Childrens Speech & Language Therapist - Band 5 or Newly Qualified

Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience with a commitment to hearing every employee's voice.

As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives. Employees whose role may be at risk will receive priority consideration. Applicants for roles involving driving responsibilities will be required to provide proof of business insurance.

We are currently developing a Universal, Targeted Specialist model in mainstream schools, delivering EHCP intervention, as well as expanding our buy-in service in mainstream schools, special schools and provisions. Day-to-day, you will provide assessment and therapy services to a mixed paediatric caseload with speech, language and communication needs, as well as report writing and opportunities for training parents/carers and those working with children with SLCN.

Once established within the team, there are opportunities for working within one of many special schools and provisions with support, working with children with a variety of severe, additional and complex needs, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Difficulties, Developmental Language Disorder and Speech Disorders. We always ask for your preferences of where you would like to work any time we are re-timetabling.

You will be part of a dynamic, committed team of staff delivering high-quality services to the population of Bromley. We believe in innovation and encourage staff to work in new and effective ways. As a shareholder, you would have greater involvement and an opportunity to influence key decisions.

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

Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point. We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme.

The post holder is responsible to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk. To provide a speech and language therapy service to patients with communication and/or swallowing disorders with appropriate support from a supervisor. To make a differential diagnosis based on evidence from assessment, leading to decisions about intervention/treatment, seeking advice as appropriate.

To communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions. To maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of patients/clients and their careers in particular when imparting potentially distressing information regarding the nature of the patient/clients difficulties and implications of the same.

To initiate and provide a variety of treatment options according to patient’s needs, including the use of interpreters as appropriate, with support from senior therapists. To negotiate and work closely with clients, carers, other professionals and families, agreeing decision-making and prioritisation relevant to the patient/clients management, devising agreed care plans based on best practice, seeking advice as necessary.

To use methods of alternative communication e.g. signing, symbols, speech synthesisers after training to maximise the clients communication. To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues, aiming to achieve effective communication, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.

We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. We strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.

At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels. We welcome applicants with a disability and are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process.

We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one, including remote working, compressed hours, part-time, and job shares. We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.

Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period. Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co-owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees.

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