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An exciting development opportunity exists within Children’s Care group for 30 hours permanent band 6 role in Forth Valley.
The Speech and Language Therapy team in Forth Valley is known nationally for their sector leading work and has recently undergone a transformational change in order to further improve outcomes of children in young people, particularly those living in poverty.
The Teams work in partnership with families, education and health staff to deliver quality Universal, Targeted and Individualised approaches. The successful candidate will work in partnership to reduce the risk and impact of speech, language and communication difficulties on children’s wellbeing. This will include delivering a whole systems approach to improving outcomes for children.
This role will require the successful candidate to deliver new and innovative whole systems universal, targeted and individualised approaches within Education and in the wider community. The candidate will be highly experienced in delivering individualised support to a broad range of children and young people with communication needs. They will also have significant experience of delivering universal and targeted whole school and nursery approaches and be confident in measuring impact within these settings. Successful candidate will be highly competent in improving the communication environment, affecting behavior change and modeling and coaching parents and education staff with a range of approaches and interventions.
There is an opportunity within this role to develop knowledge and skills in the management of Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities and develop competencies in Eating and drinking to support the management of Children and Young People with Eating and Drinking difficulties.
You will receive a high level of professional support, leadership and clinical supervision. You will also have access to high quality professional development delivered by our very highly skilled teams across Forth Valley.
The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk
We love it when people contact us to discuss advertised posts. It allows you to find out more about us and the role and allows us to support you with the application process which we enjoy doing. Please get in touch with Nicola Orr or Pauline Christie on 01786 434078.
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NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.