Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

4 weeks ago

SouthendonSea, Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom Southend On Sea City Council Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and highly specialist speech and language therapist to join our team at Southend On Sea City Council. This role will involve leading and managing a team of speech and language therapy assistants, measuring the impact of the service by reducing pressure on statutory and specialist services and early identification and support for children and young people with speech language and communication needs.

Main Duties

To deliver high quality support and guidance to Southend mainstream schools and settings to develop their universal and targeted provision for children and young people with speech language and communication needs.

To supervise a team of speech and language therapy assistants delivering targeted services to schools

To monitor and develop universal and targeted support for schools including data capture and reporting.

About Us

Our values and behaviours are at the heart of everything we do and are key to the delivery of our ambition for Southend. They help us to create a working environment in which staff can work together to deliver outstanding services. We want people who will share our values and display the right behaviours to ensure that we are working collaboratively, flexibly and responsibly to achieve our goals.

Our Values

We are inclusive, collaborative, proud and honest. We put people at the heart of what we do, work together, make lives better and are fair and accountable.

Our Behaviours

We demonstrate strong leadership, trust and respect, drive positive change, act with integrity and behave responsibly, build relationships to work well together and foster a positive and supportive team culture.

Job Responsibilities

To deliver high quality support and guidance to Southend mainstream schools and settings to develop their universal and targeted provision for children and young people with speech language and communication needs.

To supervise a team of speech and language therapy assistants delivering targeted services to schools

To monitor and develop universal and targeted support for schools including data capture and reporting.

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities

This will involve:

Providing regular supervision and line management to the speech and language therapy assistant team to ensure effective practice, encourage reflection, and support career development.

Participating in training programmes and associated work experiences to facilitate progression opportunities.

Coordinating caseloads and allocating resources effectively to ensure timely and high-quality service delivery.

Fostering a positive and supportive team culture, promoting collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

Using a range of evidence and performance data to refine and improve future service design.

Supporting the creation of innovative projects aimed at improving outcomes and support for children and young people with SLCN.

Maintaining accurate and up to date records of intervention and outcome measures.

Delivering training sessions and workshops to school staff, parents and care givers on strategies to support SLCN development in children.

Providing guidance and support to teaching staff and teaching assistants in implementing speech and language therapy techniques within the classroom setting.

Working with schools and settings to promote better understanding and improvements to support systems, learning environments, curriculum adjustments and approaches aimed at improving outcomes and the educational experience for children and young people with SLCN.

Providing universal and targeted support to schools and settings, children and young people with SLCN, and their families.

Working closely with Specialist Teaching Service and other learning service areas to monitor and evaluate the impact of outreach provision to ensure it meets individual and local needs.

Maintaining current knowledge and expertise in government legislation and guidelines pertaining to schools, children, and young people with SEND, as well as their families, and effectively communicating this information as necessary.

Collaborating closely with schools, children, young people, and their families to address educational challenges, ensuring accurate identification of service requirements, valuing their perspectives, and actively engaging them in enhancing future service design.

Implementing and understanding the services complaints procedure, to deescalate and manage initial complaints from families, carers, and other professionals.

Working within Southend City Councils safeguarding policy and framework. Monitoring and managing potential risk within area of responsibility. Employees should be aware of and are required to act in such a way that promotes the health and well-being of children and young people with SEND and vulnerable learners.

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