School Years Speech and Language Therapist

2 months ago

Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking to recruit up to Speech and Language Therapists to join our growing, friendly and supportive Schools Team to embark on a new exciting adventure rolling out the Balanced System to ourmainstream primary and secondary schools across North West are permanent posts funded through development money to establish a Link Therapy Team model. Youwill be joining us at an exciting time and will work alongside experienced Speech and Language Therapists,Education Specialists and SLT assistants to deliver universal, targeted and specialist support to schools andchildren with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).We offer a strong support network including good access to CPD and will consider full-time, part-time and term-time only posts. We would also consider this post to be suitable as a 'development post' opportunity for a suitably experienced Band 5 therapist.

Main duties of the job

To be part of a Link Therapy Team delivering the principles of Balanced System to a cohort of primary &secondary jointly manage a caseload of schools/children as part of the Link Therapy deliver evidence-based SLT advice, training and interventions for schools and assess, plan and implement universal, targeted and specialist SLT interventions that support children with arange of speech, language and communication develop integrated care plans in partnership with the school, child, young person and / or familyrecommending and supporting interventions that are appropriate at a universal, targeted and specialist participate in clinical supervision and access on-going CPD to deliver a safe and effective service to actively work as a member of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams to provide high quality advice,training and interventions to schools, children and young people and their parents/carers in line with our carepathways and the Balanced System.

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

HCPC Registered Speech and Language Therapy degree

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 2 years' experience in area of practice Practical experience in managing complex caseloads

Desirable

Experience of leading and managing teams Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages (Easy-Pay / E-roster/ TAPs/ RIO)

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of continued relevant professional development and implementation in practice within the last 12 months

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Ability to manage time effectively, prioritise and work under pressure to meet deadlines Ability to communicate complex, sensitive information to individuals and groups

Personal Attributes

Essential

Ability to manage and lead change

Ability to Manage

Essential

Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda's for health under the guidance of the senior Practitioner

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