Early Years Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Salary: £47,394
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36 
Contract type: Fixed Term/Secondment for 1 year
Closing date: Tuesday 30th April 2024 at 23:59
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 7th May 2024
Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion  
 

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

What You’ll Be Doing / How You’ll Be Involved

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Early Years Speech and Language to join our multi-agency team. The post holder will bring your specialist skills and knowledge in communication, speech & language to the Camden Kids Talk project. You will play a key role in driving change and implementing the work streams, overseen by the delivery group. These include workforce development, implementing and embedding the Wellcomm Toolkit and associated evidence-based interventions across the early years system, promoting our “top ten tips” campaign and ensuring parents and carers influence services through co-design. The role involves being part of a significant change programme to tackle the increasing concern about communication, speech and language development and to improve outcomes for children at the earliest opportunity. 

Camden is one of 75 local authorities delivering the Family Hub and Start for Life Programme (2022 – 2205), overseen by the DfE and DHSC. The Early Years Speech and Language Therapist will support the development and delivery of Camden Kids Talk (CKT), a system-wide approach to improving early language and the home learning environment (HLE), one of the areas funded through the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. The aim is to support communication, speech and language from pregnancy, increasing the number of children reaching a good level of development at the end of their Early Years Foundation Stage. This work is part of Camden’s increased investment in the first 1001 days and ongoing commitment to prevention and early intervention to reduce inequality and give every child the best start in life. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS. Please note Camden also offers the DBS update service.

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10484034/file/document?inline

All About you

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

To be considered for this fantastic opportunity it is essential the successful candidate hold the relevant Speech and Language Therapist Qualification and have current HCPC registration.

You will have previous demonstrable experience of working with children and families in the early years and have insight into the challenges many families experience. The post holder will be committed to prevention and creating a culture where communication, speech & language is everyone’s business, focused on improving outcomes. The post holder will be fully proficient in managing and driving change and embedding new ways of working, including the development of Children’s Centres and Family Hubs.

Additionally you’ll have excellent communication skills with the ability to work diplomatically with a wide range of individuals and groups and use your negotiation skills to develop and maintain partnerships, displaying an awareness and sensitivity to social, cultural and economic issues.   

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme. 

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity 

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity 

Asking for Adjustments 

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at [email protected] or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG,

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.