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Speech and Language Therapist

4 months ago


Walthamstow, United Kingdom NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We have an exciting opportunity for Band 6 therapists to join the expanding special schools’ Speech and Language Therapy team in Waltham Forest. Working closely with our colleagues in health & education, we are a well-respected, supportive and innovative team. We offer excellent support and supervision as well as ongoing CPD opportunities.

The SALT paediatric team is based at Wood Street Health Centre, a purpose-built healthcare centre for children and young adults in the borough of Waltham Forest in the heart of vibrant East London. Our service is part of the Specialist Children's Services, including Speech and Language Therapists, Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, Specialist Children's Nursing. We have a strong focus on multi-agency working across health and education.

You will need to demonstrate the following requirements for the post:

- Post registration experience in delivering appropriate intervention/care plans/enhanced models of SLT for paediatric clients with communication needs providing suitable and timely support, ideally in special school settings.
- Clear clinical reasoning based on evidence-based practice within paediatrics, with specific experience in treatment working with children exhibiting complex communication difficulties.
- The ability to provide feedback, advice and training internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups as well as clients’ families.
- Responsibility in taking a delegated lead on the development of team objectives or projects in liaison with the clinical service lead and peers.

The main responsibilities of the post include
- Providing a high standard of Speech and Language service in special schools.
- Working autonomously to provide speech and language assessments and interventions for children with complex, diverse needs and varying presentations.
- Working collaboratively with the school team and with students’ families.
- Providing specialist training, support and development for school staff, parents and for our SLTs (and other professionals as necessary) within the area of communication difficulties as well as supervision, advice and second opinions to more junior colleagues

Probationary Period

Assessment/Interview info

At NELFT we set very high standards to ensure we provide quality services. We require prospective employees to carry out an online literacy and numeracy test, equivalent to NVQ Level 2. For more information regarding our assessments, please visit our website. If you are shortlisted, invited for interview and successfully offered the post, you will be required to undertake an assessment for these skills during the pre-employment checks.

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.

Working in partnership with Whitefield Academy TrustWhitefield School - Whitefield Academy Trust, we are looking for Band 6 Speech & Language Therapists who are keen to develop and extend their skills in working with a broad caseload of children with special educational needs aged 3-19, including autism, moderate-profound learning disabilities, physical and multi-sensory impairments, all with a range of complex and varied communication needs. There will be the opportunity to specialise in a number of areas relating to the caseload, including: ASD, PMLD, visual impairment, multi-sensory impairment and alternative and augmentative communication.

You will have excellent communication skills & enjoy working as part of a team.

Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attachment.

High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £3,898 and a maximum payment of £4,967).

COVID Vaccinations

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. To comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination during the recruitment process. Vaccination will be a condition of employment unless an exemption applies.