Job summary
Cognus Therapies are a thriving multidisciplinary team of speech
and language therapists, occupational therapists, teachers, practitioners and
therapy assistants who support children and young people aged 4 25 years in
mainstream schools, colleges, and specialist settings within the London Borough
of Sutton and surrounding boroughs. We work with children and young people with
a variety of special educational needs, e.g. Autism, Deafness, Down Syndrome,
Developmental Language Disorder, PMLD, MLD, Dyslexia and many more and
encourage all our therapists to gain experience and expertise across a range of
specialisms.
We are
seeking an enthusiastic senior speech and language therapy assistant to join
our friendly and supportive team. You will need to have experience of working
in education settings with children/ young people with special educational
needs and a relevant qualification related to speech and language or occupational
therapy will be expected.
Cognus Therapies is owned by the
London Borough of Sutton and forms part of Cognus Limited who are the providers
for special educational needs services within the borough.
Cognus Therapies provides a robust supervision
framework with all posts receiving Managerial and Clinical Supervision. Regular
time is allocated for Continuing Professional Development.
Own transport an advantage but not essential.
Main duties of the job
Working within a multidisciplinary team
of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, the post holder
will have the opportunity to work within specified local schools and/or specialist provisions within primary, secondary and post-16 settings.
Supporting staff/ parents/families with children
and young people with Speech, Language & Communication Needs under the supervision of a Therapist.
Managing a
caseload to ensure that intended outcomes are delivered within agreed service
standards, under the supervision of a Therapist.
All offers of employment are subject to successful completion of recruitment formalities which includes an enhanced DBS check. These checks must have been completed prior to commencement of employment. We expect our staff to have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection procedures adopted by the Company and the Local Safeguarding Childrens Board.
About us
You will give
us great commitment and in return we offer an excellent package including:
i)
Workplace pension scheme 4% to 8%
matched contributions
ii)
28 days annual leave pro rata
(plus Bank Holidays)
iii)
Regular manager support and
supervision
iv)
Hybrid and flexible working
subject to agreement
v)
Staff benefits package, currently
including Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox and (upon completion of
probation) Sovereign Healthcare Cashback plans
vi)
Staff EDI group and Mental Health First Aiders to support
wellbeing and inclusion
vii)
Cognus Coaching Programmes
viii)
An ambitious culture with friendly and supportive
colleagues
We also offer the following benefits for this
post:
Access to highly skilled speech and language
therapists
Access to a wide range of clinical resources
Access to regular and supportive peer
supervision
Assistant RCSLT registrations paid
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under the supervision of a speech and language therapist to undertake a caseload of children/young people to include:
Responsibility for maintaining a caseload of children, following their SaLT assessment and devising treatment activities based on therapy goals set by the
therapist, in line with appropriate developmental stages.
To complete appropriate informal assessments/ questionnaires under
the direction of a speech and language therapist with individual children/ young people
Writing
and reviewing therapy targets for the caseload and sharing this with families and
staff
Support staff with therapy advice and therapy demonstrations within the
classroom
To participate in the training of staff/ parents to deliver speech and language therapy programmes
Implement and evaluate delegated therapy interventions for
children/ young people feeding back to the therapist.
Independently organise the SaLTA therapy
timetable with school staff within the setting
Maintain
children's/ young people's files to a high standard in line with Cognus
therapies standard operating procedures
To
have responsibility for devising and producing high quality programmes,
resources and visuals as required for speech and language therapy interventions
and embedding therapy in the education setting
To keep up to date with clinical developments by attending regular training and CPD
To have responsibility fordevising
and producing high-quality Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
resources using specialist applications such as Boardmaker.
-
Specific Duties:
To advise and support school staff on the education
of children and young people with therapy needs regarding:
Appropriate
differentiation of and access to the curriculum.
Promotion
of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the
school curriculum.
Specialist
strategies and approaches to support access to learning and social and
emotional development.
To
collaborate with school staff to develop an Individual Education Plan/Provision
Map where appropriate.
To
participate in the planning, delivery and evaluation of training sessions for
schools and educational providers as appropriate.
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:
To
attend team meetings as required.
To
attend clinical and managerial supervision sessions.
To
track and monitor data to provide evidence of the impact of intervention and
use this to plan further programmes of intervention.
To
liaise with parents/ carers and schools and attend multi-agency meetings as
required.
