Specialist Speech

We currently have full-time permanent posts available for Band 6 speech and language therapists, in our Schools and Early Years & Community teams. Positions available may be in either Schools or Early Years & Community or a mixed post across both Schools or Early Years & Community.
In Schools, we have a wide variety of settings available across primary, secondary, special school and further education. Work will be focused on working collaboratively with education staff, supporting the development of functional communication, successful transition within and between settings, promoting the importance of self-esteem, independence skills, choice and decision. We work in settings in Lambeth, Southwark, and in the surrounding area that commission our school service.
The Early Years & Community team is focused on input to community clinics, children's centres, and nurseries. You will work as part of a cluster of therapists across a geographical area delivering universal, targeted and specialist work.
As a specialist therapist, you will be expected to be involved in service development work with support from senior therapists and departmental Clinical Leads.
We provide separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities. Experienced specialist therapists may be involved in clinical supervision to junior colleagues (with support from Leadership) and offer second opinions to colleagues as needed.
To work within the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team to provide an assessment and diagnostic service, and to develop, implement and evaluate specialist programmes of care, advice, support and training across Early Years & Community and Mainstream/Special Schools/FE and youth offending settings - dependent on job role and area of specialist development.
To work independently, as part of a team, and across teams, in partnership with parents, education, social care, voluntary and other health professionals to provide integrated care for clients, their families, carers and educators.
To deliver services to children and families, as part of the SLT service and initiatives of service development, meeting identified outcomes.
**To meet outcomes through**: direct intervention including universal, targeted and specialist work, training, health promotion, early identification, and advice.
Our Community Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy team are a department that promotes Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in our workforce and practice and value difference and welcome everyone.
We are a team of innovative, enthusiastic clinicians, delivering a range of Speech and Language Therapy services in partnership with parents, Health, Education, Social Services, Local Authority, Youth Offending Services and the voluntary sector working across Lambeth & Southwark.
**We can offer you**:
Varied and interesting work with a diverse population
A professionally led, data and evidence based service
Excellent supervision and support, alongside a commitment to learning and development
Separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities
A range of training and shadowing opportunities
Mobile and flexible home-working supported by 4G enabled laptop/device and smartphone
Yearly opportunity to be considered for sessions swaps to different clinical areas
Support from a friendly and sociable team - including a team choir, book club, craft and other activities
Access to a full range of health and wellbeing activities within the Trust, e.g. sports and social club, swimming pool, Cycle to Work scheme, psychological support
EDI initiatives

**Responsibilities**:
Professional / Clinical responsibilities
To assess, develop and implement Specialist Speech and Language Therapy intervention programmes to meet the needs of clients; adapting practice based on individual clients’ or families’ circumstances and outcomes, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences
To develop information and resources for clients, families and relevant others regarding the management and care of clients with communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties
To write comprehensive reports to be shared with families and a range of professionals, reflecting specialist knowledge
To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice
To demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues and to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management
To implement care pathways and recommend changes in practice as appropriate
To identify and make appropriate onward referrals to other agencies
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures
To raise local awareness of the importance of developing communication skills within service area.
To identify training needs and to develop, provide and evaluate appropriate specialist training to