East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
The closing date is 30 November 2026

Job summary
We are pleased to be able to offer this exciting and rare opportunity to be part of the developing health provision within the Norfolk Youth Justice Service (NYJS) as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.

This unique pathway within NYJS currently consists of Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language and Psychology combined and is embedded within the wider NYJS service, allowing the post holder the opportunity to work alongside multiple professionals from different backgrounds and disciplines.

The post will be a full-time, fixed term secondment from East of England Community Health and Care (EEC). There will be an expectation that the candidate can independently travel as they will be covering the county; NYJS main hubs are Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth and Norwich.

The health pathway is a partnership between Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), East of England Community Health and Care, and the Norfolk Youth Justice Service with postholders employed by the NSFT or EEC and embedded within the NYJS.

Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work as part of a team, under the direction of the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, supporting in:

• Provision of training to the NYJS staff partnership agencies to raise awareness of communication needs within the target population.
• Provision of specialist communication assessment and interventions.
• Ongoing supervision of specific clinical cases to support NYJS staff in adapting to identified communication needs.
• Neurodevelopmental assessment process as part of the NYJS pathway.
• Creation of easy read and accessible information for use by the NYJS team and partnership agencies.

About us
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.

The postholder will have regular support and clinical supervision from the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, in addition to group supervision from EEC. There will also be opportunities to network with other SALTs within children's services and other local youth justice services. Within this role, the postholder will develop the skills to support children and young people to understand and navigate the youth justice system, incorporating knowledge of language development, trauma, social and emotional skills, neurodevelopmental differences and multidisciplinary working.

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year, per annum, pro-rata
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 839-NCYP-8425491
Job locations: County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
NYJS aims to provide the highest standard of provision to the children and families they work with to achieve meaningful change. Our NYJS is a statutory multi-agency partnership hosted within Norfolk County Council to prevent children from offending whilst safeguarding their welfare, protecting the public and helping restore the damage caused to the victims of their crimes.

We are advocates. We are advisers. We are supporters. We keep children at the heart of everything we do.

OUR CHILDREN SAY:
I want you to listen to me and hear what I'm saying. Ask me about my views and opinions. Don't assume you know. Be honest and try not to keep secrets. Don't make decisions about me, make decisions with me. Take time to explain in a way I understand. Doing with gets me to my future.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Degree or Postgraduate equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
• Registered Member of RCSLT
• Registered Member of HCPC
• Evidence of successful completion of short specialist courses

Desirable

• Evidence of commitment to CPD
• Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Network

Experience
Essential

• Experience of developing and delivering training
• Recent and comprehensive experience working in community clinics, schools or colleges
• Experience of working in a range of multi-agency settings and with interagency teams

Desirable

• Previous experience supervising less experienced colleagues
• Experience of advising/providing further opinions

Skills
Essential

• Well established knowledge about developmental speech and language disorders
• Well established specialist knowledge about speech, language and communication disorders associated with complex conditions
• In-depth knowledge of a broad range of assessment procedures relevant to the client group
• In-depth knowledge of a broad range of therapeutic interventions appropriate to the client group and the ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors that influence service delivery in own area of clinical specialism
• Highly developed auditory perceptual skills and the ability to transcribe speech phonetically

Desirable

• Working in a mainstream school with children who have complex communication needs
• Previous experience of working with children with complex speech disorders
• Ability to use various Microsoft programmes to collect data, prepare reports and presentations e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
• Knowledge of Makaton or BSL signing

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)
Address: County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.eastofenglandcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Speech and Language Therapist, Nick Frizzell, nick.frizzell@norfolk.gov.uk, 01603223666

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