B7 Speech and Language Therapist - Early Years

Job overview

B7 SLT 1 year Fixed Term, maternity leave cover. 1 day/7.5 hours per week (0.2wte)

The Islington Additional Needs and Disability Service (IANDS) provides a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team approach to working with babies, children and young people with additional needs and complex disability.  Within this service are teams providing assessment, diagnostic and therapy services to children and young people 0-19 years.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and highly motivated Speech & Language Therapist with specialist experience of working with young children with severe speech difficulties and disorders, including Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS).

The post holder will work in the Early Years Speech and Language Therapy Team which provides clinic-based assessment, support and intervention for children up to 5 years old with a range of developmental speech, language and communication needs.

The post holder will work at the Northern Health Centre and will manage the Speech Clinic. The postholder will provide specialist assessment and intervention to nursery and reception age children with severe and complex speech needs, including cleft lip and/or palate, CAS and other significant speech difficulties, often in association with other needs.

The post holder will also provide support to colleagues within the team and offer specialist advice and second opinions for children with speech needs.

We will offer you excellent CPD opportunities with a strong emphasis on individual performance appraisal and supervision.

Please see Job Description for full details of the role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work at the Northern Health Centre.  The post holder will be experienced in working with pre-school children with a wide range of language and social communication differences.  The post holder will be experienced in carrying out assessments, making differential diagnoses and using a variety of intervention approaches, including parent-coaching frameworks.

The post holder will have highly specialist knowledge and experience of working with young children with speech sound difficulties and disorders.  They will provide expertise in managing the Speech Clinic, providing highly specialist assessment and intervention for a small caseload of nursery and reception age children with severe and complex speech needs, including cleft lip and/or palate, Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and other significant speech difficulties, often in association with other needs.

The post holder will provide support to less experienced members of the team and offer specialist advice and second opinions for children with severe speech needs.

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner and is responsible for organising and managing their own caseload.   They will be innovative, an active participant in quality improvement projects and audits and will work alongside the Team Lead on recruitment, induction and service development as required.

Please see attached JD/PS.