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Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Verbo

The closing date is 04 August 2025

The Children's Integrated Speech and Language Therapy Service for Hackney and the City is a unique collaboration between local health and education agencies. Providing a comprehensive service to the children, young people and families within Hackney and The City.

Verbo (www.verboapp.co.uk) is an award winning online Speech and Language Therapy (and Occupational Therapy) Toolkit. The toolkit provides universal and targeted preventative care for ages 2 through to early adulthood. Our mission is to enhance the communication skills of all children and young people.

This post is a remote, working from home post. If you are local to Hackney you are welcome to use community office spaces available. Within this post there will be requirements for travel:

• Atleast three times a year to a team meeting in London
• Conferences/exhibitions around the UK (these may include overnight stays)
• Management IT equipment

It is also important to note that you will be required to travel to Homerton as part of the recruitment process to show ID documents and possibly and Occupational Health appointment.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will contribute to the ongoing development of Verbo. This will include:

• Working jointly with the Verbo's marketing and communication officer and commercial lead to promote and share Verbo
• Work jointly with the commercial lead and clinical lead SaLT on business development opportunities
• Liaise with commissioners and support manage contracts/relationships
• Contribute to the development of clinical content
• Contributing to ideas and development
• Leading on specific Verbo development projects
• Working with a multi-professional team, including other SaLTs, a technical team, marketing advisors, videographers, web designers and many more
• Leading on grant applications
• Leading on provide support and training to users
• Attending conferences and networking events

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education

• Successful completion of specialist courses relevant to the specialism
• Clinical supervisors course for staff and students
• Working knowledge of Verbo
• First line management course

Skills / abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening tact, persuasion and empathy skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with children, parents and colleagues
• Able to recognise and seek advice appropriately.
• Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
• Ability to carry out project work associated with developing and evaluating Verbo.
• Ability to lead a small team
• Self motivated individual capable to working remotely and independently
• Ability to work as a team
• Speaker of other relevant community language

Experience

• In-depth experience in relevant specialist area including active networking with other specialists regionally and nationally
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to SLT students
• Experience of instigating and managing change
• Experience of using Verbo
• Other relevant experience (eg personal experience of children, previous experience of working with children and /or people with other disabilities)
• Experience of other digital clinical tools and AI

Knowledge

• In depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• Understanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit
• In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)
• Knowledge of standards of record keeping

Other

• Ability to initiate as well as respond well to change
• Passion for the clinical area and for the educational context
• Demonstrating understanding of Trust Values

Other Requirements

• oUnderstanding of the Trust values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearpro rata p.a. incl.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time,Term time hours

Reference number

293-CSEP-0575

Job locations

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust