Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

1 week ago

Chester UK, Cheshire, United Kingdom Presto Nursing Full time

Mon - Fri (8:45 - 16:00) - Term time only


Role Purpose


• To provide speech, language and communication support to children and young people range 4-19 with complex autism, learning difficulties and behaviours that challenge, within a school setting.


• Work as part of a transdisciplinary team ensuring each pupil’s needs are understood, accurately planned for and closely monitored. • Advise members of the teaching team in relation to pupils’ speech, language and communication development to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people.


• Provide both direct and indirect therapy for individuals and groups of pupils


Main Responsibilities Pupils


• Contribute to the planning and implementation of appropriate teaching and learning activities to achieve challenging learning objectives in all areas of the curriculum for all pupils on your caseload. This may include contributing to the planning of individual, paired, group, whole class teaching or community-based learning.


• Assessing, planning and implementing appropriate speech and language interventions for pupils, individually or in small groups, with a wide range of needs including receptive and expressive language difficulties and AAC.


• Work in close liaison with teaching teams to ensure that speech, language and communication interventions are embedded within each pupil’s personalised curriculum. 7


• Assess and evaluate intervention outcomes regularly and report findings as required and in line with school policies. • Work in close liaison with behaviour analysts and class teachers to ensure that speech, language and communication needs are considered and promoted throughout the curriculum.


• Responsible for conducting and analysing speech, language and communication assessments at a frequency required by the school’s assessment framework and individual needs.


• Responsible for the planning and development of speech and language plans and interventions, monitoring the effectiveness of plans through development of robust data collection systems and analysis of the data.


• To assess pupil’s need for and use of evidence-based alternative/ augmentative communication (AAC) including signing, communication books, voice output communication aids, etc.


• Collaborate and contribute to the development of positive behaviour support plans, working closely with behaviour analysts, the class teacher and other relevant team members.


• Regularly review speech, language and communication targets and interventions used to support pupils on your caseload for contextual fit, long term outcomes and to ensure that all pupils can access the curriculum including events and educational visits.


• Contribute to annual review and EHCP reporting. • Contribute to baseline assessments, end of term assessments and Abbey School’s annual assessment cycle.


• Contribute to the development of detailed transition plans as part of a transdisciplinary team using information identified in admissions assessments for pupils transitioning into and out of Abbey School. • Be responsible for meeting the speech and language therapy needs for individual pupils based on their EHCP provision and on internal referral and assessment. • Demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and appropriate outcome measures.


• Maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with professional standards and school policies.


• To attend IEP and annual review meetings where required. • Contribute to the development of autonomy and voice of the young people on your caseload, supporting and ensuring appropriate means of assessing pupil’s autonomy, voice and choices are used.


• Establish productive working relationships with children and young people, acting as a role model, and setting high expectations.


• To consistently model outstanding speech, language and communication support in own practice, which includes direct work with pupils.

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