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The Children's Speech and Language Therapy service has vacancy for a Band 5 therapist seeking their first post, or looking for an opportunity to extend their experience and skills further at this level. The post holder will be part of our Early Years and Mainstream Schools Teams.
You will work with early years and school age children in a range of settings: community clinics; preschool settings; homes, schools and sometimes remotely. You will assess children, put together therapy plans, advise and train others as well as carrying out therapy yourself.
You will have a comprehensive induction period and be supported by friendly and experienced colleagues across all the teams. Specifically, you will havesupervision from a clinical lead fortnightly to begin with and then tailored to your needs. You will have easy access to a buddy for those questions you feel you can't keep asking and you will be part of a peer supervision group which meets every two or three months.
These are ideal posts to help you transition from NQT to therapist or to further develop a wide range of therapeutic skills to carry forward into your career. Well-structured supervision arrangements enable you to draw upon the wealth of experience within the wider team.
During your preceptorship year, clinical time will be reduced to allow a regular session for NQT development activities.
Main duties of the job
Our Speech and Language Therapy service is jointly funded by Health and Education and has a service specification that is broadly divided into Early Years and Schools. We use a universal, targeted and specialist approach focused on enabling the best possible communication between parents, carers and setting staff and the children and young people in their care.
You will work as part of a supportive and friendly team to:
Assess Children's Speech language and communication needs (SLCN) and the functional impact of these
Advise families and settings on how they can help reduce this impact and facilitate communication skills
Provide individual or group therapy, demonstrating to parents/carers and setting staff how they can use strategies and techniques
Train parents/carers and setting staff so that they are empowered to identify and manage their child's communication needs.
Write Reports and Intervention Plans, sharing information and setting targets with parents/carers and setting staff
Measure the success of your actions and report your outcomes
Maintain your clinical and professional development to be the best therapist you can be and progress in your career
Be part of clinical networks to ensure practice is evidence based and current.
About us
SCFT is committed to developing staff professionally - with access to training funds, frequent inhouse training and to staff Wellbeing with a range of resources and courses available within the Trust.
We also have equipment budgets which enable the service to continually improve resources for assessment and therapy.
As a large team (over 100 SALTs plus SALTAs and administrative staff across the Trust) wehave many opportunities for career development and it is often worth asking about the likely availability of additional sessions across the C-SALT team in West Sussex. If you think might be interested in working with us, why not get in touch?
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess and provide therapeutic input to children and young people with communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties.
To manage a caseload independently and to manage service priorities and client needs.
To assist in the organisation of caseloads within the scope of the post with support from other Speech and Language Therapists and/or relevant Clinical Lead, advising SLT Clinical Service Manager of shortfalls and difficulties as they arise.
Manage clinical risk within own caseload, and generate strategies for caseload management.
Adapt practice to meet the individual circumstances, having regard to cultural and linguistic differences. Ensure that the child/young person and parent/ carers are involved in planning and decision making relevant to therapy intervention.
To provide accurate and timely statistics as required by Speech and Language Therapy and Sussex Community Foundation Trust
To provide all clinical practice in line with HCPC Standards of Proficiency and RCSLT clinical guidelines, ratified local policies and with due regard to evidence based practice.
Any other duties in line with the band and scope of the post
Please see attached job description and person specification for more details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree
- HCPC registration applied for
Desirable
- RCSLT membership
Experience
Essential
- Ability to communicate well with people with communication difficulties
- Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level.
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to children with speech/language and communication difficulties
- Experience of evaluating research material to identify efficacy of therapeutic methods
- Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills.
- Good presentation skills, both written and verbal.
- Good organisational skills
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Horsham Hospital
Hurst Road, Horsham, West Sussex
Horsham
RH12 2DR
Employer's website
https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
