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SalaryTo provide high-quality Speech and Language Therapy services to children and young people to maximise communication potential.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000.
Articulates with:
Executive Director. Leads and Senior team members. Whole team. Will work in partnership with families, the workforce within the locality and commissioners
Essential requirements
• Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Degree or Masters.
• Registration with RCSLT and HCPC.
• Respect for confidential information.
• Enhanced DBS applied.
• Commitment to Communicate’s mission, vision and values.
Core responsibilities.
• To provide a Speech and Language therapy services to children, directly and through support to their families and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide speech, language and communication assessments for children and young people in consultation with their families, the multi-disciplinary team and other SLTs and SLTAs.
• Keep accurate records and provide written reports.
• Set targets for therapy and monitor progress. • Provide intervention on an individual or group basis as required.
• Develop and demonstrate SLT programmes and groups for pupils.
• Able to make independent decisions about caseload management.
• Hold responsibility for own caseload, working under supervision of a senior SLT.
• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the planning, development and delivery of an effective and efficient service.
• Liaise with other involved agencies and with families to provide an integrated service.
• Support SLT student placements.
• Access clinical supervision within the team via regular meetings, supervision, mentoring and appraisals.
• Be committed to continuing their professional development.
• Support the delivery of training programmes to others and contribute to the development of training.
• Contribute to the evaluation and monitoring of services.
• Participate in audits of performance against defined standards, policies and procedures
Desirable requirements
• Experience working as an SLT with children, young people who have Speech, Language and Communication Needs, their families and the Multi-agency team.
• Experience working within early years settings and schools.
• Able to give and receive positive and critical feedback
Person specification
• Shares Communicate’s values and behaves in line with these at all times.
• Enthusiastic about making a difference to children through a consultative SLT model.
• Highly skilled communicator both face to face and written.
• Value working within a team and with people.
• Capable of working both independently and collaboratively.
• Able to be flexible and adapt to change.
• Able to inspire, support, skill, praise and provide feedback to others.
• Capacity for organised and flexible work.
• Respect for other roles within children’s workforce, styles and approaches.
• Good theoretical knowledge base and commitment to evidence based practise.
• A commitment to provide effective services and continued improvement
• Able to reflect, learn and change within every day work and during continuing professional development.
