Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Speech and Language Therapist - Mainstream Schools Team
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Job Overview
Are you a recently qualified or a soon to be qualified Speech and Language Therapist? Or do you just want to try something new?
Do you love working in mainstream schools?
We have a 0.8 WTE job for you!
We want to invite you to join the incredibly supportive Mainstream Schools Team working in the outer London Borough of Hillingdon.
Have a look at our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to see if we would be a good fit for you.
"Starting my career as a Speech and Language Therapist in Hillingdon Mainstream Schools team has given me a brilliant platform to develop my clinical skills with a varied caseload. Everyone is really friendly and I feel very supported through regular peer support meetings, buddying, safeguarding supervision and supervision with a senior therapist." – Hannah- band 5.
Main duties of the job
- You will be responsible for the assessment and therapy for the children attending your allocated schools who have identified SLCN needs including: developmental language disorder, speech sound disorders, stammering, selective mutism, learning difficulties and autism
- You will work directly with the children in groups and individually with an LSA observing the sessions in order to run follow up intervention sessions
- You will offer training, advice and support to school staff
- You will support parents and keep in touch with them via phone calls or meetings, as well as sending them copies of care plans and targets and any reports
- You will jointly plan how to use your time in schools with the SENCO; allowing you to be flexible, creative and effective
- You will write statutory assessment and annual review reports
- You will be part of clinical working groups to help develop the service
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Working for our organisation
- A bright and homely office space to come back to - where you will get informal support, be able to ask questions and talk about your day
- Regular supervision sessions - starting at weekly/fortnightly - and moving gradually to 6 weekly
- Regular buddy sessions to help you settle into the team
- Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, share your experiences with other band 5 colleagues
- A busy but manageable caseload across a range of schools
- Opportunities to work from home one day a week
- Opportunities to develop your clinical skills through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a CEN, internal and external training
- Opportunities to work on projects with small groups of more experienced therapists to develop your skills
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- To provide a service to children/young people in mainstream schools who have a speech, language or communication need.
- To be responsible for providing assessment, diagnosis & 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 prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
- To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
- To take part in quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service
- To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent (minimum of 2:1 or equivalent)
- Current 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
- Further training courses relevant to the post
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to school age children with SLCN.
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapy approaches for school age children with SLCN including: speech, language, stammering, social communication, selective mutism
- Awareness of the roles of other professionals relevant to school age children with SLCN
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of assessing a range of school age children with SLCN independently
- Experience of using a range of appropriate therapy approaches independently, with school age children
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of placements in mainstream schools
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working as a speech and language therapist
- Experience of working in a mainstream school as a therapist/teacher/learning support assistant
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with professionals, children and their families
- Good negotiation and problem solving skills.
- Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
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