Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Post-16 service)
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £43,359.42 to £51,501.25 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43359.42 - £51501.25 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2025 |
| Location: | Wallington, SM6 0DZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | N0016-25-0002 |
Summary
To personally undertake a case load of referrals to include: Visiting and assessing children and young people with SLCN. To appropriately identify service provision in line with child and young persons needs at specialist, targeted or universal level of support. Delivery of specialist programmes on an individual, small group and/or whole class basis. Offering advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff at a targeted or universal level. Maintaining young people records to a high standard. Specific Duties: To advise and support college staff on the education of young people with SLCN including: Screening and prioritising new referrals in order to determine the need and level of therapy provision required in line with service criteria. At the point of referral, gathering relevant information regarding previous and current input from health and social care services. Carrying out a range of non-standardised and standardised assessments and interpreting a range of factors relating to the young persons condition; focusing on access to education. Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the young persons' care and advice on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum. Plan, create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy programmes where direct SaLT input is indicated and effectively hand over prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff, parents and carers. To maintain effective liaison with all partners e.g. parents/ carers, professionals in Education, Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding and best practice. To monitor and record young persons' progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these with key stakeholders. Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people. Promotion of effective inclusion of young people into all aspects of the college curriculum. To attend and contribute to team meetings as required. Training and Development Responsibility To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard of care to service users. Embedding legislative change and key developments relating to improved outcomes for young people with SLCN. To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required. To engage with continual professional development as identified through managerial and clinical supervision and appraisal, including attending training and courses as agreed. To comply with the Cognus Limited mandatory training requirements. As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers.