Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Schools Service

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A NHS trust in East London is seeking a Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join their Speech and Language Therapy Service to Schools in Newham. The role involves managing a diverse caseload, supporting junior staff, and contributing to service improvement. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience with children and excellent communication skills. The trust offers a supportive environment and various training opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for relocation expenses

Qualifications

• Relevant experience working with children with speech and language difficulties.
• Ability to deliver therapy in school settings.
• Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration with staff and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist level assessment and therapy for children in schools.
• Manage a varied caseload of children with communication difficulties.
• Supervise and support junior staff and students.

Skills

Experience with children and families

Innovative therapies

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Recognized Speech and Language Therapy qualification

Job description

Band 6 Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist - Service to Schools
Are you an experienced, innovative and creative Speech and Language Therapist? Would you like to join a supportive, experienced team and bring your skills and ideas to help us deliver change and develop new services?
We are looking for therapists to join our dynamic Speech and Language Therapy Service to Schools in Newham, East London., The caseload is varied and includes children with social communication differences, developmental language disorder, SEMH support needs, 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.
Within the team, there are specialist and highly specialist therapists who provide support and in-house training, and multi-disciplinary working is encouraged., 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 and clinical skills framework
+ Protected service development time and regular team away days
+ Opportunity to supervise and develop junior staff
+ Regular team meetings
+ 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., 1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. To liaise with relevant professional staff in Health, Education and Social Services.
6. To take part in supervising staff and students
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

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.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.