To promote robust Transition arrangements for pupils
with therapy needs including:
Collaboration
with a range of partner agencies to create effective Transition support for
specific children and young people.
To contribute to collaborative working between all
specialist SEN teams by:
Effective
liaison with the Team Manager and lead therapist.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Under the supervision of a speech and language therapist to undertake a caseload of children/young people to include:
Responsibility for maintaining a caseload of children, following their SaLT assessment and devising treatment activities based on therapy goals set by the
therapist, in line with appropriate developmental stages.
To complete appropriate informal assessments/ questionnaires under
the direction of a speech and language therapist with individual children/ young people
Writing
and reviewing therapy targets for the caseload and sharing this with families and
staff
Support staff with therapy advice and therapy demonstrations within the
classroom
To participate in the training of staff/ parents to deliver speech and language therapy programmes
Implement and evaluate delegated therapy interventions for
children/ young people feeding back to the therapist.
Independently organise the SaLTA therapy
timetable with school staff within the setting
Maintain
children's/ young people's files to a high standard in line with Cognus
therapies standard operating procedures
To
have responsibility for devising and producing high quality programmes,
resources and visuals as required for speech and language therapy interventions
and embedding therapy in the education setting
To keep up to date with clinical developments by attending regular training and CPD
To have responsibility fordevising
and producing high-quality Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
resources using specialist applications such as Boardmaker.
-
Specific Duties:
To advise and support school staff on the education
of children and young people with therapy needs regarding:
Appropriate
differentiation of and access to the curriculum.
Promotion
of effective inclusion of children and young people into all aspects of the
school curriculum.
Specialist
strategies and approaches to support access to learning and social and
emotional development.
To
collaborate with school staff to develop an Individual Education Plan/Provision
Map where appropriate.
To
participate in the planning, delivery and evaluation of training sessions for
schools and educational providers as appropriate.
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:
To
attend team meetings as required.
To
attend clinical and managerial supervision sessions.
To
track and monitor data to provide evidence of the impact of intervention and
use this to plan further programmes of intervention.
To
liaise with parents/ carers and schools and attend multi-agency meetings as
required.
To promote robust Transition arrangements for pupils
with therapy needs including:
Collaboration
with a range of partner agencies to create effective Transition support for
specific children and young people.
To contribute to collaborative working between all
specialist SEN teams by:
Effective
liaison with the Team Manager and lead therapist.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- - Educated to GCSE level or above with good written and spoken English as well as good basic numeracy.
- - Recognised qualification relevant to childcare or health/therapies.
- - Evidence of additional training relevant to the post e.g. ELKLAN, child development.
- - Experience working as a therapy assistant or delivering speech and language therapy packages alongside a therapist.
- - Knowledge of child development and an understanding of special educational needs (including an awareness of the SEND Code of Practice).
- - Experience in multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working.
- - Experience in creating resources using IT (e.g., Microsoft, symbol systems, internet)
- - Experience in planning and delivering therapy sessions independently.
- - Excellent communication skills.
- - Demonstrates behaviours in line with company values.
- - Awareness of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists / The Health and Care Professionals Council.
- - Can demonstrate problem-solving skills and initiative
- - Has working knowledge of safeguarding procedures and protocols with children and young people (B3 & B4)
- - Honours and upholds the Companys Equal Opportunity Policy, Dignity at Work Policy, Safeguarding and Protection of Children, Health and Safety and Data Protection Policy at all times.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- - Educated to GCSE level or above with good written and spoken English as well as good basic numeracy.
- - Recognised qualification relevant to childcare or health/therapies.
- - Evidence of additional training relevant to the post e.g. ELKLAN, child development.
- - Experience working as a therapy assistant or delivering speech and language therapy packages alongside a therapist.
- - Knowledge of child development and an understanding of special educational needs (including an awareness of the SEND Code of Practice).
- - Experience in multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working.
- - Experience in creating resources using IT (e.g., Microsoft, symbol systems, internet)
- - Experience in planning and delivering therapy sessions independently.
- - Excellent communication skills.
- - Demonstrates behaviours in line with company values.
- - Awareness of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists / The Health and Care Professionals Council.
- - Can demonstrate problem-solving skills and initiative
- - Has working knowledge of safeguarding procedures and protocols with children and young people (B3 & B4)
- - Honours and upholds the Companys Equal Opportunity Policy, Dignity at Work Policy, Safeguarding and Protection of Children, Health and Safety 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.
