Speech and Language Therapist - Perth

If you’re looking for the next step in your career in healthcare, you’ve just discovered it.

At Upper Springland we provide long-term and permanent residential care and support for people with a range of disabilities. We help people lead their lives to the full, providing for any needs they may have and to provide meaningful and exciting community interaction within Perth and the surrounding areas.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Speech & Language Therapist to work as part of Allied Health service within Upper Springland. You will be required to provide an effective speech and language therapy service to enable and support adults who have complex needs. You will support and enable them to have control, choice and equality in daily life to the benefit of their health and wellbeing.

You will provide specialist advice, supervision and clinical support to more junior therapists, and care staff.

You will ideally have a degree/diploma in Speech & Language Therapy and be HCPC registered. You will have clinical expertise which reflects evidence based practice in the specialist field of multiple and complex needs.

The ability to manage and prioritise your own work load is essential as are well developed organisational and communication skills.

You will have experience of good interdisciplinary working with a holistic outlook and delivering an effective customer focused service. Dysphagia and Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC) experience is essential.

What you need to know:

Hours - 15 hours per week - Flexible

Location - Isla Road - Perth (on-site/lone working)

This post is open to all experienced SLTs, however, due to its part time & flexible nature, it may suit someone who is semi-retired, looking for a 2nd job or to work part time around other commitments. The working hours of this role are flexible, the 15 hours can be worked over 2, 3 or 5 days - we will consider all requests.

Job description - Speech and Language Therapist (UPS)

Closing date - 03/12/24 with interviews being held on 10/12/24

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £15,798.42 pa (£20.20ph) 
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service. (pro-rata)
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment. 
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme. 
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service. 
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme. 
• Cycle to work scheme. 
• 24/7 employee assistance programme. 
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts 

We are One Voice, One Charity, One Spirit, #OneCapability. 

Applying to Capability Scotland 

Applying to work with us couldn’t be simpler. We’ve got an application form that starts by pressing “Apply Now,” and it works perfectly on your mobile phone if you prefer that. You can request any alternative formats of our application form by contacting careers@capability.scot (such as large print or braille). 

You will then hear from us within three weeks of the noted closing date.  

You can keep a track of your application in your profile management settings. 

For more information on this role, you can call Erin on 01738 632 995 using reference CS141124 erin.wilson@capability.scot 

We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

General information  

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued, and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.  

A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.