Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join the Flying Start team in Pembrokeshire. You will work with children aged 0-4 years and their families, delivering early intervention and supporting speech, language, and communication development. The position involves assessing children, delivering evidence-based interventions, and empowering parents and carers. You will collaborate with health visitors, childcare settings, and multi-agency partners to improve children's outcomes.
Key responsibilities
- Assess and support children with speech, language and communication needs within Flying Start areas.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions in homes, clinics, childcare settings and community venues.
- Empower parents and carers through coaching, advice and practical strategies to support communication development.
- Contribute to universal, targeted and specialist approaches to speech and language development.
- Work closely with health visitors, early years practitioners and other professionals.
- Participate in clinical supervision, team meetings and continuing professional development activities.
Essential criteria
- Degree in Speech & Language Therapy
- HCPC registration
- RCSLT membership
- Knowledge of national and local policies and initiatives relevant to the caseload
- Knowledge of a wide range of specialist assessment tools and procedures relevant to the caseload
- Knowledge of differential diagnosis relevant to SLCN in children
- Knowledge of selecting, setting and evaluating treatment goals
- Knowledge of therapeutic interventions relevant to the caseload, and ability to demonstrate the evidence base for these approaches
- Knowledge of legal and professional issues relating to confidentiality and record keeping
- Experience of working with children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs in a range of settings, and including individual and group work.
- Experience of a wide range of assessment and therapy techniques and their application.
- Meeting clients' needs through collaborative working with carers and other professionals.
- Experience of working in childcare, nursery or school settings.
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Able to travel across Hywel Dda Health Board in a timely manner
- Flexible approach to the needs of the services based upon work pressures within base and elsewhere
Desirable criteria
- Basic counselling
- Understanding of the principles of audit/ clinical governance
- Basic understanding of qualitative and quantitative research approaches
- Knowledge of relevant Health and Safety issues
- Knowledge of bilingualism and considerations necessary when delivering therapy in a bilingual environment
- Experience of working in specialist units/classes
- Experience of delivering training to a range of audiences
- Experience of supervising support workers
- Experience of involvement in audit and other service evaluation techniques
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,557 – £39,631 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 16d
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Hywel Dda University Health Board
Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our Flying Start team in Pembrokeshire. This is an exciting opportunity to work with children aged 0-4 years and their families, delivering early intervention and supporting speech, language and communication development at a crucial stage in children's lives.
You will become part of a supportive and experienced team, working collaboratively with families, health visitors, childcare settings and wider multi-agency partners to make a real difference to children's outcomes.
Whether you are a newly qualified therapist or have some post-registration experience, we can offer excellent support, supervision and development opportunities.
This post is available on either a full-time or part-time basis. Applications are encouraged from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements, and preferred hours should be stated in the application.
Main duties of the job
- Assess and support children with speech, language and communication needs within Flying Start areas.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions in homes, clinics, childcare settings and community venues.
- Empower parents and carers through coaching, advice and practical strategies to support communicat
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