Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Education Service

Communication Partners; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Job description

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Education Service

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

About
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire. CLCH is both the largest community healthcare organisation in London and the first in the capital to be awarded NHS Trust status.

Job Overview
Speech and Language Therapist - Band 6 - Hammersmith and Fulham Mainstream Schools Team - permanent, full time, 3 days a week. We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 SLT to join our SLT education service. The role will involve working in the mainstream education service in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Join Us If You Want To

• Work within innovative, motivated and well-established teams, in a supportive and progressive environment.
• Help schools embed good universal and targeted level practice within their settings.
• Deliver specialist interventions to children and young people with Education, Health, and Care Plans.
• Work jointly with parents, the class teams and other professionals to develop a shared understanding of each child's speech, language and communication needs and how these can be supported.
• Develop your supervision skills and skills in training others.
• Access 1:1 & peer group supervision sessions and a regular in-house training programme to develop clinical skills.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Providing a specialist service to children attending mainstream schools with Speech/Language and communication needs (SLCN) working closely with parents/carers, and staff to enable children to develop their speech, language and communication skills and to access the curriculum.
• To assess the needs for, develop and implement specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children referred to the SLT service to mainstream schools.
• To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of children with communication difficulties.
• To be accountable for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice from senior colleagues as appropriate.
• Provide day-to-day supervision and peer review support to less experienced colleagues and students, including second opinions when necessary.
• Run appropriate in-service training independently for school and other staff.
• Liaise with other colleagues across a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.

We Can Offer You

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role.
• Car lease scheme *T&Cs apply.
• Flexible working options.
• Annual travel card loan.
• Training, support and development in your career.

Applicant Requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria:

• Degree and Licence to Practise from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.
• Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT.

Experience
Essential criteria:

• Experience of supporting CYP, families and schools in line with the Children and Families Act 2014.
• Collaborative work with parents and other professionals.
• Experience Training others.

Further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Paul Mann
Job title: Highly Specialist SLT
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07388371545