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An exciting development opportunity exists within the Women and Children’s Directorate for 1.0 wte/37.5 hours permanent Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist in NHS Forth Valley.
This post will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to deliver whole systems approach to improving outcomes for Children and Young People as well as the opportunity to develop skills to support in the diagnosis and management of Children and Young People with Neurodevelopmental disorders.
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.
The successful 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. The successful candidate will be highly competent in improving the communication environment, affecting behaviour change and modeling and coaching parents and education staff with a range of approaches and interventions.
The successful candidate will also contribute to the Forth Valley, multidisciplinary pathway for the diagnosis and management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders and will have experience in the field of autism spectrum disorder and NDD.
Although not essential, the successful candidate will have experience of working in collaboration with CAMHS and Pediatricians and have experience in independently working with a wide range of children and young people with communication needs and particularly with neurodevelopmental disorders.
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
If you require any additional information you can contact, Pauline Christie SLT Team Lead on 01786 43408 or Clare Valentine Team Lead on 01324 673585.
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail, therefore please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
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.