Job summary
Are you a recently Qualified or soon to be qualified Speech and Language Therapist? Or do you just want to try something new?
Do you love working in mainstream schools?
We have a part-time job for you!
We want to invite you to join the incredibly supportive Mainstream Schools Team working in the outer London Borough of Hillingdon.
Have a look at our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to see if we would be a good fit for you
"Starting my career as a Speech and Language Therapist in Hillingdon Mainstream Schools team has given me a brilliant platform to develop my clinical skills with a varied caseload. Everyone is really friendly and I feel very supported through regular peer support meetings, buddying, safeguarding supervision and supervision with a senior therapist. "- Hannah- band 5.
Main duties of the job
1. You will be responsible for the assessment and therapy for the children attending your allocated schools who have identified SLCN needs including: developmental language disorder, speech sound disorders, stammering, selective mutism, learning difficulties and autism
2. You will work directly with the children in groups and individually with an LSA observing the sessions in order to run follow up intervention
3. You will run joint sessions with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists
4. You will offer training, advice and support to school staff
5. You will support parents and keep in touch with them via phone calls or meetings, as well as sending them copies of care plans and targets and any reports
6. You will jointly plan how to use your time in schools with the SENCO; allowing you to be flexible, creative and effective
7. You will write statutory assessment and annual review reports
8. You will be part of clinical working groups to help develop the service
About us
9. A bright and homely office space to come back to - where you will get informal support, be able to ask questions and talk about your day
10. Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, share your experiences with other band 5 colleagues
11. A busy but manageable caseload across a range of schools
12. Opportunities for remote working in school and at home as well as access to online clinical records and resources
13. Opportunities to develop your clinical skills through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a CEN, internal and external training
14. Opportunities to work on projects with small groups of more experienced therapists to develop your skills
We are proud to say that the service has:
15. 88% of SENCO's report that they are happy or very happy with the service
16. A parent representative attends all of the mainstream schools meetings and parent feedback is sought for new developments
17. An annual service improvement plan in order to ensure that the service is continually evolving and developing
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
18. To provide a service to children/young people in mainstream schools who have aspeech, language or communication need.
19. To be responsible for providing assessment, diagnosis & therapy packages into allocated schools.
20. To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
21. To support schools with the early identification of children with speech/language/communication needs.
22. To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
23. To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
24. To take part in quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service
25. To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
26. oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
27. oHealth and Care Professions Council licence to practice.
28. oRegistered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Desirable
29. oFirst class honours degree or equivalent
30. oFurther training courses relevant to the post
Skills and knowledge
Essential
31. oKnowledge of assessment tools relevant to school age children with SLCN.
32. oKnowledge of a range of appropriate therapy approaches for school age children with SLCN including: speech, language, stammering, social communication, selective mutism
33. oKnowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to school age children with SLCN.
34. oAwareness of the principles of clinical governance/audit
35. oAwareness of the roles of other professionals relevant to school age children with SLCN
36. oKnowledge of standards of record keeping.
Desirable
37. oExperience of assessing a range of school age children with SLCN independently
38. oExperience of using a range of appropriate therapy approaches independently, with school age children
39. oExperience of contributing to clinical audits
Experience
Essential
40. oExperience of working in a mainstream school as a therapist/teacher/learning support assistant
Desirable
41. oExperience of working as a speech and language therapist
42. oExperience of delivering training to school staff