Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 24 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 January 2026 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B9 5PU |
| Company: | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7663445/436-7663445 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
The Tamarind Centre – Birmingham
· Permanent Band 6 post
· Flexible working requests considered up to 37.5 hours
· No weekend working
· CPD opportunities to support you in your role
An opportunity has arisen for a permanent full time Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join a small, experienced team of Speech and Language Therapists working with clients who present with a presentation of complex mental health and communication needs.
This post would suit an applicant with a desire to work in a dynamic environment and has a desire to make a difference to the lives of service users who present with a complex mental health needs and associated communication needs.
The role will cover a caseload consisting of adults who present with a mental health and communication need who reside at The Tamarind Centre, Birmingham B9 5PU. The Tamarind Centre provides a secure forensic service for men in Birmingham. The role may also include the opportunity to work across other secure hospitals in the Birmingham area.
Working autonomously the successful candidate will work on their own initiative, demonstrate a range of skills including effective communication with both clients and the wider staff team, express empathy, self-awareness, and crucial self-reflection skills and resilience. In addition, you will need to have good organisation and time management skills.
The role will be varied and include assessment, planning and implementing evidence-based practice, reviewing and evaluating therapy using therapy outcome measures, provide advice to other professionals regarding the management of clients with communication needs, modifying materials, attending and contributing to clinical team meetings, report writing and completing administrative tasks relevant to the role.
As a member of the multidisciplinary team, you will work collaboratively alongside colleagues from Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Nursing, Medical and Education services.
A wide range of training opportunities relevant to the role will be be provide ensuring the successful candidate has the relevant skills work to within a mental health setting.
The successful candidate will initially enter a supportive probation period of six months.
The post holder must have a Speech and Language degree qualification and be registered with the HCPC. Membership to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist`s is desirable.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
To provide an effective and efficient speech and language therapy service to service users within the care of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust with communication and/or swallowing difficulties. You will manage a caseload which consists of a variety of communication needs. Service users may have multiple needs with a combination of communication and mental health or neurodiverse condition.
Duties will include assessment, diagnosis, therapy (both group and/or individual as appropriate), planning therapy programmes, contribution to multi-disciplinary clinical reviews and discharge of clients.
This advert closes on Thursday 8 Jan 2026
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
The Tamarind Centre – Birmingham
· Permanent Band 6 post
· Flexible working requests considered up to 37.5 hours
· No weekend working
· CPD opportunities to support you in your role
An opportunity has arisen for a permanent full time Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join a small, experienced team of Speech and Language Therapists working with clients who present with a presentation of complex mental health and communication needs.
This post would suit an applicant with a desire to work in a dynamic environment and has a desire to make a difference to the lives of service users who present with a complex mental health needs and associated communication needs.
The role will cover a caseload consisting of adults who present with a mental health and communication need who reside at The Tamarind Centre, Birmingham B9 5PU. The Tamarind Centre provides a secure forensic service for men in Birmingham. The role may also include the opportunity to work across other secure hospitals in the Birmingham area.
Working autonomously the successful candidate will work on their own initiative, demonstrate a range of skills including effective communication with both clients and the wider staff team, express empathy, self-awareness, and crucial self-reflection skills and resilience. In addition, you will need to have good organisation and time management skills.
The role will be varied and include assessment, planning and implementing evidence-based practice, reviewing and evaluating therapy using therapy outcome measures, provide advice to other professionals regarding the management of clients with communication needs, modifying materials, attending and contributing to clinical team meetings, report writing and completing administrative tasks relevant to the role.
As a member of the multidisciplinary team, you will work collaboratively alongside colleagues from Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Nursing, Medical and Education services.
A wide range of training opportunities relevant to the role will be be provide ensuring the successful candidate has the relevant skills work to within a mental health setting.
The successful candidate will initially enter a supportive probation period of six months.
The post holder must have a Speech and Language degree qualification and be registered with the HCPC. Membership to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist`s is desirable.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
To provide an effective and efficient speech and language therapy service to service users within the care of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust with communication and/or swallowing difficulties. You will manage a caseload which consists of a variety of communication needs. Service users may have multiple needs with a combination of communication and mental health or neurodiverse condition.
Duties will include assessment, diagnosis, therapy (both group and/or individual as appropriate), planning therapy programmes, contribution to multi-disciplinary clinical reviews and discharge of clients.
This advert closes on Thursday 8 Jan 2026