Speech and Language Therapist

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 05 February 2026

There are 2 posts for providing a service to children and young people with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs.

The post holder will be required to:

• assess and diagnose children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs
• provide therapy in the form of direct individual therapy, groups, parent workshops, and therapy programmes to be implemented by parents/carers and educational setting staff
• liaise with parents and other professionals
• contribute to the delivery of training for parents, school staff and other colleagues
• contribute to team audits and to the development of policies/procedures
• the post holder will be a member of RCSLT and HCPC registered

• to provide an effective and efficient speech and language therapy service to children with communication and/or swallowing difficulties
• under the guidance of a more senior therapist, the post holder will be responsible for a paediatric caseload in a variety of settings
• duties will include assessment, diagnosis, therapy (both group and/or individual, as appropriate), planning therapy programmes and discharge of clients

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

• adult and older adult mental health services
• specialist learning disability services
• CAMHS
• community children’s services

The Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and a talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

• Responsible for initial patient assessment including: collection of detailed case history information; informal assessment and observation; formal standardised assessment procedures with the potential for diagnosis and further assessment, leading to: an individual programme of care; referral to other services as appropriate; communication of assessment and therapeutic findings within the multidisciplinary team, as appropriate; responsibility for decisions leading to review or discharge of clients.
• Undertake clinical work with individuals and groups of clients. Develop coordinated multidisciplinary programmes of care/care packages. May work independently or with other SLT colleagues, or as part of a multidisciplinary team. Provide advice, strategies and programmes, as appropriate to the wider workforce, including parents.
• Manage a caseload with support as determined by department policy, independently seeking support from other specialist colleagues.
• Establish and maintain liaison with parents/carers and other professionals, both within own department and with other services/departments for the comprehensive management of clients. Includes attendance and participation at case conferences.
• In all situations, will communicate complex and sensitive information to clients/parents where there will often be significant barriers to understanding. Communication will include both verbal and non‑verbal methods.
• Direct and supervise assistants and volunteers in individual and group treatment programmes, according to department policy.
• Demonstrate progression of clear therapeutic aims as appropriate to clinical setting, with the use of established team outcome measures.
• Collect statistical data and be involved in the use of audit and outcomes to measure and improve quality of care.
• Contribute to development of procedures, policies and standards for service delivery and service delivery plans.
• Maintain and provide accurate and timely documentation e.g. patient records and reports, sharing with others as appropriate, observing data‑protection guidelines.
• Record contact electronically within 24 hours of contact.
• Follow best practice SLT standards in accordance…