Job summary
IANDS provides a multi-agency team approach to working with babies, children and young people who present with additional needs and complex disability. We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and highly motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join this service for 6 months to cover maternity leave, who is able to work sensitively with children and young people and who is committed to family centred practice. You will gain experience working in early years within a community clinic setting, managing a caseload alongside colleagues.
The Early Years Speech and Language Therapy service provides assessment and therapy for children under 5 years of age with a range of speech, language & communication needs. They deliver a variety of packages of care, including assessment, language groups and parent-child interaction therapy, for which the service has a national reputation. The post also has responsibility for providing specialist assessment and intervention to pre-school children across Islington with Down Syndrome.
You will receive a high level of clinical support and supervision for all aspects of the post, both formally and informally.
We offer:
- a large team of friendly, supportive colleagues
- opportunities for frequent contact with other speech and language therapists
- a well developed support, supervision and appraisal structure
- extensive opportunities for continuing professional development
- a full programme of induction
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work in the Early Years Speech and Language Therapy team which provides clinic-based assessment, support and intervention for pre-school children with a range of speech, language and communication needs, including speech delay/disorder, language difficulties/disorder, selective mutism and social communication differences. This role also includes covering the Down's Syndrome caseload.
The post holder will carry out assessments and provide a range of interventions, including language groups, video Parent-Child Interaction therapy (vPCI) and speech sound therapy.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will design, deliver and analyse assessments, both informal and formal, as appropriate for children under 5. They will make differential diagnoses and give timely and tailored advice and support to parents/carers and key others, to ensure they feel confident to implement strategies and activities across the child's various communication environments. The post holder will deliver direct intervention, which may be individual, paired or group therapy, working collaboratively with parent/carers throughout the therapeutic process and in goal-setting, ensuring therapy plans are evidence-based and using outcome measures to monitor effectiveness and progress.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will design, deliver and analyse assessments, both informal and formal, as appropriate for children under 5. They will make differential diagnoses and give timely and tailored advice and support to parents/carers and key others, to ensure they feel confident to implement strategies and activities across the child's various communication environments. The post holder will deliver direct intervention, which may be individual, paired or group therapy, working collaboratively with parent/carers throughout the therapeutic process and in goal-setting, ensuring therapy plans are evidence-based and using outcome measures to monitor effectiveness and progress.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification documents.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BSc. Speech & Language Therapy or Equivalent
- HCPC licence to practise, and registered member of RCSLT
- Successful completion of NQP competencies
- Successful completion of specialist short or post graduate courses relevant to field, e.g. Hanen, vPCI, VERVE, DLD, Down's Syndrome, Selective Mutism
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Working with pre-school children with a range of developmental speech, language and communication needs in clinic
Desirable
- Mentoring, advising, supporting and clinically supervising less experienced SLTs and assistants
- Writing statutory assessment / EHCP advice
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of a wide range of assessment tools and procedures to evaluate speech, language and communication skills in pre-school children
- Knowledge of the key characteristics leading to a differential diagnosis relevant to a range of speech, language and communication disorders
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to developing the speech, language and communication skills of pre-school children, demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of a specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to pre-school children with Down's Syndrome, demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BSc. Speech & Language Therapy or Equivalent
- HCPC licence to practise, and registered member of RCSLT
- Successful completion of NQP competencies
- Successful completion of specialist short or post graduate courses relevant to field, e.g. Hanen, vPCI, VERVE, DLD, Down's Syndrome, Selective Mutism
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Working with pre-school children with a range of developmental speech, language and communication needs in clinic
Desirable
- Mentoring, advising, supporting and clinically supervising less experienced SLTs and assistants
- Writing statutory assessment / EHCP advice
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of a wide range of assessment tools and procedures to evaluate speech, language and communication skills in pre-school children
- Knowledge of the key characteristics leading to a differential diagnosis relevant to a range of speech, language and communication disorders
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to developing the speech, language and communication skills of pre-school children, demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of a specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to pre-school children with Down's Syndrome, demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
