Description
We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon Early Years team supporting children and young people who have a speech, language or communication need. You will be part of a supportive band 7 team and take a lead in developing projects and supervising more junior staff.
Main duties of the job:
- Provide a highly specialist assessment and intervention service for children 0-19 with Speech Language and or communication needs.
- Be part of the ADOS assessment process.
- Provide a highly specialist assessment and intervention service to children 0-19 who have swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties.
- Support in the development of training packages to early years settings, staff / parents / other professionals.
- Support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators, maintaining Target Activity Levels and demonstrating impact re quality and outcomes.
- Lead on quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service.
- Be responsible for the performance management of identified team members.
- Support the team leader in the leading and development of the team.
Benefits:
- A buddy who will meet with you every week at first to help you settle in.
- Regular supervision meetings with the team leader every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal and informal support.
- Termly peer supervision meetings.
- Regular meetings with the other band 7 SLTs.
- A busy but manageable caseload.
- Opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills and knowledge.
Requirements:
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent.
- Further training courses relevant to the post.
- Attendance at special interest group/ clinical excellence group.
- Health and Care Professions Council licence to practice.
- Registered member of relevant organisation eg Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Extensive experience of working in a mainstream/special school as a therapist.
- Training and experience of working with children with eating and swallowing difficulties.
- Experience of working within multidisciplinary /multi-agency team.