Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Assistant Scunthorpe, England
Job description
Please note: Potential development Band 3-4 role opportunity for candidates who do not meet all the essential criteria.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wishes to develop their career as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant working with children, within a small and supportive team. We are looking for a self- motivated, friendly and enthusiastic candidate to join our established Children’s Therapy Team in North Lincolnshire.
The candidate should be dynamic and enthusiastic individual who is keen to work with and support children with communication difficulties within the area of Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy. The candidate would need to be able to demonstrate skills in working with children, carer’s and other agencies. Experience working with children with disabilities and in particular those with communication difficulties would be desirable. This post would be an exciting opportunity for someone who has been working with children in community or education settings and is looking to develop their specialist skills in Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy.
1. To undertake specific, skilled support work with children to support speech and language development.
2. To accept patients referred by a Therapist and carry your own patient caseload. Treat patients according to set treatment protocols, monitoring patient progression, reviewing and making minor alterations to treatment programmes as required within scope of practice.
3. Work without direct supervision, reporting back patient progress and informing the Therapist of any problems.
4. To carry out therapy programmes as set out by a speech & language therapist, working in partnership with the child / young person, their family and other staff.
5. To participate in service and departmental initiatives to develop and enhance the service for children and young people.
We are looking for applicants who having the following:
- Relevant experience of working with children
- Experience with working with families
- Previous experience working with children who have additional needs and/or vulnerabilities
- An awareness of a range of Speech and Language Therapy difficulties
- Have experience of or awareness of support strategies that may support a child with Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties (SLC)
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to problem solving
- Self motivated and can take the initiative and ability to work independently
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
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The post holder will have the opportunity to work in a range of community settings including schools, early year’s settings, clinics, Child Development Centre, and within the patient’s home. You will join a small established team of Speech and Language Therapists/ Assistant practitioners working in an integrated service with children’s Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Dietetics. We are a fun, child focused team who work closely together. The team is based in New Beacon House site in Scunthorpe and working across schools in North Lincolnshire and some community clinics. Within this role there is an exciting opportunity to develop skills across a broad range of clinical areas in order to develop skills and areas of clinical interest.
Your job will be to provide Speech and Language support of children with a wide range of speech and language conditions in schools and clinics under the guidance of a registered member of the team. This will include working closely with parents and other practitioners to reduce the impact of communication difficulties. We are now currently offering an increased range of treatment and assessment options via telehealth and there is some opportunity for flexible working from home. You will be supported to develop core Band 4 competencies.
We are committed to offering a professionally led service, support from a friendly team, and opportunities for ongoing professional development, effective supervision as well as access to the support of administrative staff and an electronic patient record. Internal and external courses will be supported through an annual personal appraisal scheme
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
