Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Highly specialist speech & language therapist - mainstream schools
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Job Overview
Do you want to be part of a friendly and supportive SLT team?
Do you want to be able to offer direct therapy to children in mainstream schools?
Do you want to develop your leadership skills?
Full Time Band 7 role:
We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon mainstream schools team supporting children and young people who have a speech, language or communication need.
You will be offering direct therapy for CYP in schools - working closely with school staff.
You will be part of a supportive band 7 team - and take a lead in developing projects and supervising more junior staff.
Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our wider service.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech/language/communication need. This role will include primary and secondary schools.
- To be responsible for providing highly specialist assessment & therapy packages into allocated schools.
- To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
- To support schools with the early identification of children with speech/language/communication needs.
- To meet regularly with the SENCO to ensure that the needs of the schools are being met.
- To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
- To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
- To lead on identified audits and service improvement projects for the team/service
- To lead on identified clinical working groups for the service
- To deliver workshops for the wider speech and language therapy team
- To deliver training workshops for parents and school staff
- To offer joint consultations to other members of the team
- To jointly lead on developing the quality of the service provided to schools
- To be responsible for the performance management of identified team members
- To formally and informally support team members
- To support the team leader in the leading and development of the team
- To deputise for the team leader in the day to day management of the team as requested
Working for our organisation
We can offer you:
- A buddy who will meet with you every week at first to help you settle in and who you can ask lots of questions
- Regular supervision meetings with the team leader every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal and informal support - and more frequently while you are settling in
- Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences
- Regular meetings with the other band 7 mainstream team SLTs to ensure that the workload is being shared and support given
- A busy but manageable caseload across a range of schools
- Opportunities for remote working in school and at home at the end of the day once a week
- Opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists/ leaders, membership of a CEN, training courses - clinical and leadership
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We are proud to say that the service has:
- Excellent relationships with schools - 91% of SENCO’s report that they are happy or very happy with the service
- Good relationships with parents - 92.5% of parents report that they are happy or very happy with the service. A parent representative attends all of the mainstream schools meetings and parent feedback is sought for new developments
- A strong track record on innovation and service development in order to provide a high quality service to children, schools and families
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech/language/communication need. This role will include primary and secondary schools. To be responsible for providing highly specialist assessment & therapy packages into allocated schools. To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively. To support schools with the early identification of children with speech/language/communication needs. To meet regularly with the SENCO to ensure that the needs of the schools are being met. To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels To lead on identified audits and service improvement projects for the team/service To lead on identified clinical working groups for the service To deliver workshops for the wider speech and language therapy team To deliver training workshops for parents and school staff To offer joint consultations to other members of the team To jointly lead on developing the quality of the service provided to schools To be responsible for the performance management of identified team members To formally and informally support team members To support the team leader in the leading and development of the team To deputise for the team leader in the day to day management of the team as requested
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent (minimum of 2:2 or equivalent)
- Further training courses relevant to the post
- Attendance at special interest group/ clinical excellence group
- Health and Care Professions Council licence to practice.
- Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Desirable criteria
- First class honours degree or equivalent
- Extensive training relevant to the post
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working in a mainstream/special school as a therapist
- Experience of developing and delivering a range of training
- Experience of leading on a project to improve/develop the service
- Experience of providing informal support to junior colleagues
- Experience of supervising students
Desirable criteria
- Experience of formally supervising less experienced staff
- Experience of leading appraisals for junior staff
- Experience of leadership tasks
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In-depth knowledge of assessment tools, and experience of using them relevant to school age children with SLCN.
- In-depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapy approaches, and experience in using them with school age children with SLCN including: speech, language, stammering, social communication, selective mutism.
- Experience of contributing to an audit
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to school age children with SLCN
- Good knowledge of the roles of other professionals relevant to school age children with SLCN
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading clinical audits
Other
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Car driver
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with professionals, children and their families
- Excellent empathy skills
- Evidence of being a pro-active and supportive team member.
- Good negotiation and problem solving skills.
- Good analytical and reflection skills
- Well developed concentration skills
- Good presentation skills; both written and verbal.
- Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
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