Welcome to the Children and Young People Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) service.
We support people aged 0-19 years old, and their parents/carers and their teachers, who have difficulties with:
- Speech
- Language
- Communication
- Stammering
- Feeding and swallowing difficulties
Parents/carers and education staff are often the best people to support children and young people to improve their communication.
We have created simple resources for you to learn more about how you can support children and young people with their language and communication.
Follow the relevant link below to find out more:
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I am the parent of a 0-5 year old child in Cheshire East
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I am the parent of a 0-5 year old child in Cheshire West
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I am an early years professional in Cheshire East
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I am a professional who works with school-aged children
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I am the parent of a school-aged child
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I am an early years professional in Cheshire West & Cheshire
Please take a look at the interactive Early Years Communication Pathway above.
This pathway will help you to receive the right support at the right time in the right place.
It includes lots of useful resources, social media accounts, and screening tools suitable for all children, young people, and their families.
The pathway also helps decide when children may need extra support or a referral to the Speech and Language Therapy Service.
We want your feedback!
We would be really grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to complete our short survey about your experience of the service. Just scan the QR code on your mobile device, and it will take you straight to the survey. Thank you!
Commissioned time is when a setting buys in SALT time which is over the time entitled from NHS and Local Authority contracts.
It might be direct time spent with children, group programmes for children at risk of speech and language delay, teaching, staff coaching and whole school approaches.
We work with you to create and measure Key Performance Indicators for the contract and evaluate this annually.
You can see the Commissioning Brochure here (opens in new window).
If you want to get in touch to enquire about commissioned services please contact Mat Southall, Community Operational Manager-Paediatrics: mathew.southall2@mcht.nhs.uk
