Speech and Language Therapist - Schools
| Posting date: | 04 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £34,521.00 to £41,956.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £34521.00 - £41956.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 July 2025 |
| Location: | Harrow, HA2 7DX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-0845 |
Summary
1. To communicate complex patient-related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with multidisciplinary team members across health, education and social services and the voluntary sector. In particular to work with parents, early years and teaching staff to ensure the delivery of a well-coordinated care/support plan. 2. To share information with others, observing confidentiality and data protection guidelines and having due regard for local guidance on sharing information with colleagues in education, social care and voluntary sector 3. To communicate complex condition-related information (both verbally and in the written form) from assessment to CYP, parents/carers, and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions. This includes child specific information as well as training packages to parents, teachers and other professionals around the management of speech, language, communication and eating/drinking difficulties. 4. To have due regard for the cultural and linguistic differences of children/families concerned. 5. To work closely with CYP, carers and families, involving them in decision making, demonstrating and ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist (i.e. hearing loss, communication difficulties, EAL and learning difficulties). 6. To employ excellent communication skills such as persuasion, motivation and explanations to encourage/ reassure clients and carers to undertake treatment programmes. 7. To develop negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations 8. To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible and report to senior staff. 9. To form productive relationships with others in particular parents/carers who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties. 10. To provide clinical reports as per departmental standards. 11. To provide written advice for statutory assessment of special educational needs.