Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Colchester, United Kingdom - Provide CIC
Description
This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a range of settings across different aspects of the speech and language therapy service.
The post holder will excel in working independently and enjoy delivering therapy to children and young people in a variety of settings, including virtually.
This post will require the Therapist to engage with the child and their family; liaise with school staff and contribute to the Educational Health and Care Plans when necessary.
The post holder will also provide training to school staff and parents as required; frequently work alone and unsupervised; support (and work with) junior colleagues; contribute to discussions on proposed local clinical guidelines, protocols and care packages and attend speech and language therapy team meetings, inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary meetings.
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise).We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality.
Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision:
Transforming Lives
Values:
Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission:
An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
Duties, Responsibilities and Key relationships of the job
Operational or Strategic Responsibilities:
To ensure the provision of a comprehensive Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Service to the care groups specified in the job summary.
To provide training to school staff and parents as required
To adhere to quality guidelines and participate in service monitoring and clinical audit
To adhere to agreed administrative procedures for the service including the collection of statistical data
To adhere to the service plan and agreed protocols
To contribute to discussions on proposed local clinical guidelines, protocols and care packages
To independently maintain the operational running of delegated parts of the service
To frequently work alone and unsupervised
To support/mentor Band 5 therapists and supervise assistants, volunteers and students and contribute to their development
To fulfil statutory requirements towards other agencies. This includes the provision of complex written reports for the statutory assessment process
To attend Speech and Language Therapy Department Team meetings, inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary meetings
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