Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Preschool
6 months ago
B6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Preschool
Come and join our friendly Speech and Language Therapy Team in Luton, Bedfordshire.
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Specialist Speech and Language Therapists to join our established community therapy team working with preschool children in Luton.
**We need**:
Confident, motivated and enthusiastic therapist, willing to work flexibly
Experience of working with preschool children with a wide range of SLCN
Someone looking to develop their clinical knowledge and skills
**You will**:
Manage a caseload providing targeted, evidence-based assessment and therapy
Work closely with colleagues in health and education
Participate in training to parents and other professionals around SLC needs
Support junior staff within the service
**As a Service we provide**:
A welcoming and supportive team
Formal and informal training, including shadowing opportunities
Regular robust clinical supervision and a mentoring system
Regular whole team in house CPD days as well as in service and external courses
Collaborative working with system partners including 0-19 team, Community Paediatrics and education settings
Reflective clinical forums and buddying systems
Regular whole service and locality meetings
Career development opportunities including clinical and professional development
The post holders will provide specialist clinical input to preschool children across the Luton locality.
Working as part of the community preschool team, you will provide speech and language therapy support to children with a wide range of SLC needs including statutory provision.
You will provide training to enable parents and other professionals to support children’s language and communication needs.
You will mentor and support other colleagues.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding - and that’s our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
To independently identify, assess and diagnose speech, language and communication impairments and select appropriate patients and type of therapy for effective treatment.
To make a differential diagnosis based on evidence from assessment, and design appropriate treatment based on analysis of profile of need seeking advice as appropriate.
Be responsible for delivering specialist speech and language therapy input to school age children and young people of all ages, covering a range of disorders of communication.
To provide training to enable parents and other professionals to support children’s language and communication needs.
Make independent decisions about caseload management, including discharge.
To plan, organise and prioritise own workload, clinical and non-clinical.
To use clinical skills to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management for complex clinical issues.
Gain extensive clinical experience and expertise to improve and further develop specialist skills through training, support and study.
To have appropriate knowledge or an awareness of low tech AAC, for example communication boards.
To have knowledge of and contribute to the EHCP process within the given timescales, including preparing reports with outcomes and targets for the initial report and for annual reviews as required.
To triage new referrals into the service and reject or accept these based on service criteria, including skills in discussing potential referrals with referrers.
To provide second opinions and shadowing opportunities for less experienced colleagues, including within the Language Provision, as required.
To seek out second opinions from more experience colleagues as required.
To make referrals onto specialist services as required, including Health, Education and / or Social Services.
To participate in the development and delivery of training (formal and informal) to others with and without support and reflect on and evaluate training provided.
Independently take students on placements for clinical teaching and supervision, including exam placement.
Undertake supervision and complete appraisals for SLTs and Support Practitioners.
To contribute to the support of newly and recently graduated SLT Staff.
To support and take part in the induction and training of new staff to the service.
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