Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Early Years London

Job summary

Band 6 - Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist: Early Years

Paediatric Community Services- Newham, East London Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced, innovative, creative speech and language therapist? Would you like to bring your skills and ideas to help us deliver change and new services?

We have an exciting opportunity within our Family Hubs and Children's centres for a Speech and Language Therapist with specialist skills and knowledge in Early Years service delivery for children aged 0-5 years of age.

The post is an integral part of the delivery of early identification, early support and early intervention for children with a range of speech, language and communication needs. Work in the Family hubs is aimed at health promotion within the SLCN pathway.

The Early Years' team offers specialist assessment, intervention and advice for younger children. This includes children with social communication difficulties, developmental language disorder, dysfluency and language delay. The post holder will build upon the existing Family hubs offer. They will be involved in providing training and workshops for parents and Family hub staff and implementing evidence based early language programmes.

Main duties of the job

To work closely with more senior colleagues to develop and run a service to families in Family Hubs and Children Centres promoting Early Communication.

To independently use specialist skills and knowledge, to work jointly with family hub staff and more senior colleagues to develop services to support the identification and early intervention for the development of speech language and communication skills in children 0-5 years of age.

To independently manage a large and diverse caseload in the Family hubs, providing high quality assessment and intervention, reporting directly to the Clinical Lead when required.

To be part of the speech and language service to children of Newham in the area of Early Years.

To provide a service which takes account of the needs of clients from a range of ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

• To work jointly with more senior colleagues and other agencies to set up and deliver services through Family Hubs / Children Centres promoting Early Communication skills.
• To provide a specialist level of assessment, therapy and recommendations to children with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties in a variety of settings
• To work jointly with more senior colleagues and other professionals to take account of the specific communication needs of these children and plan therapy accordingly.
• To independently manage a caseload of children who have a diverse range of communication difficulties. This includes screening, assessing, providing therapy, training others and reviewing progress.
• To co‑ordinate and take a lead in the joint planning and delivery of SLCN interventions including parent workshops, drop‑ins, groups and staff training within the family hubs and early years.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
• Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Completion of RCSLT NQP competencies
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses

Desirable

• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
• Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups / CEN

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
• Relevant experience post-registration in Early Years settings
• Relevant experience working in Early Years Settings such as Children Centres, nurseries
• Relevant experience running parent workshops

Desirable

• Relevant experience in complex needs

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Negotiation and problem‑solving skills
• Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
• Good presentation skills, both written and verbal, including ability to write clear and concise reports
• Good organisational skills
• Prioritisation skills
• Working knowledge of relevant information technology
• Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
• Ability to work independently as appropriate
• Awareness of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
• Ability to work in partnership with other professionals and other agencies
• Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
• Skills in planning, assessing and implementing intervention for the client group
• Well established knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
• Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)
• Understanding of the principles of clinical governance/audit
• Awareness of standards of record keeping
• Awareness and sensitivity to the needs of clients from a range of ethnic and linguistic backgrounds

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.

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.

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