SLT Team Lead for Preschool Early Interaction Team

Job summary

SLT Team Lead for Preschool Early Interaction Team

Band 7 - 30 hours

• To provide an effective and efficient speech and language therapy service to young people within the Preschool Service.
• To lead and provide clinical expertise within the Early Interaction Team (EIT) as a job share (both job share roles equalling 1.0 wte), with day to day responsibility for co-ordinating the service, and taking responsibility for staff personal development and line management.
• To have an overview of the service delivered by the team, and providing data as required
• To take a lead role in service development for the EIT, leading in the use of audit and outcomes to measure and improve the quality of care
• To work as part of the multidisciplinary team, including other health professionals, and education staff
• To provide support for other members of the Speech and Language Therapy team

Main duties of the job

• 1.To lead the Preschool Early Interaction Team (EIT), monitoring waiting lists, overseeing training and development, providing line management and liaising with the wider workforce.

  2. To provide supervision and support for staff within the Speech and Language Therapy Service.

  3.To conduct annual personal development conversations, line management responsibilities and support personal development

  4. To monitor service delivery and outcomes for the team

  5.Responsibility for developing and implementing specific team objectives or projects. Reports back to whole team

  6. To provide highly specialist assessment, advice and therapy (both group and/or individual, as appropriate), and ongoing assessment and review

About us

We are a welcoming and supportive team of around 40 members of staff. We consist of Speech and Language Therapists, Assistants and Admin staff ranging from bands 2 to 8.

We provide a robust line management and clinical supervision structure to ensure members of staff feel confident to provide a constantly improving service to our children, young people and their families'.