Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Deafness & Early Years

Central London Community Health Trust; White City; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service in London seeks a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to support deaf children in early years. This role involves assessing communication needs and delivering tailored interventions while collaborating with families and educational professionals. Candidates should have a relevant degree, HCPC registration, and significant experience in this field. A full-time permanent position with competitive salary is offered.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Comprehensive induction

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with complex speech and language needs.
• Experience implementing therapeutic interventions for deaf children.
• Postgraduate experience of working collaboratively with families and educators.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with children, families, and professionals to enhance communication.
• Deliver tailored interventions to meet individual needs.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives in the speech and language service.

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Team working

Communication interventions

Knowledge of sign language

Education

Speech and Language Therapy Degree

HCPC Registration

Specialist courses in deafness

Job description

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Deafness & Early Years

We are seeking an experienced, innovative and passionate SLT to join the Early Years SLT team working with a range of children with speech language and communication needs and a caseload of deaf children within the Inner London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.

The post holder will work in partnership with parents/carers, Qualified Teachers of the Deaf, Educational Audiologists, other members of the multi-disciplinary team and nurseries/schools to deliver a high-quality service consisting of assessment and intervention for a complex caseload. As well as being experienced in delivering a range of communication interventions (including AAC), the post holder should have knowledge and skills in supporting children with complex needs and social communication differences. Experience of assessing and working with deaf children is essential. The post holder will also respect and support each family's preferred mode of communication, whether this is a listening and spoken language approach or a signed language approach, ensuring that intervention is tailored to the child's and family's individual needs. Commitment to reflective learning and strong team work skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

• Work collaboratively with families, Teachers of the Deaf, and the wider multi-disciplinary team to support the development and communication of deaf children.
• Build on your specialist skills and experience in supporting deaf children and their families.
• Be part of a service which has an active diversity and inclusion ethos where EDI is established as part of our Business as Usual when thinking about our service users and our staff.
• Continue to develop your clinical skills including carrying out assessment, identifying needs, developing, implementing and evaluating specialist programmes of care. Work with early years staff and families to embed communication supportive environments and run evidence based targeted interventions.
• Support the development of the universal and targeted service to children and families with a range of SLC needs.
• Be a representative of the early years SLT service within the child development service
• Contribute to the quality improvement work of the wider CLCH SLT early years\' service.
• Work in innovative, motivated teams in a supportive and progressive environment

About us

Just as we care about our patients\' well-being, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it\'s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• Health Care Professionals Council Registration to Practise
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Masters degree or equivalent in specialist area (e.g. deafness, AAC courses)
• Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks (CENs)
• British Sign Language (Signature Level 1)

Experience

• Substantial postgraduate experience working with children with complex needs who present with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
• Substantial postgraduate experience of working with deaf children
• Experience of implementing a range of therapeutic interventions for children with complex needs in range of settings
• Extensive experience of working collaboratively with and training parents/carers, teachers, TAs and other health/education professionals
• Experience of planning, organising and delivering training programmes
• Experience of writing statutory assessment/EHCP advice
• Experience of planning and delivering therapy in small groups
• Previous NHS experience
• Experience of working with deaf children developing British sign Language.

Skills and Knowlwdge

• Well established clinical skills and experience of a broad range of standardised and functional assessment tools relevant to deaf children and children with complex SLC AF, IV Your healthcare closer to home Page 6 of 7 www.clch.nhs.uk @CLCHNHSTrust needs and evidence-based interventions relevant to the client groups
• Highly developed clinical skills and postgraduate experience in the assessment, differential diagnosis and interventions for children with complex needs who present with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties including deafness, Down Syndrome, Learning Disabilities and Profound/Multiple Learning Disability and Autism
• Knowledge of alternative and augmentative communication systems.
• Able to identify appropriate goals and formulate care plans
• Able to use own initiative to organise and manage own caseload
• Good team working
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and be flexible to demands
• Well established, up to date knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
• Understanding of statutory processes regarding education for children with special education needs
• IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes
• Experience of contributing to service development projects.
• Good supervision skills and experience of supervising Student Speech and Language Therapists.

Key Attributes

• Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
• To travel between sites of work and around the borough on a regular basis as dictated by service and clients\' needs.

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.

Parkview Centre for Health and Wellbeing

£46,419 to £55,046 a yearper annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-INNER-7479628

Job locations

Parkview Centre for Health and Wellbeing