Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in Romford

This permanent post leads the Specialist Schools pathway within the Havering Speech and Language service at NELFT, supporting children and young people aged 4 to 19 with speech, language and communication needs, including eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. The job centres on managing a caseload independently, making differential diagnoses and designing specialist intervention plans. Four days a week at 0.8 WTE, with links to AAC, complex needs and feeding pathways, it suits a Band 7 therapist or a Band 6 ready to step up. HCPC registration is required.

What the job involves

• Take day-to-day responsibility for running the specialist schools pathway
• Keep an overview of the caseload in specific clinical areas to support service development and waiting list management
• Independently manage a caseload and make differential diagnoses, including eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, with or without an EHC plan
• Devise and deliver specialist intervention and care plans and enhanced models of SLT
• Provide specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents, carers, students and the SLT team on managing children in mainstream schools
• Work within the integrated therapies multidisciplinary team to deliver joined-up care plans
• Use detailed knowledge of the national curriculum to set individual intervention targets embedded in classroom learning
• Give oral and written feedback, advice and training to parents, carers and multidisciplinary team members on communication needs and strategies
• Develop and deliver training and support packages as appropriate
• Supervise and support less experienced SLTs and assistants
• Work to the SLT service guidelines
• Assess, manage, plan and deliver care, remaining professionally and legally accountable

What’s required

Qualifications

• Relevant professional body qualification

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Experience as set out in the attached job description

What’s offered

• High cost area supplement of 15% of basic salary, minimum £4,870 and maximum £6,137 a year pro rata for part time
• Wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
• Investment in staff development and training
• Staff health and wellbeing activities
• Staff networks and award-winning equality and diversity initiatives
• Induction of up to two weeks starting on the first Monday of each month

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