Specialist Speech & Language Therapist | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 25 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW6 4UL |
| Company: | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6263141/824-INNER-10692-C |
Summary
Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist (1.0 WTE) 12-month Fixed Term Post (Maternity Leave Cover)
Special Schools and ARPs team – Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster
Are you looking to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people?Are you passionate about reducing inequalities and want to belong to a service with an active diversity and inclusion ethos?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our Speech and Language Therapy Special Schools & ARPs team to work across 3 provisions with both primary and secondary aged CYP, in the boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster. The post includes the opportunity to work with a neurodiverse caseload and with CYP with a variety of profiles including supporting young people with severe learning difficulties including profound and multiple learning difficulties.
The post provides the opportunity to implement a wide range of therapeutic approaches and interventions in collaboration with education partners. Through joint planning and delivery of interventions in the classroom and through support to families you will ensure that SLT input has a functional impact for the pupils you support.
We welcome applications from from band 5s looking to progress into a band 6 role or existing band 6s wishing to develop their skill sets.
Join the CLCH SLT Education Team if you want to:
• Have access to 1:1 and peer group supervision opportunities
• Be part of our supportive, friendly, and well-established special schools team
• Have access to a regular in-house training programme
• Help the school to embed good universal and targeted level practise within their setting
• Deliver specialist interventions to children and young people with Education, Health, and Care Plans
• Work jointly with the class teams and other professionals
• Help parents understand and support their child’s speech, language and communication needs
For further info on working in our Team, please take a look at our recruitment video: CLCH S&L Recruitment - YouTube
For further details please contact:
Bryony Schnadhorst, Education Locality Lead for Special Schools onbryony.schnadhorst@nhs.net
or
Rachel Dickens, Lead for Complex Needs and Dysphagia on rachel.dickens@nhs.net
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here:https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
• To assess the need for, develop and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
• To analyse auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of children’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in the home, school and other relevant settings.
• To make appropriate clinical decisions following assessment, using evidence-based practice and outcome measurement to provide the most effective treatment to children and their families within clearly defined care plan.
• To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment.
• To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures relevant to the field, in particular in the field(s) of specialisation.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 May 2024