Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - London, United Kingdom - St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

20 hours ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have a fixed term post available to support the development of your skills working with pupils with ASD and complex needs in resource bases as well as our mainstream secondary service.

This post has become available due to the post holder taking up a secondment opportunity within the team.

Band 6's working in resource bases will have the opportunity to develop their skills working with a Band 7 therapist on site.

As part of our core SLT offer, we provide a service to children and young people with and without EHCPs.

Our secondary service is well established, and we are celebrating our 10 year anniversary in October 2023.

One day Primary Resource base

Two days Secondary Mainstream

Two days Secondary Resource base

You will need:

Experience of and specialist skills working with a diverse paediatric caseload
Experience of and specialist skills working with a multidisciplinary team
Developed clinical skills especially around ASD
Ability to work flexibly and independently where necessary
Enthusiasm, imagination and initiative

You are not required to have previous experience working in a secondary school setting.

Specialist assessment, management and treatment of children with a range of communication needs with and without an EHCP in secondary schools and resource bases
Provision of SLT services for a school age population
Support and supervision of SLT students and junior staff
Opportunities to join working parties to develop your skills in service development

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre.

The Children's Therapy team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists. Therapists work in multi-disciplinary/multi agency teams across the borough of Wandsworth.

We have a range of working parties to ensure we are utilising best practice including:

Diversity and Inclusion
Developmental Language Disorder
Gestalt Language Processing
Neurodiversity
Bilingualism

We are very proud of our inclusive and proactive team of therapists and assistants providing evidence based and informed intervention to Wandsworth's children.

We will provide:

The opportunity to work within a highly skilled and experienced team of Speech & Language Therapists
Access to a structured and supportive professional development process
Access to regular line management and clinical supervision
Wellbeing initiatives including craft and book clubs, away days
A fully inclusive therapy team with an award winning Diversity and Inclusion working part