Job Summary
The Doncaster and Bassetlaw Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service is looking to recruit an experienced Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to be part of our special schools team and mainstream schools team.
This exciting role provides the successful candidate with an opportunity to develop their assessment and therapeutic skills, working with school aged children, with speech, language and/or communication needs in a mainstream or special school setting,.
The successful candidate will deliver a speech and language therapy service for children and young people within Doncaster and Bassetlaw . They will provide independent assessment and treatment of children as well as developing and implementing specialist programmes of care and treatment for individual patients with communication difficulties. They will be an integral part of the team, participating in the ongoing development of the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to:
Be a qualified clinician within their speciality
Provide clinical expertise in supporting the delivery of high standards of therapeutic care for patients within their care / speciality
Manage own caseload and to provide a high standard of assessment, management, treatment and advice to meet the needs of patients.
Work collaboratively with colleagues in health, social care, local authority and other agencies to meet the needs of patients.
Ensure the efficient and effective use of resources available within the team.
Work with other members of the team in the development of the service.
Ensure Clinical Governance is integral to service delivery within the specialty area.
Represent the Therapy Team and contribute to the development of the wider Therapy service within Clinical Therapies.
Person Specification
Personal Attributes & Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Highly developed negotiation and problems solving skills.
- Can demonstrate excellent analytical and reflection skills
- Well-developed concentration skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Good organisational skills
- Prioritisation skills
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Ability to interact with other or non-health agencies
Desirable
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to working with children with SEND
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Professional specific degree i.e. BSC speech sciences or master’s in medical science
- Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Completion of the RCSLT Newly Qualified Practitioner Goals
- Member of the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses in relevant specialism
- Car driver
Desirable
- Membership of relevant clinical excellence network
- Completion of RCSLT dysphagia competencies
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Relevant undergraduate experience of working with a paediatric caseload
- Relevant undergraduate experience of working with a range of assessment tools and appropriate therapeutic interventions
- Experience in working in school settings
- Experience working as part of a paediatric MDT with children with a wide range of communication difficulties
- Understanding of the use of AAC with school aged children
- Relevant undergraduate experience of assessing and working with children with DLD
- Experience of efficient and productive working within educational settings
Desirable
- Experience in assessing children with eating and drinking difficulties and providing an appropriate eating and drinking management plan
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 02 June 2026
