Speech and Language Therapist Band 5 Term Time Only

NHS; Poole; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a newly qualified or experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join a supportive team at Shaftesbury Victoria School in Poole. You'll work with children with physical and medical needs, delivering assessments and interventions, fostering communication skills, and enhancing educational progress. The role offers professional development, a comprehensive induction program, and a chance to make a real difference in students' lives.

Benefits

Company pension

Enhanced maternity leave

Free parking

On-site parking

Sick pay

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year's post-qualification experience within Paediatrics.
• Specialist experience working with clients who use AAC.
• Experience advising colleagues on management of individual needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver speech and language therapy assessments and interventions.
• Develop Total Communication programs across the school.
• Manage a diverse caseload and provide support to families.

Skills

Communication skills

Assessment skills

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Registration with the Health Professionals Council

Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Postgraduate training in specialist area

Job description

Speech and Language Therapist Band 5 Term Time Only

Are you a newly qualified or experienced Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist with an interest in paediatrics?

Weare looking to recruit a skilled and enthusiastic Speech and LanguageTherapist to join our friendly and supportive team at ShaftesburyVictoria School in Poole, Dorset.

Our vibrant school supportsstudents aged 3-19 with primarily physical and medical needs andassociated learning difficulties. We also have a number of students withAutistic Spectrum Condition.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate willdeliver speech and language therapy assessments and interventions tochildren with a variety of developmental disorders. You will beresponsible for developing Total Communication across the school andmanaging your own diverse caseload. Working closely with families andother professionals, you will provide an excellent quality of care andact as a source of information, support and advice.

Ideally, youwill have some experience of working with children either in a specialschool or within a paediatric speech and language therapy setting.Additional qualifications or experience within the field of dysphagiaand AAC would be an advantage, but is not essential.

We welcomeapplications from newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists.Working at Shaftesbury Victoria School offers exciting careerdevelopment and training opportunities. You will receive a comprehensiveinduction programme, access training, regular supervision and supportfrom an experienced team as well as opportunities for professionaldevelopment.

If you are passionate about working with youngpeople, able to use an integrated therapy and education approach;working with children, families, therapy and teaching staff to improveoutcomes for children, we would love to hear from you.

About us

Partof the national charity, Shaftesbury, Victoria School works withchildren and young adults to achieve independence and confidence.Shaftesbury is the disability charity that enables each child, youngperson and adult to live a life that adds up for them.

Benefits include -

• Company pension
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Job responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities:

• To assess and evaluate the communication skills of students and to liaise with teammembers.
• To determine aims and objectives for the development of communication skills for each individual in co-operation with education and therapy colleagues.
• To co-develop and deliver specialist programmes to enable students to access thecurriculum and achieve their individual learning goals.
• To select vocabulary and manage the maintenance of low and high tech communicationaids used by individual students and to support and develop students' functional use ofcommunication systems within the school environment.
• To plan, lead and supervise communication sessions for groups of students.
• To take a role in the eating and drinking team within own level of competence. Withguidance from dysphagia trained Speech and Language Therapists to identify dysphagia,take case histories, carry out oral assessment, and observe current habitual eating /swallowing practices.
• To attend meetings as required and liaise closely with all colleagues within theMultidisciplinary Team.
• To explain the aims and methods of management and involve the individual (whereappropriate) in discussion with parents/ guardians and carers.
• To act in an advisory capacity on communication and associated skills, as required.
• To keep up-to-date written student records and personal clinical observalions.
• To provide an initial assessment for potential new students and write accompanyingreports to establish a baseline and exceptional funding information, with relation to SaLTfor each individual. To provide subsequent progress reports.
• To plan and prioritise own client workload.
• To order equipment, as appropriate.
• To contribute to departmental research and development activities.
• To propose policy and procedural changes for own specialist area.
• To fully contribute to the School's quality assurance processes and procedures.
• To co-supervise the work of assistants and students.
• To provide clinical support for Speech and Language Therapy Assistants and students.
• To participate in the delivery of in-house training courses.
• To become aware of new developments in the field and to participate in the exchange ofideas.
• To ensure own continuous professional development.
• To be accountable for own professional actions: not directly supervised, work within codesof practice, professional guidelines and policies.
• To supervise less experienced therapists, assistants and students, as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent
• Registration with the Health Professionals Council
• Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Minimum of one year's post qualification experience within Paediatrics specialist area
• Post graduate training within specialist area
• Experience in advising colleagues on the management of
• individual needs.
• Specialist experience in working with clients who use AAC

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.

Depending on experienceBand 5 NHS equivalent, Term Time Only