Speech and Language Therapist

**Company: Hopedale Children and Family Services Ltd**

**Section/Unit**:Hopedale, Bluebell, Heather Field and Lavender Field Schools

**Position: Speech & Language Therapist**

**Reporting to**:Executive Head, Head Teachers

**Direct Line Management**: Executive Head Teacher

**ROLE**

You will work as a team member, providing direct day-to-day, speech and language support to children aged 5-18 with language and communication difficulties in all of our Staffordshire and Cheshire schools.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide speech and language therapy for pupils attending each of our Schools through

individual, group and/or teacher directed sessions
- Provide assessment for current and prospective pupils as needed
- Monitor pupil progress towards their speech and language targets
- Contribute to staff training
- Provide written documents at a professional standard

**Role Overview**

The speech and language therapist will provide for pupils with a range of special educational needs, including autism, social and mental health, and cognition.

This post will sit within a multidisciplinary therapy team that serves each of the schools.

The development of Speech and language is already deeply embedded in our schools, with all staff trained in ELKLAN and PECS, an innovatively adapted curriculum and external support for pupils who require it. The appointment of a speech and language therapist will allow us to bring this support in-house.

**Responsibilities**
- Provide high quality speech and language therapy services, including assessment, diagnosis and therapy
- Offer specialist intervention demonstrating clinical effectiveness through use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures while being able to adapt practices to meet individual pupils’ needs
- Perform therapy services utilising a variety of service delivery models including individual, joint, multidisciplinary, group and teacher directed sessions
- Manage a complex and demanding caseload of children with a range of special educational needs
- Create speech and language targets for integration into pupils’ personal progress plans
- Attend and participate in regular multidisciplinary team meetings
- Monitor and review pupils’ ongoing communication needs
- Liaise with staff to support the implementation of appropriate communication strategies and class-based speech and language development activities
- Create intervention programmes for class-based implementation
- Provide reports to contribute to pupils’ annual reviews and end of year reports
- Maintain records of invention according to professional standards
- Maintain professional status and competence, taking responsibility for keeping own knowledge and skills up to date by engaging in continuing professional development
- Attend regular clinical supervision with a suitably experienced SALT
- Manage the emotional consequences of working with children with a range of special educational needs
- Work within the framework of relevant procedures including safeguarding/child protection, behaviour management, equality and diversity
- Maintain registration with the Health Professions Council as a practising Speech and Language Therapist
- Represent the school at multi agency meetings
- Seek relevant information from other professionals and staff in order to make differential diagnoses
- Explain your role to pupils, parents/carers, staff and visitors
- Motivate pupils to engage in speech and language therapy by utilising a range of activities, strategies and techniques
- Attend and participate in relevant clinical and organisational meetings
- Promote positive relationships with pupils, families, staff and external professionals
- Use IT effectively
- Participate in the induction of new staff members
- Construct/adapt appropriate communication resources for various curriculum and play activities
- Assess, manage and provide communication aids
- Maintain an up to date knowledge of new techniques and development within the field of speech, language and communication
- Organise own caseload in partnership with the therapy lead and executive headteachers
- Be flexible to the demands of the environment including unpredictable events, deadlines and unexpected interruptions
- Monitor own resource levels and requirements and source and request new equipment and resources as appropriate
- Attend mandatory training and induction courses as requested by the executive headteachers
- Contribute to developing new policies
- Any other reasonable tasks deemed appropriate by the Schools

**The list of duties contained in this job description is not exhaustive and will develop in accordance with the needs of the school and children.**

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,719.00-£31,070.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No week