Job summary
Are you a newly qualified or experienced Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist with an interest in paediatrics?
We
are looking to recruit a skilled and enthusiastic Speech and Language
Therapist to join our friendly and supportive team at Shaftesbury
Victoria School in Poole, Dorset.
Our vibrant school supports
students aged 3-19 with primarily physical and medical needs and
associated learning difficulties. We also have a number of students with
Autistic Spectrum Condition.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will
deliver speech and language therapy assessments and interventions to
children with a variety of developmental disorders. You will be
responsible for developing Total Communication across the school and
managing your own diverse caseload. Working closely with families and
other professionals, you will provide an excellent quality of care and
act as a source of information, support and advice.
Ideally, you
will have some experience of working with children either in a special
school or within a paediatric speech and language therapy setting.
Additional qualifications or experience within the field of dysphagia
and AAC would be an advantage, but is not essential.
We welcome
applications from newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists.
Working at Shaftesbury Victoria School offers exciting career
development and training opportunities. You will receive a comprehensive
induction programme, access training, regular supervision and support
from an experienced team as well as opportunities for professional
development.
If you are passionate about working with young
people, able to use an integrated therapy and education approach;
working with children, families, therapy and teaching staff to improve
outcomes for children, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Part
of the national charity, Shaftesbury, Victoria School works with
children and young adults to achieve independence and confidence.
Shaftesbury is the disability charity that enables each child, young
person and adult to live a life that adds up for them.
Benefits include -
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Job description
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.
Job description
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
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent
- Registration with the Health Professionals Council
- Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Desirable
- 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent
- Registration with the Health Professionals Council
- Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Desirable
- 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
