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Provide CIC

About

About Provide

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our employees to demonstrate and uphold our vision and values at all times.

Our Vision - Transforming Lives
Our Values - Care, Innovation and Compassion
Our Mission - An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer and proud to have an LGBTQ+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Contact

Address: 900 The Crescent; Colchester Business Park; Colchester; Essex; CO4 9YQ
Contact Number: 0300 303 2661

Find out more

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Ref: 828-PROVIDE2825-I Vacancy ID: 6787755

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Closed for applications on: 23-Nov-2024 00:03

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 23-Nov-2024 00:03

Location

Site: Colchester HQ
Address: Colchester Business Park
Town: Colchester
Postcode: CO4 9YQ
Major / Minor Region: Essex

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Part time
Job share
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (pro rata)

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: Children's Speech and Language Therapy

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties, Responsibilities and Key relationships of the job

Operational or Strategic Responsibilities:

To ensure the provision of a comprehensive Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Service to the care groups specified in the job summary. This includes Specialist assessment; differential diagnosis; clinical decision making and provision of appropriate levels of intervention based on best practice
To provide training to school staff and parents as required
To adhere to quality guidelines and participate in service monitoring and clinical audit
To adhere to agreed administrative procedures for the service including the collection of statistical data
To adhere to the service plan and agreed protocols
To contribute to discussions on proposed local clinical guidelines, protocols and care packages
To independently maintain the operational running of delegated parts of the service
To frequently work alone and unsupervised
To support/mentor Band 5 therapists and supervise assistants, volunteers and students and contribute to their development
To fulfil statutory requirements towards other agencies. This includes the provision of complex written reports for the statutory assessment process
To attend Speech and Language Therapy Department Team meetings, inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary meetings

FURTHER INFORMATION:

How will we contact you?

All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via [email protected]
If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

Checking progress on your application?

To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.

Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [email protected].

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant:

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent

Desirable criteria

Minimum 2 years experience

Essential

Essential criteria

Registered member of Health Care Professions Council

Essential

Essential criteria

Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Licence to Practice Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Knowledge and adherence to local and national clinical guidelines
Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses and CPD activities