Job summary
We are looking for an experienced speech and language therapist to join our schools' team as an Autism Specialist. This post is 3 days a week and you would hold a small clinical caseload and provide a range of support for the school-based speech and language therapists in our team. This support would consist of activities like:
Training SLTs or school staff on a range of topics linked to autism
Supervision of junior SLTs in the team
Joint sessions with school based SLTs to provide advice and support on complex cases
Quality checking EHCP advice and supporting staff to write high quality reports
Ensuring our service is offering up to date, evidence-based advice and support in the area of Autism and Social Communication Differences.
You will have a key role in our Autism pathway across mainstream schools (primary and secondary) and link up with colleagues in our Under 5s SCD team along with professionals in Educational Psychology and the Phoenix Outreach Team.
Main duties of the job
The Community Children's Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service sits in the Specialist Community Children's Services within the Children and Young People's Division of Barts Health NHS Trust. It offers a community-based service to the children of Tower Hamlets and is delivered predominantly in clinics, schools, pre-school settings and service users' homes. It aims to address the communication and eating and drinking needs of the child population through the provision of universal, targeted and specialist level services. Services are commissioned by a range of commissioners including the Clinical Commissioning Group, Local Authority and Individual Schools.
The post holder is an autonomous and highly specialist practitioner who provides assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and intervention in the management of children and young people with social communication difficulties or a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). S/He will work flexibly within the team to meet the needs of children in mainstream schools and community settings.
The post holder provides clinical support in the specialist area of social communication disorders and ASD, and clinical supervision to junior speech and language therapists. This will include providing support for SLTs writing Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment advice. S/He will be required to line manage speech and language therapists.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and The Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of post-graduate training in clinical areas related to autistic children.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of organising and ensuring care of equipment and resources
- Experience of multidisciplinary working within health and / or education
- Extensive experience of working with children and / or young people with social communication disorders and ASD
- Evidence of attending specific and relevant training courses and further developing clinical knowledge in areas related to the post
Desirable
- Experience of supervision / management of staff
- Experience of working in deprived socio-economic, inner-city areas
- Clinical experience of working with bilingual families and families from a range of cultural and religious practices in the community
- Experience of clinical governance, including evidence-based practice, audit, quality standards, target-setting, and evaluation
- Experience in the organisation and presentation of workshops, courses, or other training packages
- Experience of working collaboratively with others as part of a speech and language therapy or multi-disciplinary team
- Working knowledge of the Care Aims Model
- Experience of providing universal and targeted level support
- Experience of working in an ASD diagnostic team
- Experience of working with children and / or young people with social communication disorders and ASD in a resourced provision or special school setting
- Experience of working with children and / or young people with social communication disorders and ASD in mainstream school settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Applied knowledge of issues relating to the SEN Code of Practice
- Up-to-date knowledge of the theory and practice relating to ASD
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of child development, and the broad range of communication difficulties and implications of difficulties for a child
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group(s)
- Knowledge of a range of interventions and well-developed applied knowledge of more specialised intervention techniques relevant to the client group(s)
- Well-developed awareness of the issues around training parents and professionals
- Excellent awareness of standards of record-keeping
Desirable
- Awareness of clinical governance
- Good working knowledge of SCERTS framework.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and The Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of post-graduate training in clinical areas related to autistic children.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of organising and ensuring care of equipment and resources
- Experience of multidisciplinary working within health and / or education
- Extensive experience of working with children and / or young people with social communication disorders and ASD
- Evidence of attending specific and relevant training courses and further developing clinical knowledge in areas related to the post
Desirable
- Experience of supervision / management of staff
- Experience of working in deprived socio-economic, inner-city areas
- Clinical experience of working with bilingual families and families from a range of cultural and religious practices in the community
- Experience of clinical governance, including evidence-based practice, audit, quality standards, target-setting, and evaluation
- Experience in the organisation and presentation of workshops, courses, or other training packages
- Experience of working collaboratively with others as part of a speech and language therapy or multi-disciplinary team
- Working knowledge of the Care Aims Model
- Experience of providing universal and targeted level support
- Experience of working in an ASD diagnostic team
- Experience of working with children and / or young people with social communication disorders and ASD in a resourced provision or special school setting
- Experience of working with children and / or young people with social communication disorders and ASD in mainstream school settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Applied knowledge of issues relating to the SEN Code of Practice
- Up-to-date knowledge of the theory and practice relating to ASD
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of child development, and the broad range of communication difficulties and implications of difficulties for a child
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group(s)
- Knowledge of a range of interventions and well-developed applied knowledge of more specialised intervention techniques relevant to the client group(s)
- Well-developed awareness of the issues around training parents and professionals
- Excellent awareness of standards of record-keeping
Desirable
- Awareness of clinical governance
- Good working knowledge of SCERTS framework.
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).
