Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 23 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B13 8JL |
| Company: | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7710504/820-7710504-CF |
Summary
A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Band 6 Children’s Speech and Language Therapist
Come and join one of our Locality SLT teams in Birmingham : a vibrant multicultural city!
We have 3 permanent posts - a full-time post in our schools team based in North locality, a full-time post in our Early Years team based in East locality and a part-time post (3 days per week) in our schools team based in S/SW localities. You will be working in children's centres and mainstream settings supporting families, education partners and children with a wide range of communication needs. There may be an opportunity to work across both Early Years and School-age services if need arises.
There are also 2 Fixed term posts available working in South and East localities to cover maternity leave, primarily working as part of the schools team in mainstream and some special schools.
We have term time and all year round contracts and offer flexible working patterns.
Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents?
Do you want to be part of an integrated SLT service with an experienced, optimistic and inclusive workforce of SLTs and education partners?
If so come and join us!
Successful candidates will have opportunity to:
• Manage your own caseload of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) including assessment, diagnosis and intervention; using an enabling model to support the child to achieve functional outcomes
• Deliver care, face to face and virtually, across a range of locations including education settings, children's centres, family hubs, health centres and family homes
• Clinically supervise NQPs and more junior members of staff
• Work with children and families at home and in early years, mainstream & specialist settings, supporting children with SLCN and complex needs
• Work alongside education and local authority and Early Years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and work in localities developing local networks to build skills in the wider workforce and increase the impact of our interventions.
· We value our staff and advocate career progression internally. We encourage our therapists to contribute to service development, and we welcome and value new ideas and experiences.
· We are strongly committed to anti-racism, equality and diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity in our workforce to better serve our communities
· We have strong links with Universities and are committed to student education We have great access to IT: laptops and mobile phones provided as routine.
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
· Undertaking assessment of clients communication and making appropriate clinical decisions with access to senior colleagues as required
· Structuring clear therapy plans based on best practice
· Advising and facilitating the decision making process regarding patient/client management by ensuring that effective communication is achieved
· Using highly developed communication skills to explain complex condition related information from assessment /therapy plan to clients/carers and multidisciplinary team members etc.
· Working as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people.
See Job description for more detail
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Feb 2026
Band 6 Children’s Speech and Language Therapist
Come and join one of our Locality SLT teams in Birmingham : a vibrant multicultural city!
We have 3 permanent posts - a full-time post in our schools team based in North locality, a full-time post in our Early Years team based in East locality and a part-time post (3 days per week) in our schools team based in S/SW localities. You will be working in children's centres and mainstream settings supporting families, education partners and children with a wide range of communication needs. There may be an opportunity to work across both Early Years and School-age services if need arises.
There are also 2 Fixed term posts available working in South and East localities to cover maternity leave, primarily working as part of the schools team in mainstream and some special schools.
We have term time and all year round contracts and offer flexible working patterns.
Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, enabling education staff and parents?
Do you want to be part of an integrated SLT service with an experienced, optimistic and inclusive workforce of SLTs and education partners?
If so come and join us!
Successful candidates will have opportunity to:
• Manage your own caseload of Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) including assessment, diagnosis and intervention; using an enabling model to support the child to achieve functional outcomes
• Deliver care, face to face and virtually, across a range of locations including education settings, children's centres, family hubs, health centres and family homes
• Clinically supervise NQPs and more junior members of staff
• Work with children and families at home and in early years, mainstream & specialist settings, supporting children with SLCN and complex needs
• Work alongside education and local authority and Early Years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and work in localities developing local networks to build skills in the wider workforce and increase the impact of our interventions.
· We value our staff and advocate career progression internally. We encourage our therapists to contribute to service development, and we welcome and value new ideas and experiences.
· We are strongly committed to anti-racism, equality and diversity and are seeking to increase the diversity in our workforce to better serve our communities
· We have strong links with Universities and are committed to student education We have great access to IT: laptops and mobile phones provided as routine.
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
· Undertaking assessment of clients communication and making appropriate clinical decisions with access to senior colleagues as required
· Structuring clear therapy plans based on best practice
· Advising and facilitating the decision making process regarding patient/client management by ensuring that effective communication is achieved
· Using highly developed communication skills to explain complex condition related information from assessment /therapy plan to clients/carers and multidisciplinary team members etc.
· Working as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing early intervention for children and young people.
See Job description for more detail
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Feb 2026