The BHFT CYPIT service is an integrated Children's Therapy service, shaped around the needs of the child and family. We are structured within integrated teams, based around a locality area of Berkshire, and work closely together where appropriate, to ensure we have the greatest therapeutic impact, working either directly or through other people.
Main duties of the job
In this role you will be required to:
1. Visit schools and assess CYPs needs
2. Provide high quality reports and therapy plans as well as advice and strategies to school staff
3. Plan and manage your own caseload and interventions, and support/supervise the planning of caseload management of Band 5 and other junior staff members within the designated locality area
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression: Access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.
Work-life Balance: Flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave.
Opportunity & Access: Over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want.
Job responsibilities
Working in our mainstream school team you will be responsible for the planning and management of your own caseload and interventions working within our impact-based model of support. As part of this, you will be supported to develop and enhance your specialist skills working with children and young people (CYP) with speech, language and communication needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
* Registered with HCPC
* Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
* An understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people
* Car for community work
* Ability to demonstrate required clinical knowledge of up-to-date speech and language interventions and service issues
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.
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