Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Band 6)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To personally undertake a case load of referrals to include:

• Visiting and assessing children and young people with SLCN
• To appropriately identify service provision in line with child and young persons needs at specialist, targeted or universal level of support.
• Delivery of specialist programmes on an individual and/or small group basis
• Offering advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff at a targeted or universal level.
• Maintaining childrens / young peoples records to a high standard

Specific Duties:

To advise and support school staff on the education of children and young people with SLCN including:

• Screening and prioritising new referrals in order to determine the need and level of therapy provision required in line with service criteria.

• At the point of referral, gathering relevant information regarding previous and current input from health and social care services.

• Carrying out a range of non-standardised and standardised assessments and interpreting a range of factors relating to the child or young persons condition; focusing on access to education.

• Providing reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons care and advice on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum.

To maintain effective liaison with all partners e.g. parents, professionals in Education, Health, Social Care and other Services with particular regard to Safeguarding and best practice:

• Liaison with parents/ carers and schools to find collaborative strategies to overcome barriers to learning and attend multi-agency meetings as required.
• Contributing to professional advice regarding the statutory assessment and annual review process both in Sutton and in out-of-borough settings if necessary.

• To liaise and establish communication networks with the multidisciplinary team, external voluntary and statutory organisations as appropriate in planning for child or young persons treatment.

• To monitor and record child or young persons progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these with key stake holders
• Collaboration with a range of partner agencies to create effective transition support for specific children and young people.
• To attend and contribute to team meetings as required.

Training and Development Responsibility

• To be aware of changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard of care to service users.
• Embedding legislative change and key developments relating to improved outcomes for children and young people with SLCN.
• To participate in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as required.
• To engage with continual professional development as identified through managerial and clinical supervision and appraisal, including attending training and courses as agreed.
• To comply with the Cognus Limited mandatory training requirements.
• As part of the therapies team to plan, deliver and evaluate training sessions for schools and educational providers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Relevant qualification, including registration with HCPC.

Experience

• Experience as a paediatric speech and language therapist

Knowledge and skills

• Ability to prioritise and deliver results to high standards
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Leads others by setting a positive example in line with company values, and acts as a role model
• Experience as a paediatric speech and language therapist
• Adherence to RCSLT and HCPC policies and procedures
• Decisive with problem-solving skills
• Is committed to safeguarding and protection of children
• Honours and upholds the Company's Equal Opportunities Policy, Dignity at Work Policy, Safeguarding and Protection of Children Policy, Health and Safety Policy and Data Protection Policy at all times.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Cognus Limited

Address

Cognus Ltd

Railway Approach

Wallington

Surrey

SM6 0DZ

https://cognus.org.uk/