Specialist Speech and Language Therapist-Developing Specialism Autism

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist focusing on autism. You will manage a diverse caseload in educational settings, providing assessments and interventions while working alongside multidisciplinary colleagues to enhance service delivery. Opportunities for professional development and supervision of junior staff are available.

Benefits

1:1 monthly supervision

Team learning programme

Protected service development time

Qualifications

• Experience with assessment and intervention for autistic children.
• Completed core SLT competencies at band 5.
• Experience of community and schools based work.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of students in a specialist Autism resource provision.
• Provide specialist level assessment and therapy to children with communication difficulties.
• Liaise with teaching staff to integrate speech therapy into curriculum planning.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree

Health Professions Council License to Practice

Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist-Developing Specialism Autism

Band 6 - Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist: Autism Resource Provisions and Service to Schools: Developing ASC specialism post

Paediatric Community Services- Newham, East London NHS Foundation Trust

Amazing things are happening and you could be a part of it. Join our expanding team

Following our unprecedented investment of 20 new posts across all bandings, we are looking for a band 6 Speech therapist wanting to develop an Autism specialism to join our growing and supportive team.

Are you an experienced, innovative, creative Speech and Language Therapist? Would you like to develop in an autism specialist area and bring your skills and ideas to help us deliver change and develop new services?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist with skills, knowledge and experience in paediatrics, to develop a specialism in autism. You will have opportunity through our autism resource provisions and special school team to develop your interest and skills in this specialist area.

Main duties of the job

Working in an autism resource provision you will gain experience in providing specialist assessments, intervention and advice for children and young people within an education setting. With support from highly specialist colleagues, you will also develop your knowledge and implementation of low and high tech AAC. You will have opportunities to work alongside other multidisciplinary colleagues, including Occupational therapists.

Within the Schools Team, the caseload is varied and includes children with social communication difficulties, developmental language disorder, dysfluency and speech sound disorders. There are opportunities within pre-school, primary and secondary settings where we work in close partnership with school staff to provide a 3 -tier model of universal, targeted and specialist support for children, young people and their families. Training and coaching for school staff and families is a crucial part of the service we deliver.

We are part of a multi-disciplinary therapies team who work to deliver a high quality service for the children of Newham and their families. Within the Child Development Service, the team work closely with multidisciplinary partners such as Dietitians, Paediatricians, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Specialist Nurses,

The successful applicant will have relevant experience of working with children and families. Support will be given for applicants transitioning from band 5 to band 6.

About us

The post-holder will manage their own caseload and will have opportunity to support more junior staff and students through supervision and competency development. There will be opportunity for the post holder to be involved in service improvement, audit and QI.

We can offer you:

• An amazing working environment, with a warm, welcoming and supportive team of SLTs and colleagues who bring experiences from all over the world.
• 1:1 monthly supervision, appraisal and CPD
• Team learning programme
• Protected service development time and regular team away days
• Opportunity to supervise and develop junior staff
• On-going clinical skills development, MDT working
• Opportunity to lead service improvement
• Involvement in audit and quality improvement

Based at the child development centre, in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham, close to the Olympic Park in the heart of London's East End (with excellent transport links with the rest of London and Essex). The children's speech and language therapy service has a strong multi-agency work ethic with other services both within the trust and with partner agencies, and offers services across a wide range of care groups in the borough.

Come and be part of a team that is innovative, responsive and adaptable. We aspire to stand out in the future in the areas of service delivery, improvement and research.

Job responsibilities

• To manage a complex caseload of students within a specialist Autism resource provision or special school, supported by senior staff.
• To liaise with specialist teaching staff, classroom teachers and education support staff to provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy input to curriculum and programme planning for students with autism.
• To provide a specialist level of assessment, therapy and recommendations to a range of children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties within the school setting. This includes planning, implementing and evaluating therapy to early years, primary and secondary school-aged children, writing EHCP advice and reports for annual review for children with a range of speech/language/communication difficulties.
• To work jointly with more senior colleagues and other professionals to take account of the specific communication needs of these children and plan therapy accordingly
• To independently manage a large and complex caseload of children with diverse communication difficulties in mainstream schools, with a particular emphasis on liaison with staff for information and to train staff in delivering therapy suggestions.
• To co-ordinate and take a lead in the joint planning and working including, setting up therapy groups where appropriate and to support more junior colleagues through joint working.
• To liaise with relevant professional staff in Health, Education and Social Services.
• To take part in supervising staff and students

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
• Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Successful completion of core SLT competencies at band 5
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
• Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups / CEN

Experience

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
• Experience of assessment, intervention, goal setting and developing therapy programmes post-registration in a range of settings
• Experience in assessing and providing intervention for autistic children(communication)
• Experience of community and schools based work
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary or multiagency partners
• Experience of delivering training

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in partnership with other professionals and other agencies
• Working knowledge of safeguarding and child protection

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£42,939 to £50,697 a yearper annum, inc HCA