Speech and Language Therapist (Senior Advisor) x 2 in Hounslow

About Us At Hounslow

We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion

We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in \"Harness the Mix\". It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There's space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

About The Role

Join a Growing, Forward-Thinking Specialist Practice and Advice Team

• Provide and co-ordinate specialist advice, consultation and support to ensure children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs are fully included and supported




• Develop and use innovative ways of working to support children and young people across universal, targeted and specialist levels, including supporting delivery of the DfE \"Experts at Hand\" initiative




• Develop skills across a wide range of ages and settings, including early years, primary, and secondary settings




• Work closely with schools and settings to develop early intervention approaches




• Contribute to assessment, consultation, and wider strategic work




• Deliver training, modelling and coaching to up-skill the wider workforce and build capacity




• Build strong partnerships with families, schools, and multi-agency colleagues




• Support and supervise other team members, with opportunities to develop your skills and lead on projects within the team




• Play a key role in improving outcomes for Hounslow children and young people

Our service is committed to keeping the voice of children and young people at the centre of everything we do. This role will best suit someone who has completed their newly qualified competencies and is interested in further development and working in innovative ways.

About The Team You’ll Be Working In

This role sits within the multidisciplinary Specialist Practice and Advice team. The Specialist Practice and Advice team provides professional advice and guidance to support the inclusion of children and young people across Hounslow schools and settings.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and ambitious environment, where you will receive regular supervision from a Speech and Language Therapist




• A range of professional development opportunities, including opportunities to develop skills in training and coaching, and learning from the wider multi-disciplinary team




• Support to further develop relevant areas of clinical interest, in line with service needs

Why Join Hounslow's Specialist Practice and Advice Service?

Shape the future of practice

• Be part of a rapidly developing, innovative service model




• Contribute to early intervention and systemic work at scale




• Participate in the rollout of the DfE \"Experts at Hand\" initiative, with protected time to engage in consultation, workforce development, and preventative work

Work in a truly integrated system

• Collaborate daily with a wide multi-disciplinary team




• Influence outcomes across education, health, and care systems




• Develop skills working with a range of ages, in a wide range of settings including primary and secondary schools, early years settings and Family Hubs

Develop professionally

• Strong culture of evidence-informed and reflective practice




• Opportunities for training delivery, coaching and supervision of practitioners (e.g. Elklan)




• Structured support and regular supervision




• Pathways into supervision and leadership for experienced colleagues