Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Hampstead; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Part-time options

Job summary

Devon County Council seeks an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join its Wellbeing Service, delivering specialist assessment and intervention for children, young people and their supporters within a restorative, trauma-informed framework.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team across education, social care and other settings, shaping practice for children at risk and those leaving care. HCPC registration is required.

Qualifications

• Requires HCPC registration and fitness to practise.
• Independent management of complex, highly specialised caseloads.
• Experience in multidisciplinary settings across education, social care and other settings.

Responsibilities

• Carry out assessment, intervention and consultation for children, young people and adults who support them
• Identify and respond to communication needs, especially for adversity and complex family situations
• Work with children on the edge of care, returning home, or leaving care
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to shape practice across the workforce
• Ensure timely, right-supported outcomes and influence practice

Skills

Trauma-informed practice

SLCN & SEMH knowledge

Assessment & therapy tools

Excellent communication

Education

Qualified SLT degree or equivalent

Postgraduate courses in paediatric communication disorders

Job description

This Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist post sits in Devon's Wellbeing Service at Devon County Council, a multidisciplinary team. The work centres on assessing, treating and advising children, young people and the adults who support them, many of whom are on the edge of care, in care or leaving care. What sets it apart is placing speech and language therapy inside children's social care, in a restorative, trauma-informed service shaping practice across the workforce. Right to work and DBS checks are required; no visa sponsorship.

What the job involves

• Carry out assessment, intervention and consultation for children, young people and the adults who support them
• Identify, understand and respond to communication needs, particularly for children facing adversity and complex family circumstances
• Work with children who are on the edge of care, returning home, in care or leaving care
• Work within a multidisciplinary team alongside practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds
• Ensure children receive the right support at the right time
• Influence practice across the children's social care workforce
• Help shape an innovative approach to supporting children and families across Devon

Qualifications

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
• Evidence of specialist postgraduate short courses in paediatric communication disorders, including learning disability and autism spectrum disorders

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Independent management of complex and highly specialised caseloads
• Working within multidisciplinary teams
• Working across a range of contexts, such as education, social care and other specialist settings

Skills & knowledge

• Highly developed specialist knowledge of the links between SLCN, SEMH and trauma
• Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment and therapeutic tools, adapting when young people cannot engage in formal assessment
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills
• Planning workshops and teaching sessions for varied personnel or groups

Checks & eligibility

• DBS disclosure
• Right to work in the UK

Other

• Confident and fluent spoken English

Nice to have

• Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks (CENs)
• Competence in delivering language development training to professional and untrained staff in the community
• Experience supervising speech and language therapy programme implementation by early years and mainstream school staff

What’s offered

• Flexible working, including hybrid working, part-time and condensed hours