Job responsibilities
1.
JOB SUMMARY:
- Working
within a multidisciplinary team of speech therapists and occupational
therapists, the post holder will have the opportunity to work in local
schools and colleges across the 4 years to 25 years age range or with a
smaller age range within this.
Advising and supporting local
schools / settings with children and young people with Speech, Language &
Communication Needs ( SLCN ) including a possible cohort with ASD or PMLD and
SLCN; to manage their
caseload to ensure that intended outcomes are delivered within agreed service
standards.
Raising awareness of the needs of
and strategies available for children and young people with SLCN.
2. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
To personally undertake a case load of
referrals to include:
Visiting and assessing children and young
people with SLCN
Delivery of specialist programmes on an individual
and/or small group basis
Offering advice to parents and carers as well
as teaching staff
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.
3. GENERAL:
3.1 PROCESSING OF
DATA:
a)
You (the employee) consent to the holding and processing of personal
data provided by you to the Company (the Company) for all purposes relating
to your employment, but not limited to administering and maintaining personnel
records, paying and reviewing salary and other remuneration and benefits,
undertaking performance appraisals and reviews, the compulsory Disclosure and
Baring Services check (DBS) details in line with its statutory responsibility
to safeguard and protect children and vulnerable service users; maintaining
sickness and other absence records and taking decisions as to your fitness for
work.
b)
You hereby acknowledge and agree that the Company may, in the course of
its general and statutory duties as an employer be required to disclose personal data relating to you for legislative
purposes during or after the end of your employment. This does not affect your statutory rights
under the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.
3.2
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT:
a) During the
course of your employment, you will have access to and knowledge of Company
confidential information and trade secrets.
b) Disclosure of
any of this confidential information and/or trade secrets could have serious
financial consequences and/or create serious competitive disadvantages for the
Company. There may be material damage, financial or otherwise, deliberate or
otherwise, to the Companys legitimate business interest.
c) Under the terms
of this confidentiality agreement, you agree to keep secret and shall not at
any time, either during employment or post-employment, use, communicate or
reveal to any person any trade secret or confidential information relating to
the Company or any Associated Company.
d) You are aware of
the Companys policies in relation to compliance with the General Data
Protection Regulation and undertake to act in accordance with these at all
times. Any breach of these policies will be dealt with under the Companys
disciplinary procedure and action taken can include dismissal without notice.
3.3 SAFER RECRUITMENT:
An offer of
employment is subject to safer recruitment practices which include an enhanced
DBS check, two professional references acceptable to Cognus Limited, proof of
qualifications, proof of right to work in the UK, proof of personal address and employment history covering 5 years and,
fitness to work with children (occupational health assessment). These checks
must have been completed prior to commencement of employment.
This job description and person specification outlines the summary of
key accountabilities and is not an exhaustive list of duties and, is subject to
periodical review and changes in line with the business needs.
