Speech and Language Therapist

Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies Service are looking to appoint following increased interest in our services. This is an opportunity for newly qualified or Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists with experience.

You will have the opportunity to work with early years and school-age children & young people with a range of speech, language & communication needs. Providing assessment, advice & intervention, with a supportive team of therapists & assistants. These posts have arisen due to increased interest from local nurseries & schools to provide high-quality Speech & Language Therapy provision.

There is the opportunity for professional development & the support of a team of therapists & assistants. You will have access to admin, managerial & clinical support. CPD is supported & the development of clinical interests is encouraged. We have embedded support to offer for B5 therapists including:

1. regular 1:1 supervision
2. group supervision
3. peer support
4. Oxleas award winning preceptorship programme Www.OxleasAHPPreceptorship.com

Our friendly, well-established Services offer fantastic support & opportunities to develop your career.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity please do contact us and see our service X account:

@GreenwichSLT

The Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies service consists of Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams, providing services to Early Years, School Years and Special Schools.

The Greenwich Children’s Speech and Language Therapy team has specialists in all key clinical areas including: Autism, DLD, deafness, dysphagia, phonology, and SEMH. We work closely to provide clinical support and second opinions.

1. Provide assessment and intervention for children with a range of SLCN in settings including schools, nurseries and health centres
2. Work as part of a integrated team with teachers and outreach services supporting children with communication difficulties and their families
3. Have opportunities for involvement in service development projects, example projects currently taking place are: The Bilingualism Quality Improvement Project and The Developmental Language Disorder working group.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our values:

• We’re Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Oxleas created and facilitate the nationally recognised Allied Health Professionals Preceptorship Programme. Preceptorships aim is to provide support and structure in during a career transition, such as student to newly qualified to help build confidence. At Oxleas, you will have access to a robust and successful AHP Preceptorship support package which is tailored to the individual. You will be part of a wider AHP community, not only within Oxleas but with our National Preceptorship Partners across the country. The programme has been shortlisted for National CAHPO Awards in 2023 and 2024.

You will work alongside a large team of Therapists and Assistants and will have access to administrative, managerial and clinical support. Where appropriate you will receive higher levels of supervision for Newly Qualified Therapists to support the completion of your RCSLT NQP Competencies Framework.

Training and career development is well supported within Oxleas with the opportunity to attend both internal and external training. Examples of training accessed in the past 12 months includes: Nuffield Dyspraxia, Shape Coding, PECS, Bilingualism, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Evidence based assessment and intervention for DLD, Core Vocabulary Intervention, Attention Autism and Hanen.

Please refer to attached Job Description for further details of the role and the Person Specification for essential and desirable requirements of the post holder.