Highly Specialist SaLT - Special Schools - NEW HIRE BONUS £1500inKempstoninKempstonPUBLISHED FRI 29 NOV 2024

**This post attracts a New Hire Bonus of £1,500 (pro- rata for part time staff), please see attached terms and conditions.**

Would you like to be part of a team of talented, skilled and compassionate Speech and Language Therapists and Support Workers?

Are you looking for a new challenge and motivated to make a difference?

We are recruiting for an enthusiastic Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who is a first class Clinician with strong communication and interpersonal skills to join our friendly and welcoming team.

The successful candidate will work in special schools as part of our complex needs team, working with children with both communication and swallowing difficulties. Training and development opportunities are available for those seeking to develop a specialism in complex needs.

As a Trust:

Cambridgeshire Community Services is not merely a healthcare institution but a beacon of universal care, diversity, exceptional patient care, lifelong learning, and an enriching work-life balance.

As a Service we provide:

Full Trust and service induction.

Formal and informal training for the role, including shadowing opportunities.

Regular clinical supervision and a mentoring system.

Excellent Continued Professional Development opportunities including in-house training and external courses.

Reflective clinical forums and buddying systems.

Regular whole service and locality team meetings.

The post holder will be responsible for the management of a clinical caseload in special schools. The role will involve working independently and managing complex cases. The post holder will hold both a communication and dysphagia caseload.

As a Clinical Lead, the post holder will supervise and support more junior staff and contribute to service improvement and re-development.

There is an opportunity for the successful candidate to complete training, and receive in-service support, to achieve their dysphagia competencies.

About us

Use specialist clinical skills to manage a caseload of children with complex difficulties in speech, language, communication and/or eating and drinking (dysphagia) and AAC.

Identify, assess and diagnose communication/swallowing impairments and determine appropriate intervention for effective treatment.

To assess children and provide written recommendations and ongoing support for implementation, for class teams.

Attend and provide reports to Annual Reviews/Multi Agency Meetings as appropriate.

Provide Communication Support and advice in relation to functional communication, to support teaching and learning.

Demonstrate specific speech and language therapy support programmes and the use of equipment to specific teachers or groups of staff.

Provide guidance and whole school training in relation to functional communication including receptive, expressive and interactional skills.

To provide guidance and whole school training in relation to communication development.

To contribute to relevant research, audit and development work within the schools, relating to the Speech Language and Communication curriculum.

Take a clinical lead role in service development and actively contribute to the development of the SLT service in special schools.

To attend relevant meetings as required within school or as part of wider SLT team.

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