Advanced Specialist SALT EAH Coordinator

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Skills

  Demonstrate well-established knowledge of a range of specific formal and informal assessment tools relevant to the client group.

• Skills

  Demonstrate highly developed skills in the analysis of receptive, expressive and pragmatic language skills, motor skills, memory, fluency, intelligibility, functional communication, psychosocial development, and eating and drinking difficulties.

• Skills

  Demonstrate highly development auditory discrimination skills, in order to carry out phonetic transcription and analysis.

• Skills

  Demonstrate an ability to analyse and interpret the complex information from assessment in light of the client’s other strengths and needs, the context and the environmental demands in order to generate viable options for management

• Skills

  Demonstrate knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions related to the client group

• Skills

  Demonstrate knowledge and skills to apply a range of AAC (Augmentative, Alternative Communication) systems and devices.

• Skills

  Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of national policies, procedures, legislation and frameworks relevant to this client group.

• Skills

  Demonstrate excellent presentation skills, verbal, written and audio-visual, including computer generated materials e.g. Power Point.

• Skills

  Demonstrate well developed communication skills and an ability to match communication style and content to the needs of the situation.

• Skills

  Demonstrate ability to support others using a coaching approach staff

• Skills

  Demonstrate the attributes needed for team and collaborative working.

• Skills

  Demonstrate good time management and organisational skills.

• Skills

  Demonstrate effective prioritisation skills.

• Skills

  Demonstrate highly developed negotiation and problem solving skills

• Skills

  Demonstrate ability to manage conflict / dissipate anger

• Skills

  Demonstrate ability to motivate others.

• Skills

  Demonstrate ability to assume leadership responsibilities.

• Skills

  Demonstrate ability to translate ideas into actions and to lead on small project work.

• Experience

  Significant relevant experience post registration including collaborative practice working in Schools.

• Experience

  Demonstrate knowledge and expertise in working with school age client group.

• Experience

  Experience of working with specialised clinical groups e.g. Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Cleft palate, Hearing Impairment, other complex medical conditions and syndromes, in a mainstream setting

• Experience

  Experience of giving and receiving clinical supervision.

• Experience

  Experience of developing and using prioritisation systems.

• Experience

  Experience of multidisciplinary team working.

• Experience

  Experience in developing and delivering training.

• Experience

  Experience of leadership and supervising less experience staff

• Qualifications

  Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent

• Qualifications

  Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

• Qualifications

  Health Professionals Council Registration

• Qualifications

  Evidence of continuing professional development since qualification, including successful completion of specialist short courses up to Master’s Degree level.

• Qualifications

  Trained in Makaton Signing Vocabulary

• Qualifications

  Trained in SCERT

• Qualifications

  Trained in Intensive Interaction

• Qualifications

  Trained in Colourful Semantics

• Qualifications

  Trained in SULP or COGS or similar

• Qualifications

  Trained in Derbyshire Language Programme or similar.

• Qualifications

  Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups.

• Personal Qualities

  Demonstrate excellent interpersonal abilities – observation, listening, diplomacy, sensitivity and empathy.

• Personal Qualities

  Demonstrate problem solving and negotiation abilities taking account of others perspectives and expectations.

• Personal Qualities

  Demonstrate an ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary group

• Personal Qualities

  Demonstrate skills to lead and organise training for other professionals.

• Personal Qualities

  Demonstrate a realistic sense of own limitations and professional development needs.

• Personal Qualities

  Demonstrate ability to motivate children with communication and / or eating and drinking difficulties.

• Personal Qualities

  Able to work flexibly and adaptably

• Personal Qualities

  Able to work autonomously / independently.

• Personal Qualities

  Ability to work to tight deadlines.

• Personal Qualities

  Demonstrate flexibility, self-motivation and a good sense of humour.

• Other job requirements

  Car driver and current licence holder

• Other job requirements

  DBS check

• Other job requirements

  Occupational Health clearance

• Other job requirements

  Able to adapt to a range of physical environments and demands.