Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Children's Trust; Tadworth; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site nursery

Free eye tests

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Time off for menopause

Flexible benefits platform

Staff shuttle service

On-site parking

Job summary

The Children's Trust is seeking a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to deliver high quality, evidence-based therapy across our organisation, supporting children with speech, language, communication and feeding needs, including those with a tracheostomy.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, embedded in Rehabilitation Therapy Service, delivering training and family-centered interventions with occasional evening and weekend work as required.

Qualifications

• Provide high quality, evidence based and equitable speech and language therapy interventions for children and young people attended by The Children's Trust.
• Devise suitable individual plans that fit within the child’s daily routine and monitor outcomes.
• Involve families in the rehabilitation process and hand over practical skills.
• Autonomous practitioner with responsibility for assessment, treatment and planning for a caseload.
• Be a key point of support for the SLT and MDT teams and provide training.
• Liaise with medical staff and attend clinics as required.
• Refer appropriate children for instrumental assessment (e.g., videofluoroscopy) as needed.
• Contribute to child related reports and audit/research outputs.
• Utilise outcomes measures and plan discharge/transition when appropriate.
• Provide clinical cover during staff shortages and work flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, evidence based and equitable SLT interventions for children and young people.
• Develop individual therapy plans fitting daily routines with monitoring and adjustment.
• Engage families in day-to-day therapy and care handovers.
• Collaborate within MDT for integrated care across settings.
• Attend clinics with the child and liaise with medical staff as required.
• Contribute to referrals and off-site assessments around the UK.
• Generate child related reports and support audits and research.
• Deliver training across services within The Children’s Trust and beyond.

Skills

High-quality SLT interventions

Autonomous practitioner

Family involvement

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Training delivery

Education

Speech and Language Therapy degree

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Rehabilitation Therapy Service

£44,485 - £52,521 per annum dependent upon experience & inclusive of London weighting

37.5 hours

Permanent

Tadworth, Surrey

Interview date: TBC

The role of the Specialist Speech and Language Therapist is to provide a high quality, evidence-based speech, and language therapy across the organisation, which promotes the participation, function and safe care of children and young people accessing The Children’s Trust.

Your aim is to deliver child and family focused, goal led interventions supporting those with speech, language, communication, and feeding / swallowing needs, including children and young people with a tracheostomy.

You will also be embedded in our Multidisciplinary Team, delivering training across our services, both within the Trust and beyond.

Role Requirements

Clinical Skills and Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, evidence based and equitable speech and language therapy interventions for children and young people attending The Children’s Trust in partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Devise suitable, individual, plans that fit within the child’s daily routine, whether to be carried out by parents or members of the Multidisciplinary team; these should be monitored, evaluated, and adjusted appropriately according to the needs of the child.
• Facilitate involvement of family and carers in the rehabilitation process, including day-to-day therapy sessions, and the handing over of practical skills and care.
• Be an autonomous practitioner with responsibility for assessment, treatment and planning for an allocated caseload of children/young people.
• Be a key point of support and advice for the speech and language therapy team and Multidisciplinary team.
• Work closely with all members of the Multidisciplinary team, as well as the child and family, to provide a fully integrated approach to the overall management of the child. This will include any home/school visits, professional child related meetings and / or appointments, as required.
• Liaise with all appropriate medical staff, whether employed by The Children’s Trust, visiting consultants or at off-site clinics, and attend clinics with the child as required.
• Contribute to the assessment and discussion of new referrals to The Children’s Trust, carrying out off site referral assessments around the United Kingdom, as required.
• Identify, assess, and refer appropriate children / young people requiring instrumental assessment, for example Videofluoroscopy Swallow Study, in accordance with departmental policy and guidance.
• Contribute to child related reports, including looked after children and annual review reports as required, and assist with the collation of these as and when required, in a timely manner and in line with organisational targets.
• Utilise patient reported and standardised outcome measures for each allocated child/young person and complete in a timely manner.
• Assess, evaluate, and recommend discharge/transition plans for children/young people within the multidisciplinary team framework.
• Provide clinical cover across the service during episodes of staff shortage/heavy workload, in order to ensure effective service delivery.
• Work flexibly in terms of hours, in order to meet the needs of the individual child / young person, as well as the service as a whole, including an early evening (maximum one per week) and weekend day (maximum one per month)
• Actively participate in and support the running of relevant meetings.
• Actively contribute to audit and research, including production of research outputs.

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact the Recruitment & Compliance Team, on 01737 365 880 or email: [e-mail]

Terms and Conditions

PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered.

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About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, Car Scheme (subject to eligibility), subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher's pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

• our staff flexible benefits platform
• on-site nursery
• free eye tests
• enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms
• time off for gender reassignment
• additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service
• free on-site parking
• a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court
• Car Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• subsidised cafeteria
• on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability)
• the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable)
• Teacher's pension (where applicable)
• the opportunity to join an alternative scheme
• the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment

As a charity organisation independent of the NHS, we do not follow Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Consequently, we are unable to take into account NHS incremental dates or continuous service for salary, annual leave, or related entitlements such as absence pay at the point of recruitment.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.

Online Searches

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.