Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
This post attracts a New Hire Bonus of £1,500 (pro-rata for part-time staff), please see attached terms and conditions.
Would you like to be part of a team of talented, skilled and compassionate Speech and Language Therapists and Support Workers?
Are you looking for a new challenge and motivated to make a difference?
We are recruiting for an enthusiastic Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who is a first-class Clinician with strong communication and interpersonal skills to join our friendly and welcoming team.
The successful candidate will work in special schools as part of our complex needs team, working with children with both communication and swallowing difficulties. Training and development opportunities are available for those seeking to develop a specialism in complex needs.
As a Trust:
Cambridgeshire Community Services is not merely a healthcare institution but a beacon of universal care, diversity, exceptional patient care, lifelong learning, and an enriching work-life balance.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the complex needs team, the post holder will be responsible for the delivery of Speech and Language Therapy provision to children in special schools in Central Bedfordshire.
The post holder will hold both a communication and dysphagia caseload.
There is an opportunity for the successful candidate to complete training, and receive in-service support, to achieve their dysphagia competencies.
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The post holder will provide specialist clinical input to the special schools across Central Bedfordshire and independently manage the caseloads in these settings.
They will:
* Use specialist clinical skills to manage a caseload of children with complex difficulties in speech, language, communication
* Develop clinical competencies in Dysphagia management and AAC.
* In consultation with the Team lead, identify, assess, and diagnose communication/swallowing impairments and determine appropriate intervention for effective treatment.
* Assess children and provide written recommendations and ongoing support for implementation for class teams.
* Attend and provide reports to Annual Reviews/Multi Agency Meetings as appropriate.
* Provide Communication Support and advice in relation to functional communication, to support teaching and learning.
* Demonstrate specific speech and language therapy support programmes and the use of equipment to specific teachers or groups of staff.
* Provide guidance and whole school training in relation to functional communication including receptive, expressive, and interactional skills.
* Contribute to relevant research, audit, and development work within the schools, relating to the Speech Language and Communication curriculum.
* Attend relevant meetings as required within school or as part of wider SLT team.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
* Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
* Registered Member of RCSLT
* Registered Member of HCPC
* Evidence of successful completion of short specialist courses
* Evidence of commitment to CPD
Experience
* Relevant experience as qualified SLT in AAC and complex needs.
* Experienced in working with children in schools with a wide range of Communication disorders.
* Experience of delivering training to education staff and parents.
* Experience in working with education professionals and wider groups to support children's communication development.
* Experience of working with Dysphagia
Knowledge & Skills
* Well established knowledge about speech, language and communication disorders associated with complex conditions and emotional/behavioural disorders
* Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of educational and clinical issues/developments relating to children with complex needs
* Knowledge of the graduated response to supporting children's SLCN
* Knowledge of AAC
* Knowledge and understanding of the philosophy and set up of special schools.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
£37,338 to £52,809 a year, pro-rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
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