Do you have the specialist skills to join our team as joint lead for our autism pathway? You will have the specialist clinical skills and the enthusiasm to support continued development of the pathway to ensure the best outcomes for children with autism; and you will develop the skills and confidence of our other therapists to assess and provide intervention.
You will work in our supportive and welcoming speech and language therapy team and alongside colleagues in the autism and ADHD neurodevelopmental pathway, to contribute to diagnosis and to provide the intervention and support to families through direct therapy, training and work in education settings using the balanced system link therapist model.
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated therapists with excellent clinical skills - up to 34 hours a week available and happy to discuss flexible working or full time working if that is a preference.
You will have a small highly specialist caseload; you will contribute to diagnosis if you have experience of ADOS, BOSA, ADI-R; you will support second opinions for link therapists in schools: you will develop interventions for specialist pathways and for universal and targeted support across the Basildon, Brentwood and Thurrock alongside the community SLT teams and their preschool and school based caseloads.
We offer:-
• a regular supervision programme arranged with a named therapist, following on from a full and personalised induction programme
• professional team meetings monthly and meetings with our integrated children's therapies team to maintain communication and learning opportunities with speech and language, occupational therapists and physiotherapists and others
• a supportive and friendly environment
• training opportunities through external courses and specialist Clinical Excellence Networks
• Support from experienced Admin and Assistant teams.
• Agile & flexible working
• A days leave on your birthday and 1/2 day Christmas leave in addition to your annual leave
We encourage innovation and would welcome you to a strong and stable team
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 focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,258 to a maximum of £2,122 p.a. pro rata for part time).
• Post registration experience in delivering appropriate highly specialist intervention/care plans/enhanced models of SLT for clients with speech language and communication needs, and provide suitable and timely support
• Clear clinical reasoning based on evidence based practice, with specific experience in specialist interventions working with children with autism
• The ability to provide feedback, advice and training internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups as well as clients' families.
• Responsibility in taking a delegated lead on the development of team objectives or projects in liaison with the clinical service lead and peers
Experience in using the ADOS or other assessments as part of multidisciplinary diagnosis is desirable
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
This advert closes on Thursday 27 Feb 2025