Speech and Language Therapist - Children's Service

To contribute to the provision of health care to the children with complex needs in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board by providing high quality, efficient and effective speech and language therapy services, within available resources and in accordance with the Registration Code of HCPC. To work under the direction of senior clinicians to ensure provision of high quality services.
To provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and advice for children and young people with complex needs, referred to the Service. The post involves giving support and advice to carers, early years practitioners, teachers and other members of the multidisciplinary team, including Social Services and Education Authority., We are delighted to offer this permanent full-time band 5 paediatric Speech and Language Therapist post to an enthusiastic therapist who is passionate about changing children's futures by supporting their communication development.
You will join the the children's SLT speech and language therapy team and you will work in hospital bases, clinics, schools and children's homes, providing assessment, diagnosis and support to children with a range of speech , language and communication difficulties using a variety of service delivery modes including telehealth. You will work collaboratively with others who are proximal to the child such as family, education staff and other health professionals.
We are looking for a therapist who works well as part of a team with excellent communication skills and enjoys working collaboratively with others. You will demonstrate the Health Board values of listening, learning and improving, treating everyone with respect and always working together as one team.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg SLT department are a friendly and compassionate team who place a strong commitment to supporting staff well-being, supervision and continued professional development. We have regular staff development workshops, good administrative support and technical assistant support.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post: Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
+ We listen, learn and improve
+ We treat everyone with respect
+ We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Band 5
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales's capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed