Speech and Language Therapist Preschool and School - London, United Kingdom - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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This post is within both the pre-school and the schools speech and language therapy team. He/she will manage a caseload of children and young people with support from the principal therapist SLT.

The post holder will provide speech and language therapy to a designated caseload of children with a range of speech, language and communication, eating/drinking difficulties and Special Educational Needs (SEN) attending pre-school settings/clinics and schools in and around Harrow.


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This post will involve working in community clinics, travelling between schools and working alongside teaching staff and early years staff and parents to ensure appropriate therapy programmes and education plans are in place for the children under their care.

He/she will be expected to work collaboratively children/young people (CYP), parents/carers and with colleagues in health, education and social care in planning and delivery of services.

The post holder will participate in CPD activities, contribute to departmental meetings, audit and projects. They will deliver training to other professionals and parents/carers on all aspects of speech, language and communication.


Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all Speech and Language Therapists to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friends family and carers and also other staff members.

As a Speech and Language Therapist we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better


We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.


We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work

  • 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 pla
  • 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 secto
  • 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 including health visitors and GP's. This includes child specific information as well as training packages to parents, early years/teachers and other professionals around the management of speech, language, communication and eating/drinking difficulties
  • To have due regard for the cultural and linguistic differences of children/families concerned
  • 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)
  • To employ excellent communication skills such as persuasion, motivation and explanations to encourage/ reassure clients and carers to undertake treatment programmes.
  • To develop negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situation
  • To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible and report to senior staff
  • To form productive relationships with others in particular parents/carers who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties
  • To provide clinical reports as per departmental standards
  • To provide written advice for statutory assessment of special educational needs.
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