Job summary
Band 7 - Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist: Cluster Lead Schools Service
Paediatric Community Services- Newham, East London Foundation Trust
Are you an experienced speech and language therapist looking to develop your leadership skills?
We have an exciting opportunity, in our new joint commissioned SLT schools service, to be a 'Custer lead' SLT. This role will provide clinical leadership to a small team of schools speech and language therapists.
Within the role, you will have protected leadership time to coordinate and oversee the delivery of speech therapy to schools within your allocated cluster. This will include providing support, supervision and training to staff within your cluster along with line management responsibilities. The post holder will also manage a caseload of schools providing assessment, advice and intervention.
There will be opportunity to continue to develop your clinical skills and be involved in service development and improvement work. Come and be part of an award winning team!
Based at the child development centre, in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham, close to the Olympic Park in the heart of London's East End (with excellent transport links with the rest of London and Essex).
For more information, contact: Natalie Blanchard Clinical Lead Schools SLT service Natalie.Blanchard@nhs.net phone: 078265448204
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will take a lead as an autonomous practitioner in coordinating and overseeing the speech and language referrals and service delivery within a schools cluster group. This will include allocation of referrals and overseeing service delivery to schools, escalating issues to the service lead as appropriate.
- The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner managing their own caseload and schools and prioritising activities to meet demands and required deadlines. This will include assessing and supporting a range of communication difficulties in children and young people within the schools service. They will provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and management of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and other associated language learning and communication impairments.
- The post holder will be responsible for supporting a range of key stakeholders including school based staff, parents and carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team. This may involve training and modelling strategies to others working with the young person.
- The post holder will support coordination of student placements and oversee the quality of placements -reporting any issues to the clinical lead.
- To contribute to service development and deputise for the clinical lead
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be part of the speech therapy service school service and will have responsibility as a cluster lead to coordinate the services provided to schools within their cluster.
The cluster leadership duties will involve coordination and allocation of referrals made to the service including EHC Needs assessment. The role has 0.2 wte protected for the cluster lead /coordination role.
The post holder will ensure effective and efficient systems are in place for the smooth delivery of the core and traded services to schools. The post holder will be supported by the Clinical Lead for the service.
To be the First point of contact for SaLT colleagues and schools within the cluster locality; facilitating problem solving relating to service delivery issues e.g workload, complaints and providing support to colleagues
To provide training and specialist second opinions to SaLT colleagues in the cluster and lead on service improvement projects.
To provide clinical supervision including support, monitoring and assisting with performance management in conjunction with line manager
The post holder will be responsible for supporting parents and school based staff to deliver delegated therapy programmes in order to best support young people to access educational and community environments. This may involve training and modelling strategies to others working with the child/young person.
The post holder will provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and management of a variety of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and other associated language learning and communication impairments for children and young peoples within the mainstream school service working as an autonomous practitioner maintaining their own caseload.
The post holder will contribute to refining pathways / models of provision to support young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). You will be a leading contributor to auditing and measuring outcomes in order to support staff development recruitment and retention within the SLT service.
The post holder will deputise for the clinical lead as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be part of the speech therapy service school service and will have responsibility as a cluster lead to coordinate the services provided to schools within their cluster.
The cluster leadership duties will involve coordination and allocation of referrals made to the service including EHC Needs assessment. The role has 0.2 wte protected for the cluster lead /coordination role.
The post holder will ensure effective and efficient systems are in place for the smooth delivery of the core and traded services to schools. The post holder will be supported by the Clinical Lead for the service.
To be the First point of contact for SaLT colleagues and schools within the cluster locality; facilitating problem solving relating to service delivery issues e.g workload, complaints and providing support to colleagues
To provide training and specialist second opinions to SaLT colleagues in the cluster and lead on service improvement projects.
To provide clinical supervision including support, monitoring and assisting with performance management in conjunction with line manager
The post holder will be responsible for supporting parents and school based staff to deliver delegated therapy programmes in order to best support young people to access educational and community environments. This may involve training and modelling strategies to others working with the child/young person.
The post holder will provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and management of a variety of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and other associated language learning and communication impairments for children and young peoples within the mainstream school service working as an autonomous practitioner maintaining their own caseload.
The post holder will contribute to refining pathways / models of provision to support young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). You will be a leading contributor to auditing and measuring outcomes in order to support staff development recruitment and retention within the SLT service.
The post holder will deputise for the clinical lead as required
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- oHealth and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- oSuccessful completion of specialist courses relevant to the specialism,
- oClinical supervisors course for staff and students
Desirable
- oRegistered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
Experience
Essential
- oSubstantial relevant and varied post graduate experience within field of paediatric speech and language therapy
- oExperience of assessment and intervention within a wide range of SLCN conditions
- oExpereince of writing EHCP health advice and formulating specified and quantified interventions
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision to SLT students
- oExperience of developing and delivering training to staff and other professionals/ parents
- oExperience of working within an MDT
- oExperience of working within community and school settings
- oExperience of providing support and supervision for junior staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oIn depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)
- oIn depth knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
- oAbility to work collaboratively with young people, parents and colleagues
- oAbility to share sensitive and complex information with families and professionals.
- or work alone or in a group for clinical sessions-working as an autonomous practitioner.
- oAbility to share sensitive and complex information with families and professionals
- oExcellent organisational , time management and prioritisation skills
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
- oUnderstanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- oKnowledge of standards of record keeping
- oKnowledge of safeguarding - adults and children
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- oHealth and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- oSuccessful completion of specialist courses relevant to the specialism,
- oClinical supervisors course for staff and students
Desirable
- oRegistered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
Experience
Essential
- oSubstantial relevant and varied post graduate experience within field of paediatric speech and language therapy
- oExperience of assessment and intervention within a wide range of SLCN conditions
- oExpereince of writing EHCP health advice and formulating specified and quantified interventions
- oExperience of providing clinical supervision to SLT students
- oExperience of developing and delivering training to staff and other professionals/ parents
- oExperience of working within an MDT
- oExperience of working within community and school settings
- oExperience of providing support and supervision for junior staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oIn depth knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)
- oIn depth knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
- oAbility to work collaboratively with young people, parents and colleagues
- oAbility to share sensitive and complex information with families and professionals.
- or work alone or in a group for clinical sessions-working as an autonomous practitioner.
- oAbility to share sensitive and complex information with families and professionals
- oExcellent organisational , time management and prioritisation skills
- In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
- oUnderstanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- oKnowledge of standards of record keeping
- oKnowledge of safeguarding - adults and children
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).
