Job vacancy: Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham | trac.jobs

Job summary Main area Speech and Language Therapy Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible / part-time working considered - please enquire) Job ref 820-7916297-CF Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Community locations in North Birmingham Town Birmingham Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 07/05/2026 23:59 Employer heading Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist Band 5 Job overview Come and join our Children’s SaLT team in Birmingham: a vibrant multicultural city! Are you a newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist? Or an experienced Band 5 looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about integrated working, functional outcomes for children, and enabling education staff and parents as part of The Balanced System® approach? Do you want to be part of a SaLT service with an experienced, optimistic, and inclusive workforce of SaLTs and education partners? If so come and join us! It’s an exciting time for the service: Community SaLT teams working in localities developing local networks and building skills in the wider workforce A SEND locality therapy agenda to integrate education and Local Authority and early years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). We are in our third year of delivering a Balanced System® approach to support children with SLCN; working in partnership with families and a wide range of stakeholders Join our SaLT team! We offer excellent preceptorship support for NQPs with regular individual and group sessions & access to Specialists We offer flexible working options, delivering care face to face and virtually, in education settings, clinics, family homes, and out in the community. We aim to make our interviews as accessible as possible. Please contact us if you'd like to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require during your interview. Main duties of the job Successful candidates will have opportunity to: Work in mainstream schools in the North locality of the city of Birmingham. Manage your own caseload of children with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) including assessment, diagnosis, and intervention, using an enabling model to support functional outcomes, and responding flexibly to the highest areas of need Work alongside education, Local Authority, and Early Years partners, supporting a graduated approach to helping children with SLCN Work within a locality to develop networks, build skills in the wider workforce, and increase the impact of our interventions Join our department at this exciting time: The SLT service works as part of Inclusion Services within the Children and Families Division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.  We work across the whole City, within a range of community and educational settings, thus requiring successful applicants to demonstrate a high leve