Speech and Language Therapist - Expert at Hand


Company:	East of England Community Health & Care NHS Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro-rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Norwich, NR2 3TU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Oct 2026
Closing date:	14 Nov 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire).

The Experts at Hand (EaH) model is designed to support children and young people across education and early years settings within Norfolk with a focus on strengthening universal and targeted provision and improving outcomes for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.

The EaH model builds on local and national learning and aims to improve early identification, reduce escalation to specialist services, build workforce capability and support more inclusive educational environments.

The post holder will be key in implementing the aims of the Experts at Hand model within a defined geographical area. Working collaboratively with the Strategic Lead, Speech and Language Therapy Locality Leads and wider multidisciplinary partners, the post holder will support the development of an integrated universal, targeted and specialist speech, language and communication offer across education and community settings.

The role combines clinical expertise with workforce development, consultation, training, coaching, supervision and service improvement across the system. The post holder will work with the wider Speech and Language Therapy workforce to embed new ways of working that increase capacity, improve inclusion and strengthen early intervention.

The post holder will maintain a clinical caseload, providing assessment and intervention for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs where required.

To independently manage a caseload of pre-school and school age children who have speech, language and communication difficulties.

To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, in order to make a differential diagnosis.

To plan, deliver and evaluate intervention following professional guidelines and agreed service standards including training of setting staff and families.

As part of that process, to be able to plan appropriate long term and short-term goals working towards transfer of care.

To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

To independently manage a caseload of pre-school and school age children who have speech, language and communication difficulties.

To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, in order to make a differential diagnosis.

To plan, deliver and evaluate intervention following professional guidelines and agreed service standards including training of setting staff and families.

As part of that process, to be able to plan appropriate long term and short-term goals working towards transfer of care.

To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards.

Provide reports to support statutory processes e.g. Education, Health, and Care Plans, applications for continuing care, tribunal submissions and safeguarding concerns.

To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in children’s care so that the approach to intervention and support is co-ordinated and comprehensive.

To identify when there is a need for a second opinion, referring to senior colleagues or SLT specialists as appropriate.

To make onward referral as appropriate.

To identify any variations to service delivery or demands and inform the Operational Team Lead and Locality Team Lead of the likely impact on the service.

Directs and provides clinical supervision to Assistants and Assistant Practitioners in relation to specific cases.

To be a point of contact for a number of named settings within the locality once competencies have been achieved.

Assess, diagnose and treat eating and drinking difficulties within a holistic framework (based on a specific role) only when additional postgraduate training and support is undertaken.

To undertake work in a range of ways according to individual case and service model, including face to face, virtual, and signposting to universal resources accordingly.

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026

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