Speech and Language Therapist (Experts at Hand) – CFHD

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

Exciting Job opportunities!!!

CFHD are looking
to recruit four 1.0wte Speech and Language Therapists to provide
specialist Speech and Language Therapy support within the Experts at Hand
service through advice, consultation, modelling of strategies, training, and
targeted intervention.

The base locations for these will be in Exeter, North or South Devon.

The post-holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team and
autonomously to support children and young people, families, and professionals
by building capacity within early years, school and post-16 settings,
delivering training, and offering time-limited direct interventions where
indicated.

Children and
Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative,
integrated model of childrens community services and looking for enthusiastic
individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide
professional teams.

As a large
community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic, and supportive
group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and
your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional
collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career
development, and your support network.

Main duties of the job

The speech and
language therapy service within CFHD have transformed to work within the
Balanced System framework.

The Speech, Language and Communication pathway consists of Speech and
Language Therapists and Therapy Assistants working across Devon and Torbay.

The aim of the team is to ensure
that specialist support is easily accessible within the community settings,
providing both direct support to children, young people and families, and to
the wider community teams.

Everyone in the team is provided
with regular supervision, opportunities for training and development.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience of working with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs in community / education settings
  • Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to working with children
  • Well established knowledge of a broad range of appropriate therapeutic interventions to treat children
  • Understanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit
  • Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
  • Knowledge of standards of record keeping

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
  • Health Professions Council Licence to Practice
  • Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
  • Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 7 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.