Speech & Language Therapist

Our Speech and Language Therapy service is jointly funded by Health and Education and has a service specification that is broadly divided into Early Years and Schools. We use a universal, targeted and specialist approach focused on enabling the best possible communication between parents, carers and setting staff and the children and young people in their care.

You will work as part of a supportive and friendly team to:

Assess children's speech language and communication needs (SLCN) and the functional impact of these

Advise families and settings on how they can help reduce this impact and facilitate communication skills

Provide individual or group therapy, demonstrating to parents/carers and setting staff how they can use strategies and techniques

Train parents/carers and setting staff so that they are empowered to identify and manage their child's communication needs.

Write Reports and Intervention Plans, sharing information and setting targets with parents/carers and setting staff

Measure the success of your actions and report your outcomes

Maintain your clinical and professional development to be the best therapist you can be and progress in your career

Be part of clinical networks to ensure practice is evidence based and current.

We are looking for a fast learner who can cope under pressure and in return we can offer an opportunity to gain a broad range of experience in Early Years Community Clinics.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.