- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Support with gaining your driving license *T&C's apply
- Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
- To work with increasing independence to provide assessment, diagnosis, appropriate intervention and discharge for children within the role.
- To work closely with children, families and other professionals, providing advice to others regarding the clinical management to support children and young people as relevant to the post
- Maintain accountability for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice from senior colleagues as appropriate.
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical notes in appropriate format and intervention programmes and write reports as requested in line with service, RCSLT and HCPC guidelines
- Work closely with children & young people, parents, carers and multi-disciplinary team members across Health Social Services, Education, Childrens, agreeing decision making relative to clinical management
- To work flexibly across bases, with a requirement for cross-team working
- To be accountable for own professional actions and recognize own professional boundaries seeking advice from senior colleagues as appropriate Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities. Person Specification
- Degree and Licence to Practise from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT
- Working with children in clinics and/or school based settings
- Training others.
- Adult-Child Interaction(ACI)
- Working with multi-cultural client groups
- Awareness of needs of parents, teachers and others
- Flexibility. ? Good problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment diagnosis and treatment of children with a broad range of speech, language and communication difficulties
- Well developed concentration skills
- Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
- Manual dexterity for signing ? Manual dexterity sufficient to carry out swallowing assessment and use of high and low technical assessment equipment
- Knowledge of Child Development including Speech and Language, Play and other milestones
- Knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for children with Speech, Language and Communication impairments and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual children
- Education Practice and Policy and National Curriculum
- Religious, Cultural and Linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management
- Awareness of national policies and procedures (relevant to school aged children)
- Awareness of the principles of audit
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
- Knowledge of professional standards of record keeping
- Contribution of other agencies in supporting school aged children
- Clinical Governance
- Principles and models of Adult-Child Interaction
- Able to maintain prolonged concentration in order to assess the speech, language and communication skills of children using formal and informal assessments
- Travel around district and access different venues, with or without adaptations
Speech and Language Therapist - London, United Kingdom - Central London Community Health Trust
Description
Job summary
Speech and Language Therapist - Band 5 - Merton
Children's SLT - full-time/ part-time considered
Would you like to work in Merton Community Clinics? Would you like to develop experience with pre-school children?
We are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated Speech and Language Therapist, to join our Speech and Language Therapy Service in Merton Borough. This role would suit a newly qualified therapist or a current Band 5 therapist looking to broaden their experience in generalist community clinics.
Your post will involve working in 2 community clinics in Mitcham, with children from 2 to 5 years who have a range of speech, language and communication needs. You will be supported to manage a caseload of preschool children to provide assessment, treatment planning and delivery of interventions.
The wider SLT Team in Merton are commissioned to provide a service for speech disorders, dysfluency, AAC needs and dysphagia in children and young people up to the age of 19 years, so you will be well supported by senior staff with additional skills/experience.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with established multi-professional teams within Merton Community Services and with outside services to deliver speech and language therapy advice and treatment meeting the needs of children and young people in Merton. The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of working with children and your communication and team working skills will be of a high standard.
We are committed to professional development and evidence based practice, offering regular in-service training and peer group / one to one supervision. Internal and external courses are supported. You will be required to engage in appraisal processes and be willing to further develop clinical skills.
If you would like to talk to somebody about this vacancy then please contact:
Contact name:
Joanne Scowcroft (Team Leader) on
Telephone:
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