Speech and Language Therapist - Schools

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. 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 plan.

2. 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 sector

3. 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. This includes child specific information as well as training packages to parents, teachers and other professionals around the management of speech, language, communication and eating/drinking difficulties.

4. To have due regard for the cultural and linguistic differences of children/families concerned.

5. 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).

6. To employ excellent communication skills such as persuasion, motivation and explanations to encourage/ reassure clients and carers to undertake treatment programmes.

7. To develop negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations

8. To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible and report to senior staff.

9. To form productive relationships with others in particular parents/carers who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.

10. To provide clinical reports as per departmental standards.

11. To provide written advice for statutory assessment of special educational needs.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Health Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Desirable

• Post graduate short courses in the provision of SLT to school age children
• Level 1 training in dysphagia

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• oWorking with Children and young people
• oAssessment treatment and management of children with speech, language and communication difficulties
• oWorking with parents and carers
• oWorking within an educational environment
• oWriting clinical notes and reports
• oAssessment tools relevant to the CYP with speech language and communication, eating and drinking difficulties.
• oRange of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the above client group
• oThe role of the speech and language therapist in the Education system
• oAwareness of standards of record keeping and reporting.
• oAwareness of the principles of clinical governance/ audit
• oWorking with children with eating and drinking difficulties

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential

• Good written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Negotiation and Problem solving Skills
• Good presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work in an unpredictable environment and to prioritise own workload
• Good organisational skills
• Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
• Demonstrates ability to be a team player
• Ability to communicate effectively with children and young people of all ages and abilities.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alexandra Avenue Health and Social Care Centre

275 Alexandra Ave

Harrow

HA2 7DX

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)