Speech and Language Therapist - Schools

This post is in the schools speech and language therapy team. He/she will manage a caseload of children and young people with support from the principal therapist SLT. The post holder will provide speech and language therapy to a designated caseload of children with a range of speech, language and communication, eating/drinking difficulties and Special Educational Needs (SEN) attending school settings in and around Harrow.

A significant proportion of these children be Bilingual. He/she will be expected to manage their own caseload with minimal support from a senior therapist. This post will involve travelling between schools and working alongside teaching staff and parents to ensure appropriate therapy programmes and education plans are in place for the children under their care.

He/she will be expected to work collaboratively with children/young people (CYP),parents/carers and with colleagues in health, education and social care in planning anddelivery of services.

The post holder will participate in CPD activities, contribute to departmental meetings, auditand projects. They will deliver training to other professionals and parents/carers on allaspects of speech, language and communication.

Main duties of the job

In this post you will be working within the schools speech and language therapy team. You will manage a caseload of children and young people with support from a senior SLT.

The post holder will provide speech and language therapy to a designated caseload of children with a range of speech, language and communication, eating/drinking difficulties and Special Educational Needs (SEN) attending schools in and around Harrow.

A significant proportion of these children will be bilingual. You will be expected to manage your own caseload with minimal support from a senior therapist. This post will involve travelling between schools and working alongside teaching staff and parents to ensure appropriate therapy programmes and education plans are in place for the children under their care. You will be expected to work collaboratively children/young people (CYP), parents/carers and with colleagues in health, education and social care in planning and delivery of services.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

About us

You will be joining and welcomed into a diverse therapy team who actively promote and advocate for equality and diversity.

We are:

• A large supportive, sociable and friendly MDT team of 60+therapists
• Committed to the well-being of our staff
• Easily accessible via public transport from central London and neighbouring counties

We can provide:

• Flexible working
• Time to ensure access to regular and ongoing CPD
• Support with signing off competencies
• Opportunities for shadowing in a range of settings
• Clearly structured caseloads and prioritisation system
• Highly structured induction with opportunities to shadow other therapists
• Access to clinical specialists in all areas

In joining you will receive:

• Regular and ongoing developing therapist training
• A consistent caseload to see through assessment, ongoing therapy and up to discharge

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To communicate complex patient-related information effectively to ensure collaborativeworking with multidisciplinary team members across health, education and socialservices and the voluntary sector. In particular to work with parents, early years andteaching staff to ensure the delivery of a well-coordinated care/support plan.

2. To share information with others, observing confidentiality and data protection guidelinesand having due regard for local guidance on sharing information with colleagues ineducation, social care and voluntary sector.

3. To communicate complex condition-related information (both verbally and in the writtenform) from assessment to CYP, parents/carers, and members of the multi-disciplinaryteam/other professions. This includes child specific information as well as trainingpackages to parents, teachers and other professionals around the management ofspeech, language, communication and eating/drinking difficulties.

4. To have due regard for the cultural and linguistic differences of children/familiesconcerned.

5. To work closely with CYP, carers and families, involving them in decision making,demonstrating and ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly wherebarriers to understanding exist (i.e. hearing loss, communication difficulties, EAL andlearning difficulties).

6. To employ excellent communication skills such as persuasion, motivation andexplanations to encourage/ reassure clients and carers to undertake treatmentprogrammes.

7. To develop negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations

8. To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible and reportto senior staff.

9. To form productive relationships with others in particular parents/carers who may beunder stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.

10. To provide clinical reports as per departmental standards.

11. To provide written advice for statutory assessment of special educational needs.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Health Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Desirable

• Post graduate short courses in the provision of SLT to school age children
• Level 1 training in dysphagia

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• oWorking with Children and young people
• oAssessment treatment and management of children with speech, language and communication difficulties
• oWorking with parents and carers
• oWorking within an educational environment
• oWriting clinical notes and reports
• oAssessment tools relevant to the CYP with speech language and communication, eating and drinking difficulties.
• oRange of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the above client group
• oThe role of the speech and language therapist in the Education system
• oAwareness of standards of record keeping and reporting.
• oAwareness of the principles of clinical governance/ audit
• oWorking with children with eating and drinking difficulties

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential

• Good written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Negotiation and Problem solving Skills
• Good presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work in an unpredictable environment and to prioritise own workload
• Good organisational skills
• Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
• Demonstrates ability to be a team player
• Ability to communicate effectively with children and young people of all ages and abilities.

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alexandra Avenue Health and Social Care Centre

275 Alexandra Ave

Harrow

HA2 7DX

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