible and forward-thinking, embracing the use of social media to engage with our service users and exploring digital solutions to make us more accessible to children and their families.
• We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our team in a full-time band 6 post within our School Years team. This permanent post will involve working within established multi-disciplinary teams within special schools and resource bases in Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire. We welcome applications from Speech and Language Therapists with experience of working with children with complex needs or in special schools and who have experience of working in mainstream schools and an understanding of SEND processes. Working knowledge of the assessment process for EHCPs would be extremely helpful but is not essential. We are seeking staff, who are passionate about working with children and young people and keen to further develop their clinical and leadership skills.
• In this role as a Band 6 Children’s Speech and Language Therapist, you will be responsible for the planning and management of your own caseload and interventions, working collaboratively with education staff to meet the needs of children who access the special schools and resource bases.
• This role will also involve the delivery of training to education staff or parents.
• In this band 6 role, you will actively participate in clinical supervision and the appraisal process as well as providing support to less experienced and more junior staff, including caseload management and clinical decision-making.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust site

The “must haves” for this role:

1. Qualified Speech and Language Therapist, registered with HCPC
2. More than 2 years post qualification experience
3. Car driver with ability and readiness to travel to multiple sites

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Caroline Pethick on 07795617511 or email: caroline.pethick@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.


This advert closes on Sunday 29 Jun 2025

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