Speech and Language Therapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Erith; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to provide a clinical and advisory SLT service to children in special schools in Bexley. The role focuses on assessment, therapy and supporting education staff to improve communication outcomes.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, with supervision from senior SLTs, and contribute to training sessions for school staff, parents, and carers, in line with RCSLT/HCPC standards.

Qualifications

• HCPC Registration or eligibility
• Experience in education settings

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and therapy for children with speech and language needs, including complex communication needs.
• Reflect on communication modalities and identify strategies to improve interaction.
• Manage a high caseload with regular clinical supervision.
• Deliver care in line with RCSLT/HCPC guidelines.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate evidence-based interventions.
• Involve client, family, education staff and professionals in care planning.
• Reflect on clinical practice and demonstrate sound practice.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to support diverse needs

Education

Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent

Job description

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

To provide a clinical and advisory Speech and Language Therapy service to children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs attending special schools in Bexley. This may include children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Learning Disabilities (LD), including those with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD).

To be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team providing an integrated care pathway.

To support parents, clients and other professionals in all issues related to client management, with access to supervision from senior therapists.

To participate in the co-ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information for school staff, parents and carers and colleagues in health and education alongside senior colleagues.

To work as part of a team with class-teachers, learning support assistants, head teacher, therapists, and the child's family / carers.

Main duties of the job

To provide an assessment and therapy service for children with speech and language needs, and children with complex communication needs referred to the SLT service.

To develop the ability to reflect on auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic aspects of clients' communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.

To manage a complex communication caseload, accessing clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis and to make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice when appropriate.

To deliver care in line with the RCSLT/HCPC professional guidelines and standards

To be responsible for the planning, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based therapy interventions to enable functional improvement. To monitor and review the progress of therapy programmes implemented and facilitate modifications of interventions/targets as appropriate.

To ensure maximum involvement of the client, family/carer, education staff and other professional staff where appropriate in planning care and the therapy programme.

To reflect on clinical practice identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical practice.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

See job description for full job description and main responsibilities.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Person Specification

Registration

• Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapist

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent

Experience

• Experience working with children in an education setting
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team/environment

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work with the diverse needs of clients with complex communication difficulties

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.