Job Summary
We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our Early Years Speech and Language Team, supporting children under 5 years old with all types of communication difficulties. We would consider applications from both existing Band 5 Therapists looking for a Band 6 role or students graduating this year, who will have the opportunity, in post, to develop into a Band 6 position. We are looking for creative, enthusiastic and motivated Therapists to join an innovative, supportive and welcoming team.
We can offer you:
1. A commitment to your continued professional development, including a termly journal club looking at articles relevant to developing the service and knowledge of communication difficulties.
2. A dynamic, innovative supportive and friendly team committed to providing quality care.
3. Staff reporting high levels of job satisfaction with staff turnover figures half the national average figure.
4. A strong ethos of collaborative working and user consultation.
5. Regular supervision from senior therapists as well as peer supervision in areas such as ASD, safeguarding.
6. A buddy system where you will be paired with a member of the team for informal guidance and support.
7. Flexible approach to meeting your needs within the role.
Main Duties of the Job
This post is within our friendly, supportive and innovative Early Years Speech and Language Therapy Team. You will work in our core team offering intervention for parents and children under 5 years old in a range of communication difficulties. We work closely with parents and early years practitioners, providing workshops and 1:1 sessions, both virtually and face-to-face. You will also be assessing children to determine their correct clinical pathway and providing assessments as part of the EHCP process. In addition, you will be involved in service development and audits.
Job Responsibilities
* To manage a defined caseload of early years children with speech language and communication needs with support from senior colleagues.
* Gaining appropriate consent.
* Assessment and differential diagnosis of individual children's needs.
* Planning, delivering and evaluating treatment programmes in close collaboration with parents and nursery staff to support access to learning and social development.
* Referring on to other services/professionals as appropriate.
* Negotiating with CYP parents/carers, and others around individual case management.
* Provision of written clinical reports and care plans.
* Seeking support on the management of more complex cases.
* To provide advice and programmes to others regarding the management and care of children with speech, language and communication needs.
* To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and manage clinical risk within defined caseload.
* To develop the ability to monitor and reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of clients' communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.
* To recommend and implement alternative/augmentative communication programmes and equipment necessary to meet individual needs.
* To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers/clinical supervisor and seek support as necessary.
* To develop the ability to target training appropriately to the needs of course participants, in particular parents and early years staff.
* To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local trust policies.
* To gather client related activity data accurately and regularly.
* To support more junior staff/students as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree (or working towards).
* Registered with HCPC (or application to do so on qualifying).
* Registered with RCSLT (or application to do so on qualifying).
Experience & Knowledge Essential
* Experience of working with early years children who have speech language and communication needs.
* Experience of working with other professionals/early years staff.
* Knowledge and experience of a range of assessments appropriate for pre-school children.
* Experience of different intervention methods for pre-school children.
Skills & Abilities Essential
* Good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to show sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients and their carers.
* Proven ability to work as part of a team.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Employer name: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Address: Cedar House, Gater Drive, Enfield, EN2 0JB
Employer's website: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
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