Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an Early Years Speech and Language Therapist to join our team for 3 days a week. As part of the Early Years team, we are committed to addressing the increasing concern about SLCN by improving outcomes for children at the earliest opportunity. You will bring your specialist skills and knowledge to support early intervention within the South West Essex community.
You will play a key role in training and developing the community workforce to identify children with SLCN. You will also work with early years settings including family hubs to develop and implement targeted and universal support.
You will be involved in extending the universal offer by promoting the importance of communication in the early years. This will include developing our digital offer, e.g. training videos and resources that will be available to all in South West Essex.
You will be responsible for leading some of the advice clinics that we run monthly in the family hubs. This will include training assistants and new therapists and working with the family hubs to support the development of speech, language and communication in their local community.
You will also have the option for a full time position with the additional 2 days a week worked in our special schools in Basildon and Wickford or in a community clinic with pre school and school aged children - please discuss
We welcome you to our well established innovative service
Main duties of the job
- To be the link and lead SLT in named family hubs. This will include planning and delivering the advice sessions and working to develop targeted interventions.
- To support the development and delivery of training and advice to early years settings
- To provide specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents, carers, students and SLT team in early intervention approaches
- To work with staff within pre-school settings to identify and support children with SLCN
- Work as part of the integrated therapies multi-disciplinary team ensuring the delivery of joined up care plans
- Contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties
- Provide oral and written feedback, advice and training to parents/family members, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding communication needs and strategies to facilitate development.
- Developing and maintaining up-to-date resources to promote early speech, language and communication development
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post will be based at Tilbury Health Centre with the Early Years team. You will work in the Early Years Team and across Brentwood, Basildon and Thurrock as part of a team providing a service for children presenting with communication disorders
- As a successful candidate you will have a recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree and HCPC registration
- You will assess, diagnose and provide therapy interventions to children and families for developmental language disorders and specific speech disorders, clinics and schools and pre schools
- You will develop the skills of colleagues to support communication development through providing training.
- You will organise, plan and prioritise your own work load, and that of assistant staff and demonstrate the ability to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
- You will have excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills, to enable you to work to support the individual needs of the schools, staff and pupils.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- HCPC Licence to Practice
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with clients who have a range of speech, language and communication needs in community and mainstream settings
- Experience of working in a multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience / knowledge of early intervention approaches and low tech AAC
- Experience providing training to education and health colleagues and parents and families
- Experience of developing and delivering training for early years settings & parents
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to construct clear care plans for complex cases including assessment for differential diagnosis, providing therapy from a range of options based on analysis of information from assessment, theoretical knowledge and clinical benchmarking to make clinical decisions
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessments for the differential diagnosis of developmental language disorder and specific speech sound disorders
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective communication / interpersonal skills (written, verbal and listening)
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Able to demonstrate clear clinical reasoning based on evidence based practice
Other
Essential criteria
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison Gray
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07956384474
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