Whittington Health
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to work at The Bridge School located in Islington. This post is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Band 5 looking to develop their skills to specialise in Autism/ AAC/ Learning Disability or a Band 6 looking to broaden their clinical experience and work in a special school environment.
The Postholder Will Be Able To
- Develop skills and experience of working with autistic children and young people in a specialist school setting
- Develop and shape neurodiversity-affirming practice
- Develop specialist skills and experience in supporting AAC assessment and intervention through our evidence-based high-tech and paper-based AAC pathways and practice which have been highly informed by research and expert opinion.
- Have opportunities to shadow other teams within our wider team/service (e.g. physical disability/MLD special schools, mainstream, early years, autism diagnostic)
- Support local service development
The Bridge Team is one of three special schools in Islington with health and therapies provided by our multi-agency Special Schools team. This team sits under the wider Islington Additional Needs Service (IANDS) which supports children with additional or complex needs across the borough.
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The post holder will work in the multidisciplinary and multi-agency environment to provide a clinical Speech and Language Therapy service for school-aged children who have special educational needs (SEN) related to autism spectrum condition, learning disability, and common co-occurring conditions. They will be responsible for managing and prioritising a defined caseload, independently accessing planned supervision to support the process.
The postholder will provide a universal and targeted speech and language therapy service which includes the advising, training and upskilling of parents, carers, and school staff to support children with complex communication needs. They will also provide direct interventions including assessment, liaison, and episodes of face-to-face therapy for individual/groups of children and young people as well as work within the MDT.
The postholder will liaise with educational colleagues in order to undertake joint planning and reviewing of targets, production of reports, and contributing to EHCP processes.
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We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients.
Our mission
Helping local people live longer, healthier lives.
Our vision
Provide safe, personal, co-ordinated care for the community we serve.
Our goals
We have developed six key strategic goals to make sure we continue to support people to live longer, healthier lives.
- To secure the best possible health and wellbeing for all our community
- To integrate and coordinate care in person-centred teams
- To deliver consistent, high quality, safe services
- To support our patients and users in being active partners in their care
- To be recognised as a leader in the fields of medical and multi-professional education, and population-based clinical research
- To innovate and continuously improve the quality of our services to deliver the best outcomes for our local population
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Kirsty Hammond
Job title: Team Lead, Bridge Schools
Email address: kirsty.hammond1@nhs.net
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