09 Oct
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
London Borough of Hillingdon
Job description
Job summary
Are you a recently Qualified or 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 part-time 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
- You will run joint sessions with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists
- 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
About us
- 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
- 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 for remote working in school and at home as well as access to online clinical records and resources
- 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
We are proud to say that the service has :
- 88% of SENCO's 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
- An annual service improvement plan in order to ensure that the service is continually evolving and developing
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a service to children / young people in mainstream schools who have aspeech, 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
- oHealth and Care Professions Council licence to practice.
- oRegistered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Desirable
- oFirst class honours degree or equivalent
- oFurther training courses relevant to the post
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of assessment tools relevant to school age children with SLCN.
- oKnowledge of a range of appropriate therapy approaches for school age children with SLCN including : speech, language, stammering, social communication, selective mutism
- oKnowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to school age children with SLCN.
- oAwareness of the principles of clinical governance / audit
- oAwareness of the roles of other professionals relevant to school age children with SLCN
- oKnowledge of standards of record keeping.
Desirable
- oExperience of assessing a range of school age children with SLCN independently
- oExperience of using a range of appropriate therapy approaches independently, with school age children
- oExperience of contributing to clinical audits
Experience
Essential
oExperience of working in a mainstream school as a therapist / teacher / learning support assistant
Desirable
- oExperience of working as a speech and language therapist
- oExperience of delivering training to school staff
▶️ Speech and Language Therapist - Mainstream Schools Team
🖊️ Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
📍 London Borough of Hillingdon