Speech and Language Therapist - Mainstream Schools TeaminHillingdoninHillingdonPUBLISHED THU 16 JAN 2025
Band 5: £34,521 to £41,956 a year Per annum incl. HCAS [pro rata if part time]
PERMANENT GOOD SALARY
CASELOAD NHS SLT THERAPY PACK
Great opportunity for professional development with a varied caseload, enhancing clinical skills.
Supportive work environment with regular peer support meetings and supervision from senior therapists.
Ability to work directly with children in both group and individual settings, making a meaningful impact on their lives.
Flexibility in planning and delivering services in collaboration with school staff, allowing for creativity and effectiveness in therapy.
Opportunity to train and support school staff and parents, fostering a collaborative approach to improving student outcomes.
Contribution to the development of clinical services through participation in working groups and quality governance projects.
Focus on safeguarding and supporting vulnerable children, aligning with a commitment to social responsibility.
The role of Speech and Language Therapist in the Mainstream Schools Team with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is aimed at recently qualified or soon-to-be-qualified individuals who are passionate about working in mainstream school settings. Based in Hillingdon, the position involves assessing and providing therapy to children with various speech, language, and communication needs, including developmental language disorder, speech sound disorders, and autism. The therapist will work collaboratively with children, teaching staff, and parents, offering training and support, while maintaining a flexible schedule in partnership with the school's SENCO.
The role emphasises the importance of safeguarding vulnerable children, contributing to clinical groups for service development, and engaging in quality governance and audits to meet performance indicators. The therapist will also be responsible for writing assessments and reports, ensuring effective interventions, and fostering a supportive and collaborative environment through regular peer meetings and supervision.
The role emphasises the importance of safeguarding vulnerable children, contributing to clinical groups for service development, and engaging in quality governance and audits to meet performance indicators. The therapist will also be responsible for writing assessments and reports, ensuring effective interventions, and fostering a supportive and collaborative environment through regular peer meetings and supervision.
Great opportunity for professional development with a varied caseload, enhancing clinical skills.
Supportive work environment with regular peer support meetings and supervision from senior therapists.
Ability to work directly with children in both group and individual settings, making a meaningful impact on their lives.
Flexibility in planning and delivering services in collaboration with school staff, allowing for creativity and effectiveness in therapy.
Opportunity to train and support school staff and parents, fostering a collaborative approach to improving student outcomes.
Contribution to the development of clinical services through participation in working groups and quality governance projects.
Focus on safeguarding and supporting vulnerable children, aligning with a commitment to social responsibility.
Are you a recently Qualified or soon to be qualified Speech and Language Therapist? Or do you just want to try something new?
Do you love working in mainstream schools?
We have an exciting job for you!
We want to invite you to join the incredibly supportive Mainstream Schools Team working in the outer London Borough of Hillingdon.
Have a look at our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to see if we would be a good fit for you
"Starting my career as a Speech and Language Therapist in Hillingdon Mainstream Schools team has given me a brilliant platform to develop my clinical skills with a varied caseload. Everyone is really friendly and I feel very supported through regular peer support meetings, buddying, safeguarding supervision and supervision with a senior therapist. "- Hannah- band 5.
- You will be responsible for the assessment and therapy for the children attending your allocated schools who have identified SLCN needs including: developmental language disorder, speech sound disorders, stammering, selective mutism, learning difficulties and autism
- You will work directly with the children in groups and individually with an LSA observing the sessions in order to run follow up intervention
- You will offer training, advice and support to school staff
- You will support parents and keep in touch with them via phone calls or meetings, as well as sending them copies of care plans and targets and any reports
- You will jointly plan how to use your time in schools with the SENCO; allowing you to be flexible, creative and effective
- You will write statutory assessment and annual review reports
- You will be part of clinical working groups to help develop the service
About us
- To provide a service to children/young people in mainstream schools who have a speech, language or communication need.
- To be responsible for providing assessment, diagnosis & therapy packages into allocated schools.
- To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
- To support schools with the early identification of children with speech/language/communication needs.
- To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
- To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
- To take part in quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service
- To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
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