Highly Specialist Speech Therapist

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Central London Community Health Trust Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Speech and Language Therapist to lead a school-based communication and dysphagia service for children and young people with complex needs. The successful candidate will work with school staff and the multidisciplinary team to deliver a high-quality service to children and their families.

Main Responsibilities
  • Providing highly specialist assessment, diagnosis, and intervention to children with complex needs, dysphagia, and/or speech, language, and communication needs.
  • Liaising with the multidisciplinary team and supporting parents, school staff, and other professionals in all issues related to client management.
  • Understanding and meeting professional and legal responsibilities outlined in the Children and Families Act 2014, including contributing to statutory assessments of special educational needs and delivery of SLT provision as specified in Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).
  • Providing highly specialist clinical supervision, line management, and peer review to other SLTs and students, and supporting the training and development of junior dysphagia therapists in the team.
  • Contributing to developments within individual teams and the broader service, including the development of policies and procedures relating to clinical care, evidence-based practice, care pathways, and outcome development.
  • Delivering training to staff, specific in-service training across settings, to a variety of audiences, including parents and staff in schools settings.
  • Liaising with other colleagues across a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.
About Us

At Central London Community Health Trust, we care about our patients' wellbeing and yours. We offer a comprehensive induction into the community service, followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role. We also provide a car lease scheme, flexible working options, annual travel card loan, and training, support, and development in your career.

Person Specification
  • Essential qualifications: Degree or equivalent and Licence to Practice - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT, further study in clinical field, including completion of short courses and additional study, evidence of competency level C or above of the RCSLT Dysphagia Competency Framework.
  • Desirable qualifications: Advanced dysphagia qualification/postgraduate paediatric dysphagia training Manchester Post Basic Dysphagia Course, evidence of completion of highly specialist short courses in dysphagia management, evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Masters degree or equivalent, membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks (CENs).
  • Essential experience: Work with children with a wide range of speech, language, and communication difficulties, including those associated with complex needs, postgraduate paediatric dysphagia experience (4 years) including non-oral feeding, collaborative work with parents and other professionals, across settings, experience of multi-disciplinary and interagency working, experience of training others, training/experience of supporting others including more junior therapists, experience of supporting children, families, and schools in line with the Children and Families Act 2014.
  • Desirable experience: Experience of working in a similar role, experience of managing a team, experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures.
Skills
  • Essential skills: Knowledge of development of eating, drinking, and swallowing skills, potential risks associated with eating, drinking, and swallowing skills, and related management strategies, knowledge of typical child development of Speech & Language and general developmental milestones, advanced knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for education, and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual children, knowledge of Education Practice and Policy, knowledge of religious, cultural, and linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management, principles and models of Adult-Child Interaction, in-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to education, including the Children and Families Act 2014, and education practice and policy, knowledge of service models to Education, in-depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit, understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group) especially within MDT, knowledge of professional standards of record keeping, holistic view of communication and philosophy to back this, ability to deal with and resolve conflict, sensitivity to others' differing needs, excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening, and empathy skills, highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills, excellent analytical and reflection skills, excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal, excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, demonstrates ability to be a good team member and assume leadership responsibilities.
  • Desirable skills: Experience of working with children with complex needs, experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures, experience of managing a team, experience of training others, experience of supporting others including more junior therapists.

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