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 be part of an integrated therapy service?

We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon mainstream schools team supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.

Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our service

What our staff say about the team:

It is great to be able to visit schools regularly to provide direct support to staff and children. Working closely with a variety of colleagues within the Children's Integrated Therapy Service and within education is actively supported.

Therapists are encouraged to find innovative ways of working and to develop their skills. Everyone gets involved with exciting service development projects

Caseloads are organised to allow protected time for administration, regular supervision and study opportunities.

The team is organised in a way that provides a stable support structure and everyone is extremely friendly and helpful

Main duties of the job

• You will be responsible for the assessment and therapy for children and young people with a range of SLCN needs in your schools - including DLD, speech sound disorders, social communication differences, stammering, selective mutism etc.
• You will work directly with children and young people with an LSA observing the sessions in order for school staff to carry out regular follow up work
• You will write EHC assessments and annual review reports
• You will offer training, advice and support to school staff /parents
• You will support parents and keep in regular touch with them via phone calls or meetings, as well as sending them copies of care plans and targets and any reports
• You will contribute to/lead on audits etc in order to provide evidence that the service being provided is being effective
• You will contribute to/lead on service improvement projects and be part of clinical working groups
• You will offer supervision to band 5 colleagues and will provide informal support to less experienced colleagues in the office

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.

About us

We can offer you:

• A buddy to help you settle in and who you can ask lots of questions
• Regular supervision meetings with a senior therapist every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal
• Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences
• 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
• Requests for further flexible working will be considered
• Frequent opportunities to come back to the office for informal support from the team
• Opportunities to develop your clinical skills through termly study afternoons, shadowing, membership of a CEN, training courses and opportunities to invite a senior therapist for a joint consultation

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
• An annual service improvement plan in order to ensure that the service is continually evolving and developing
• A strong track record on innovation and service development in order to provide a high quality service to children, schools and families

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech, language, communication need.
• To be responsible for providing specialist 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 and 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/lead on audits and projects for the team/service
• To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
• To provide buddying and informal support for less experienced staff
• To provide formal supervision for less experienced staff, as needed

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent (minimum of 2:1 or equivalent)
• oFurther training courses relevant to the post
• oHealth and Care Professions Council registered
• oRegistered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Desirable

• oFirst class honours degree or equivalent
• oExtensive training relevant to the post
• oMember of relevant CEN

Experience

Essential

• oExperience of working in a mainstream/special school as a therapist
• oExperience of delivering training
• oExperience of supervising a student
• oExperience of providing informal support to less experienced colleagues
• oExperience of setting up groups for school staff to continue to run

Desirable

• oExperience of leading on a project to improve/develop the service
• oExperience of providing formal support to junior colleagues
• oExperience of developing and delivering training

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• oIn-depth knowledge of assessment tools, and experience of using them relevant to school age children with SLCN.
• oKnowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to school age children with SLCN
• oGood knowledge of the SEND procedures
• oIn-depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapy approaches, and experience in using them with school age children with SLCN particularly including: ASD, learning difficulties, language difficulties, speech difficulties, stammering, selective mutism
• oKnowledge of the principles of clinical governance
• oExperience of contributing to an audit
• oGood knowledge of the roles of other professionals relevant to school age children with SLCN.
• oGood knowledge of standards of record keeping.

Desirable

• oExperience of leading a clinical audit

Other

Essential

• oGood IT skills
• oCar driver and owner to travel during the day

Desirable

• oExcellent IT skills

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wood End Centre

Hayes

UB3 2PB

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333-G-HC-1427