Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
Speech and Language Therapist - Development Role
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Job Opportunity: Speech and Language Therapist
We have an exciting opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist to develop their skills and knowledge working with Adults with Learning Disabilities (intellectual) in the Cambridgeshire Learning Disability Partnership (LDP). This post is open to Newly Qualified Speech and Language Therapists and SLT's graduating in Summer 2026.
About the LDP
The LDP comprises of five locality-based integrated Community Specialist Health and Social Care Teams and day and accommodation services organised by the Local Authority for adults with a Learning Disability. Multidisciplinary teams include Allied Health Professionals, Social Workers, Learning Disability Nurses, Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatrists.
We have close links with the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge.
The teams aim to provide person-centred, integrated, specialist health and care management services that promote an individual’s right to choice, independence, health and wellbeing in line with their assessed needs and in a way that will promote them to reach their full potential.
Role Details
If you are appointed into this role as a development post you will be appointed as a Band 5, you will be provided with a list of competencies to complete and an agreed timescale in which to complete these, up to a maximum of 12 months. Competencies will be reviewed in your supervisions and appraisals. Only on successful completion of these competencies, you will progress to a Band 6.
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Responsibilities
- Participate in the delivery of Speech and Language Therapy, under the guidance of a supervising Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, to a caseload of Adults with Learning Disability (ALD).
- Take part in regular supervision to guide your own practice.
- Supervise work undertaken with SLT Assistant/ Associate Practitioner.
- Contribute to the planning, development, and evaluation of learning disability services.
- Manage a caseload providing assessment, identification and treatment of the health and communication needs of adults with a learning disability with supervision.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary/ multi agency working within the LDP, and with other Key partners.
About Us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
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To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Application Information
All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
Contact Information
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Emma Dampier
Job title: Lead Speech and Language Therapist
Email address: emma.dampier@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Telephone number: 07484519491
Emma Dampier
Lead Speech and Language Therapist
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