Speech and Language Therapist

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust Full time

We looking to recruit new team members to the Mainstream Schools team. The positions have become available due internal promotion.

If you are motivated, enthusiastic and looking for an exciting and challenging place to work come and join us.

We are a team working collaboratively in schools providing a high-quality service to children with a range of special educational needs.

We provide SLT to children and young people

  • at SEN support and with EHCPs in Brent primary schools
  • with EHCPs in secondary and FE settings
  • with EHCPs who attend out of borough schools

Main duties of the job


  • The assessment of CYP with a range of speech, language and communication needs including- DLD, ASD, speech, selective mutism.
  • Working directly with children in groups and individually, as well as offering advice and strategies to school staff and parents.
  • Liaising with parents and other professionals
  • Providing training for your allocated schools

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours

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& C's apply
  • Flexible working options
  • Annual travel card loan
  • Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here:

Job description

Job responsibilities


  • To assess the need for, develop and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children referred within CLCH with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties attending mainstream schools
  • To analyse auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of childrens communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in the home, school and other relevant setting
  • To monitor all aspects of parent/teacher interactions with children. In particular, to simultaneously monitor auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of dyadic interactions, encouraging adaptive strategies to maximise effective communication
  • To make appropriate clinical decisions following assessment, using evidence-based practice and outcome measurement to provide the most effective treatment to children and their families within clearly defined care plans
  • To make a differential diagnosis based on evidence from assessment seeking advice as appropriate


Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential


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

Experience

Essential


  • Working with children in clinics and/or school based settings

Desirable


  • Training others.
  • Adult-Child Interaction(ACI)
  • Working with multi-cultural client group

Skills and Knowledge

Essential


  • Awareness of needs of parents, teachers and others
  • Flexibility
  • Good problem solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
  • Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment diagnosis and treatment of children with a broad range of speech, language and communication difficulties
  • Well developed concentration skills
  • Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
  • Manual dexterity for signing
  • Manual dexterity sufficient to carry out swallowing assessment and use of high and low technical assessment equipment
  • Normal Child Development including Speech and Language, Play and other milestones
  • Knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for children with Speech, Language and Communication impairments and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual children
  • Education Practice and Policy and National Curriculum
  • Religious, Cultural and Linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management
  • Awareness of national policies and procedures (relevant to school aged children)
  • Awareness of the principles of audit
  • Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
  • Knowledge of professional standards of record keeping
  • Contribution of other agencies in supporting school aged children
  • Assess the speech, language and communication skills of school-aged children using formal and informal assessments

Desirable


  • Clinical Governance

Other

Essential


  • Travel around district and access different venues, with or without adaptations

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

Chalkhill Primary Care Centre

London

HA9 9FX

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