Specialist/ Developing Specialist Speech and - Edgware, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

Whittington Health NHS Trust

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Edgware, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Part-time permanent post: Deafness (0.8wte)

Come and join our exciting and innovative speech and language therapy team in Haringey.

We are looking for a speech and language therapist to join us in the Haringey Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service in our Deafness Team.

If you are looking for a new role, have interests in working with deaf children, and would like to be part of a dynamic and friendly speech and language therapy team then do not hesitate to apply We have a strong focus on working with families and achieving the most beneficial outcomes for the deaf children and young people we work with.

The post is based in Blanche Nevile School for Deaf Children, which provides a sign bilingual, child-centred approach to learning for nursery, primary and secondary aged deaf children.

Blanche Nevile is on 2 separate sites and is co-located with a mainstream primary school and a mainstream secondary school.

We work closely with school staff and the rest of the multi-disciplinary team.

Haringey Children's Speech and Language Therapy team are a well-established service with a good reputation for providing high quality speech and language therapy to our clients, alongside a friendly team and workplace.

The Haringey Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service is part of the wider Speech and Language Therapy Service across Haringey, Camden, Islington and Barnet, and is managed by Whittington Health.

The Service places a strong emphasis on personal and professional development, providing regular supervision and support.

We work within a large specialist speech and language team that supports deaf children in Haringey, Camden and Islington across a range of specialist educational settings.

You would benefit from the support, specialist knowledge and supervision from experienced therapists within the team.

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.

If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.

We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

The post holder will be expected to support their team, department, and organisation to achieve the Trust's Values in their day-to-day work.

The post holder will achieve this by

Providing a comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy service to children presenting with a range of speech, language and communication needs in the borough.
Independently managing a paediatric caseload and delivering integrated therapeutic packages of care
Devising child centred speech, language and communication therapy programmes and care plans for clients
Contributing to multi agency care pathways for children with special educational need
Providing feedback, guidance and training to parents/carers and other professionals regarding language and communication needs and strategies to facilitate children's development.
Committing to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health, education, and social care professionals
Supporting peers and colleagues by being an effective team member whilst working on own initiative

Working for Whittington Health in Barnet will offer:
Excellent CPD opportunities;
Informal networking across the 4 Whittington Boroughs;
Commitment to excellence in practice;
Very strong supervision and direct line management;
Agile working in the community using mobile technology;
Flexible working hours and arrangements will be considered;
Shadowing opportunities;
Service and Trust Induction Packages;
Specialist advice and second opinions

Team Meetings

Appraisals

Support to develop your own clinical interests

Team projects co-working with other colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

Patient care

To be responsible for clinical delivery of SLT service to a caseload of children with a range of speech, language and communication needs within mainstream schools around the borough of Barnet.

Complete assessments, write individual programmes, implement groups, provide specialist advice and resources and review outcomes with a functional based focus.

To work collaboratively with children, families and other profession