Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Autism - Community post

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Autism - Community post

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Are you a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new role?

At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.

We are looking for a specialist Speech and language therapist to work with autistic children and young people within resource provisions with a day working in the diagnostic clinic. You will also be supporting EHCP reviews for CYP with a range of diagnosis.

Main duties of the job

Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to children, young people and their families.

As a Speech and Language Therapist in our service, you will deliver care to children, young people and their families in the community, schools and within the clinic setting at Wood Street health Centre.

You will be working within our well-established, supportive and dynamic diagnostic and schools team. In your allocated schools you will provide assessments including EHCP's as well delivering intervention and training to upskill school staff.

We offer excellent support, regular supervision and many CPD opportunities, for example in the diagnostic clinic. We are also focused on upskilling the team and our partners in neurodivergence, the post holder will be central to this. This post will also develop your supervision skills.

About us

Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part time staff.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person Specification

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• HCPC Licence to Practice
• Experience of working in a multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary team
• Clinical knowledge of child development and its application to speech and language therapy
• Knowledge of assessment tools, treatment techniques and therapeutic interventions

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.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearpa pro-rata (plus HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working