Children's Speech and Language TherapistinGatesheadinGatesheadPUBLISHED THU 31 OCT 2024

Are you passionate about providing therapy to children and young people? Do you enjoy working in a team to provide effective intervention for children and young people with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs (SLCN). Do you want to gain a breadth of experience across Children's Speech and Language Therapy?

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a vibrant team as a Generalist Speech and Language Therapist to provide assessment and therapy to the children of Gateshead in clinic, preschool, and home settings. You will gain and build on your experience across a wide range of disciplines in Speech and Language Therapy whilst working in a dynamic, and supportive team.

• To work within the Children's Speech and Language Therapy (CSLT) team to provide assessment and therapy to children and young people (0-19) with SLCNs.
• To provide clinic based therapy for children and young people with speech and language impairments.
• To provide impairment based therapy in nursery and home settings to preschool children with SLCN.
• To provide speech, language, and communication targets to educational settings.
• To provide advice and support to primary partners of children with SLCN.

This vacancy is part of our 'refer a friend' scheme, this means if a friend who currently works for us has told you about this vacancy you could both receive a cash payment. The full scheme details are included with the additional documents for this role.

About us

• To provide assessment, diagnosis and appropriate speech and language therapy interventions for children aged 0-19 years with a range of speech, language and communication needs (some of which may be complex in nature) with support and advice from senior clinicians as required.
• To develop and provide evidence based therapy programmes (individual/group)in a range of settings (clinic/home/school/online) with appropriate instruction and training for families and relevant professionals.
• Tomeasure therapy outcomes and develop suitableintervention plans in line with local guidelines.
• To provide appropriate clinical information, prepare reports, advice and clinical resources for patients, parents/carers and other relevant agencies within and outwith the NHS e.g. Local Authority, including advice for Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs).
• To plan and prioritise allocated patient caseloads based on patient need and local models of service delivery.
• To continually develop own clinical expertise, knowledge and clinical skills to enhance effective patientcare through engagement with clinical and child safeguarding supervision and continuing professional development. This will bepromoted through shadowing opportunities within the team and relevant training opportunities as agreed with clinical supervisors and identified within the appraisal process.
• To undertake relevant audit andR&D activity as identified within the community paediatricteam.
• To contribute to service planning, improvement and modernisation where appropriate to ensure patient safety dynamic