Description
Cognus Limited is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join their team. The successful candidate will work with children and young people with Speech, Language & Communication Needs (SLCN) across the London Borough of Sutton.
The role involves advising and supporting local schools/settings, visiting and assessing children and young people with SLCN, delivering specialist programmes, offering advice to parents and carers, maintaining records, screening and prioritising new referrals, carrying out assessments, providing reports, planning and delivering interventions, and promoting effective inclusion.
The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team of speech therapists and occupational therapists, and will have the opportunity to work in local schools and colleges across the 4-25 years age range.
Responsibilities:
- Advising and supporting local schools/settings with children and young people with SLCN
- Visiting and assessing children and young people with SLCN
- Delivering specialist programmes on an individual and/or small group basis
- Offering advice to parents and carers as well as teaching staff
- Maintaining children's and young people's records
- Screening and prioritising new referrals
- Carrying out assessments and interpreting factors relating to the child's condition
- Providing reports to referrers and other agencies
- Planning, creating, and delivering tailored interventions
- Collaborating with partner agencies to create effective transition support
- Promoting effective inclusion of children and young people into the school curriculum
- Attending and contributing to team meetings
- Participating in clinical audit, service development activities, and research programmes
- Engaging in continual professional development
Requirements:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Experience as a paediatric speech and language therapist
- Relevant qualifications including registration with HCPC
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise and deliver results to high standards
- Commitment to safeguarding and protection of children
Benefits:
- Competitive salary: £44,660.21 to £53,046.29 per year
- Agenda for Change pay scheme
- Permanent contract
- Full-time, part-time, flexible working, and term-time hours available
Location:
- Railway Approach, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 0DZ