Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, supportive Speech & Language Therapy Team who will support your development of experience and developing interests. This band 6 post has development opportunities in autistic spectrum disorders and complex special needs

You will be working with school aged children in mainstream settings as link therapist and with pre-school children at Drop in sessions, in clinic and pre school settings. You will be supported by specialist therapists to develop your skills working with children with complex needs or ASD

You will show that you are able to organise, plan and prioritise your own workload, and that of assistant staff; demonstrate the ability to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management. You will have excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills, to enable you to work to support the individual needs of the schools, staff and pupils.

We offer:-

• a regular supervision programme arranged with a named therapist
• integrated children’s therapies and professional team meetings to maintain communication and learning opportunities with speech and language, occupational therapists and physiotherapists,
• a full induction programme
• a supportive and friendly environment
• training opportunities through CPD groups and external courses
• We have experienced admin and Assistant teams.

We encourage innovation and would welcome you to a strong and stable team.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the post:

• To independently manage and make differential diagnoses for a caseload of clients with delays and disorders of communication, speech and language and / or moderate/complex/profound communication needs
• 2.Devise and deliver appropriate specialist intervention / care plans / enhanced models of SLT for clients with delays and disorders of communication, speech and language and provide suitable and timely support. 3. Work as part of the integrated therapies multi-disciplinary team ensuring the delivery of joined up care plans. 4.     Contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties. 5. Develop and deliver training and support packages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Northeast London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

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