Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

Whittington Health NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Islington Additional Needs and Disability Service (IANDS) provides a multi-agency team approach to working with babies, children and young people who present with additional needs and complex disability.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist based 4 days per week in the IslingtonSocial Communication Team;a specialist service for children up to 5 years with social communication difficulties/autism providing assessment, diagnosis and intervention for individual children, and a support service to parents/carers of autistic children.

The post holder will be part of a multidisciplinary health team based at the Northern Health Centre which consists of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Paediatricians and Therapy Assistants.

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, responsible for organising and managing a defined caseload. The post involves working with children and their families remotely and face to face, in a variety of settings. S/he will need specialist knowledge in the assessment, differential diagnosis and treatment of social communication difficulties.

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and highly motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join this service, who is able to work sensitively with children and young people and is committed to family centred practice.

The assessment, treatment and management of autism/social communication difficulties in pre-school children, providing appropriate specialist intervention and evaluating outcomes. Working in a multi-disciplinary and sometimes transdisciplinary way to support autistic children and their families.

The service may be delivered in clinics, patient's homes, nurseries, special schools or mainstream schools. The service comprises several teams. Multi-disciplinary Team Leads are responsible for the day to day running and management of the teams. Clinical Leads for professional leadership represent specific disciplines and specialisms.

We will offer you excellent training opportunities with a strong emphasis on individual performance appraisal, supervision and joint working, both within the team and across the wider service.

External training is also fully supported and encouraged.

We are a friendly service which promotes equal opportunities and access for all.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

Work within a multidisciplinary and multiagency environment, including other Allied Health Professionals, psychologists, occupational therapists, therapy assistants and Paediatricians
Be responsible for an allocated caseload, providing high quality autism assessments, intervention and effective case management
Communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multidisciplinary team/other professions, demonstrating empathy and ensuring that effective communication is achieved
Plan and deliver effective meaningful interventions, in collaboration with parents/carers and key others
Provide support and training to parents/carers and key others
Contribute to case conferences and multiagency team meetings, as appropriate
Support the supervision of less experienced colleagues, therapy assistants and students, as appropriate