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We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our large well-established speech and language therapy team.

This post offers a great opportunity to join our highly skilled multi-disciplinary therapy team working in the pre-school and schools’ Speech and Language Therapy teams. You will work closely with school and pre-school staff to support children and young people with a range of speech, language and communication needs in school and pre-school settings as well as contributing to team training initiatives and other innovative project work.

The department offers:

• Easy access to specialists in all clinical areas
• Designated admin and planning time
• Defined caseloads
• Involvement in innovative project work

This post offers a great opportunity to further develop your skills in supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner providing a specialist speech and language therapy service to a designated caseload of children requiring early intervention as well as children with a range of speech, language and communication and eating/drinking difficulties and Special Educational Needs (SEN). This will include children attending mainstream schools and pre-school settings. A significant proportion of these children will have English as an additional language (EAL). He/she will be expected to manage their own caseload, travel between schools and clinics and work alongside health and education staff to ensure specialist therapy programmes and education plans are in place for the children under their care. He/she will be expected to work collaboratively with children/young people (CYP), parents/ carers and with colleagues in Health, Education and Social Services in planning and delivery of services.

For further information regarding the position contact, Shiobain Corsie, Principal Speech and Language Therapist – Pre-school/Acute or Catherine Sutcliffe Principal Speech and Language Therapist – Schools on 0203 911 6988.

You will be joining a supportive and sociable team of over 60 Paediatric Therapists offering access to specialists in all clinical areas, excellent support systems with personal appraisal, objectives and training plans designed to meet your specific needs/CPD requirements. Flexible working hours are available.

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.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Working Relationships and Communications Requirements of the Job
1. To work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team in schools and multi-agency team
in early years to support access to a differentiation of the Foundation Stage and National
Curriculum
2. To share information with others, observing confidentiality and data protection guidelines
and having due regard for local guidance on sharing information with colleagues in
Education, Social Services and voluntary sector.
3. In particular to work with early years and school teaching staff to ensure the delivery of a
well-coordinated care/ support plan which facilitates the development of speech,
language and communication skills.
4. To communicate complex condition-related information (both verbally and in the written
form) from assessment to CYP, parents/carers, and members of the multi-disciplinary
team/other professions. This includes child specific information as well as training
packages to parents, teachers and other professionals around the management of
speech, language, communication and eating/drinking difficulties, especially in the early
years and school settings.
5. To have due regard for the cultural and linguistic differences of children/families
concerned.
6. To work closely with CYP, carers and families, involving them in decision making
regarding intervention approaches, demonstrating and ensuring that effective
communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist (i.e.
hearing loss, communication difficulties, EAL and learning difficulties).
7. To employ excellent communication skills such as persuasion, motivation and
explanations to encourage/reassure clients and carers to undertake treatment
programmes.
8. To demonstrate negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of
situations.
9. To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible and report
to senior staff.
10. To form productive relationships with others in particular parents/carers who may be
under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.