Job summary
Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies - Speech & Language Therapy Service are looking to appoint a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.
There are opportunities to work within the School Years service in both mainstream schools and Autism Designated Specialist Provisions. We will work with the successful applicant to build a role that meets their interests and development needs.
There is the opportunity for professional development with the support of a large team of therapists & assistants. You will have access to admin, managerial & clinical support.
Our support offer includes:
- regular 1:1 supervision
- peer support meetings
- Good practice CPD sessions and external training
- Evidence Based Practice newsletter
- Oxleas Beyond Preceptorship programme
Main duties of the job
The Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies - Speech and Language Therapy service offer a range of services across three sub-teams: Early Years, School Years and Special Schools. Clinical specialist expertise is available across the whole service and includes: AAC, ASD, Deafness, DLD, Phonology, Dysphagia and SEMH. As the post holder you will:
- independently manage a caseload whilst utilising knowledge and skills of colleagues
- have opportunity to refine both assessment and intervention skills
- work as part of a team with teachers, outreach services and other health professionals
- support parent/carers and children/young people in all issues related to clinical care with support from more experienced colleagues
- provide a specialist clinical and advisory Speech and Language Therapy service to children and young people with diverse speech, language and communication needs
- work with Principal and Highly Specialist colleagues leading on Service Improvement Plans
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our values:
- We're Kind
- We're
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be part of the Greenwich Integrated Therapies service, working alongside Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues.
You will have access to administrative, managerial and clinical support. Training and career development is well supported within Oxleas with the opportunity to attend both internal and external training. Examples of training offered recently or planned in the future include: Nuffield Dyspraxia, Shape Coding, PECS, Bilingualism, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Evidence based for DLD Moor House, Core Vocabulary Intervention, Attention Autism.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details of the role and the Person Specification for essential and desirable requirements of the post holder.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be part of the Greenwich Integrated Therapies service, working alongside Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues.
You will have access to administrative, managerial and clinical support. Training and career development is well supported within Oxleas with the opportunity to attend both internal and external training. Examples of training offered recently or planned in the future include: Nuffield Dyspraxia, Shape Coding, PECS, Bilingualism, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Evidence based for DLD Moor House, Core Vocabulary Intervention, Attention Autism.
Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details of the role and the Person Specification for essential and desirable requirements of the post holder.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree/equivalent qualification
- Registered with the HCPC
- Registered with the RCSLT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in schools
- Experience of working with clients with a range of SLCN
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions
Desirable
- Experience of training others
- Experience of implementing and supporting a range of therapeutic approaches
Skills
Essential
- Well established knowledge of a range of standardised and functional assessment tools relevant to the client group
- A working knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group
- Understanding the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
- Ability to communicate complex information to others where there may be barriers to understanding
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised degree/equivalent qualification
- Registered with the HCPC
- Registered with the RCSLT
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in schools
- Experience of working with clients with a range of SLCN
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions
Desirable
- Experience of training others
- Experience of implementing and supporting a range of therapeutic approaches
Skills
Essential
- Well established knowledge of a range of standardised and functional assessment tools relevant to the client group
- A working knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group
- Understanding the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
- Ability to communicate complex information to others where there may be barriers to understanding
Desirable
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).
