Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 SLT to join our SLT education service. The post includes working with a varied caseload across mainstream schools in the inner London boroughs of Westminster, and Kensington & Chelsea. This is a part-time role working 22.5 hours per week.

The post holder will provide advice to others regarding the management and care of children with communication difficulties. They will be accountable for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice from senior colleagues as appropriate. They will also provide some day-to-day supervision and peer review support to less experienced colleagues and students, including second opinions when necessary, and run appropriate training independently for school and other staff.

Key duties include:

• Assessing the need for, developing and implementing Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
• Analysing auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of children's communication and identifying appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in the home, school and other relevant settings.
• Making appropriate clinical decisions following assessment, using evidence-based practice and outcome measurement to provide the most effective treatment to children and their families within clearly defined care plans.
• Making differential diagnoses on the basis of evidence from assessment.
• Demonstrating clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures relevant to the field.

We can offer you:

• Work within innovative, motivated and well-established teams, in a supportive and progressive environment.
• Joint working with other professionals, parents, and class teams to develop a shared understanding of each child's speech, language and communication needs and how these can be supported.
• Support to develop your supervision skills and skills in training others.
• Access to 1:1 & peer group supervision sessions and a regular in-house training programme to develop clinical skills.

The salary for this role is £47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS.