Where speech and language therapists and assistants thrive - make a difference with Coventry Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service

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Working in Coventry Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service means joining a large, but incredibly supportive team, where you will be encouraged to grow your skills, explore your clinical interests, and above all; make a difference for children with communication and eating and drinking needs, and their families. 

With a team of over 50 people, the size of the service means there are lots of clinical areas for speech and language therapists and assistants to explore, including speech, language, voice, stammering, alternative and augmentative communication, dysphagia and more. 

Whether you want to have a varied caseload with different client groups or to specialise in one or more areas, we will support you to do just that.  

Hear from our therapists and assistants.

  

Why join us?

As a community service, we offer flexibility and autonomy for our therapists and assistants. As Coventry is a compact city, you’ll spend less time travelling and more time with the children and families you are supporting.

We have a bright and airy office space at our head office, Wayside House, and modern clinic rooms in the City of Coventry Health Centre.

A snapshot of what you can expect in our team:

  •         Array of clinical areas for you to explore or specialise in
  •         Hybrid and flexible working opportunities
  •         Joining a supportive and friendly team
  •         Excellent development opportunities, including formal and informal training, clinical supervision, CPD days and more
  •         Multidisciplinary working with other services
  •         Training and upskilling other professionals
  •         Excellent career progression
  •         Work in an innovative and award-winning service
  •         12-month preceptorship for newly qualified practitioners

Meet our clinical service manager, Julie.

  

 

How my experience with the Coventry Children’s SLT Service ignited a new passion - with Sarah, Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

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  "I was a parent to children who use the service. During the lockdown in 2020, I felt I had no job satisfaction, and I wanted a career change. I thought about what in my life means a lot to me, and I knew that I love the work I do with my own children on their speech and language because my older boy had a stammer and my youngest had speech and language delay. It inspired me to change careers.

It's been a long journey, but I am hoping to go back to university and become a speech and language therapist. My job now gives me so much job satisfaction, it’s so rewarding, and I genuinely want to make a difference in people’s lives. I feel like I have been on that journey as a parent as well, so I feel like I add value to the team.

I predominately go into schools, and I have a flexible diary so I can manage my own time. I go into schools all around Coventry and work with wonderful children, including in special schools which means I will need to work in a different way and adapt the interventions we do.

I was always told that this is the team I should work for, and I had spoken to my children’s therapist about the fact I wanted a career change, and she said, ‘you have to come and work for my team’. I have worked for other teams, but my end goal was always to work within children’s speech and language therapy. I have to say, she was right. It is such a supportive team, and I feel really privileged that I am a part of it. They support you, from the other speech and language therapy assistants, right up to your leads and the service manager, I feel like they’re always there and they are always available.

One thing I would say about this role is you do get flexibility. For example, on a day when it was my youngest son's sports day, I was able to go out of a training day to attend, because that was important to me. For me, because I have been a parent, and had that lived experience of two children with additional speech and communication needs I can see it from a parental point of view, and the worry and the sleepless nights that can give you. I hope I can help people on that journey because every child is unique and ultimately, we all want to make a difference and have the best possible outcome for that child.”