Lead Therapist for the Under 5's Social Communication Pathway

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Barts Health NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated Occupational Therapist or Speech and Language Therapist to lead our Under 5s Social Communication Pathway in Tower Hamlets. This position combines the roles of expert clinician with service and staff development, team leadership and multi-disciplinary working. The role requires working closely alongside therapy staff and our wider partners in the borough, including Early Help and Health Visiting Services.

Our vision in Children's Therapies is to provide care for children and families that is personalised, outcomes driven, based on evidence and contemporary theories of practice relevant to the field of childhood disability.

The post holder will be based at Mile End Hospital, conveniently located between Mile End and Stepney Green tube stations and serviced by local buses.

Main duties of the job

The Community Children's Therapy Service sits in Specialist Community Children's Services within the Children's Hospital.

The service offers a community-based therapies service to the children of Tower Hamlets and is delivered in clinic settings, early years provisions, schools, children and family centres and family homes. The service is staffed by speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and therapy co-workers.

We are looking to further develop our pathways to address the needs of the cohort of children with social communication differences under 5 years old.

These are the priorities for the pathway:

support partner organisations with interventions for these families at a targeted level in Family Hubs

develop a specialist intervention pathway using the skills of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and therapy support workers.

support early years settings to provide effective provision for children with social communication differences.

support the pathway for appropriate referrals into our autism assessment service.

Provide advice as part of the education, health and care needs assessment process

The post holder will lead on the pathway, working closely with other therapy leads.

The post holder will be either a qualified speech and language therapist or occupational therapist with experience of leading a team, pathway development and working with children under 5.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with children with social communication difficulties in a community setting. Experience of working with children in special or mainstream schools Experience of using research and evidence base to support families. Experience of working with children with a range of developmental difficulties and their families. Experience of working with families with different cultural backgrounds and home languages Experience of audit, quality improvement and service development and developing protocols and guidelines. Experience of line managing colleagues. Experience of leading and managing a team. Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT).

Desirable

Experience of managing change. Experience of project management with multiple stakeholders. Involvement in research projects

Skills

Essential

Self-motivated Excellent communication skills Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills Excellent diplomacy, problem solving & negotiating skills. Clinical skills across a range of developmental difficulties. Ability to work unsupervised, using initiative & own judgement when dealing with issues, problems The ability to coach others to improve their practice. Digital literacy skills equivalent to Level 2 across all domains in the NHS Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework.

Desirable

Digital literacy skills equivalent to Level 3 across all domains in the NHS Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework.

Knowledge

Essential

Qualified speech and language therapist or occupational therapist. Training in autism-specific interventions PECS Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to Social Communication Difficulties (CPD) within current role. Coaching qualification. Masters-level qualification.

Other

Essential

Evidence of alignment with the Barts Health WeCare values

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