CAMHS CLA (City) Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the CAMHS Looked After Children's Team. You will support children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs, particularly those with experiences of trauma, neglect, and loss. Responsibilities include specialist assessments, delivering interventions, providing consultation, and contributing to service development. The position offers clinical supervision, multidisciplinary working, and CPD opportunities.
Essential criteria
- Recognised AHP Degree/diploma
- Professional body Registered
- HCPC Registered
- Training
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification
- CPD highly including specialist knowledge of professional interventions and evaluations.
- Clinical educator
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate training specific to client group
- Relevant Masters modules or completed programme
- Leadership training
- Working experience of assessing and managing a complex caseload with young people and/or adults with profession specific needs in specialist area
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Experience of designing and delivering different learning and development opportunities for staff teams.
- Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as part of profession/multi-professional team
- Experience of leading the clinical and professional development of others including students
- Experience of leading / managing project work.
- Experience of research, audit, service evaluation and/or quality improvement projects - setting up, evaluating, reporting and application
- Identifies clinical risks and carries out MDT/ Trust Risk assessments and formulation for individuals, groups or services highlighting needs
- Experience of collaboration across teams, services, and other stakeholders outside of the Trust
- Highly specialist applied clinical knowledge
- Knowledge of National Policy and guidance and impact on local practice.
- Applied leadership knowledge.
- Knowledge of Risk Assessment and ability to ensure effective risk management strategies within specialism.
- Highly specialist knowledge of how mental and physical health contribute to risk assessment and support management.
- Contributed to regional and national clinical projects and/or strategic work
- Empathetic and psychologically minded
- Excellent written and oral communication skills for a variety of audiences, and in situations
- Well organised and able to prioritise a high turnover caseload
- Excellent clinical reasoning skills
- Leadership skills
- Extensive experience of supporting other staff and students
- Motivated and a motivator
- Team builder and team member
- Autonomous and able to work without direct supervision
- Reflective practitioner
- Ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this
- IT skills - to support clinical and service needs and developments
- Experience of managing a project or service initiative.
- Contractual requirements
- Ability to travel between sites
- Recognised AHP Degree/diploma
- Professional body Registered
- HCPC Registered
- Training
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification
- CPD highly including specialist knowledge of professional interventions and evaluations.
- Clinical educator
- Post-graduate training specific to client group
- Relevant Masters modules or completed programme
- Leadership training
- Working experience of assessing and managing a complex caseload with young people and/or adults with profession specific needs in specialist area
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Experience of designing and delivering different learning and development opportunities for staff teams.
- Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as part of profession/multi-professional team
- Experience of leading the clinical and professional development of others including students
- Experience of leading / managing project work.
- Experience of research, audit, service evaluation and/or quality improvement projects - setting up, evaluating, reporting and application
- Identifies clinical risks and carries out MDT/ Trust Risk assessments and formulation for individuals, groups or services highlighting needs
- Experience of collaboration across teams, services, and other stakeholders outside of the Trust
- Highly specialist applied clinical knowledge
- Knowledge of National Policy and guidance and impact on local practice.
- Applied leadership knowledge.
- Knowledge of Risk Assessment and ability to ensure effective risk management strategies within specialism.
- Highly specialist knowledge of how mental and phy
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
CAMHS CLA (City) Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
Use your clinical expertise to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people.
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist sought to join our CAMHS Looked After Children's Team, to support children whose early experiences may have included trauma, neglect and loss.
Working within a specialist, trauma-informed multidisciplinary team, you will help identify and address speech, language and communication needs, enabling young people to express themselves, build relationships, and engage fully.
Key responsibilities include:
Specialist speech, language and communication assessments.Delivering evidence-based, individualised interventions.Consultation, advice and trainingContributing to service development and quality improvement.
We offer excellent support, monthly clinical supervision with the Clinical Lead SLT, strong peer networks, multidisciplinary working, and outstanding CPD opportunities.
Based at St Ann's Valley Centre, Nottingham, this role offers the chance to help young people find their voice, strengthen relationships, improve emotional wellbeing, and achieve better outcomes.
Every child deserves to be heard. Join us and help them thrive.
We encourage informal enquiries.
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