Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in Mitcham inMitcham PUBLISHED TUE 3 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section
Job description
Merton Community Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service
Band 7 Highly Specialist - Children's Speech & Language Therapist
(Complex Needs and Dysphagia)
Part-time/negotiable
Do you feel passionately about delivering the best possible SLT care to children and young people with complex communication needs and dysphagia?
Do you want to develop and support the dysphagia needs of our SLT team?
Want a chance to shape and influence SLT clinical service delivery?
We are looking for an experienced, passionate Speech & Language Therapist with complex needs experience and paediatric dysphagia skills to be part of our dynamic team in Merton.
Your role will be to provide assessment, advice and treatment for dysphagia to infants, children and young people (birth-19yrs) and for communication to an early years complex needs caseload in the community. You will also support and develop the wider team's paediatric dysphagia knowledge. You will work as part of the Preschool Complex Needs Team, including work in clinics/schools and family homes with a largely preschool population. This is a unique opportunity for the right person to assist in developing and supporting the paediatric dysphagia skills of SLTs in Merton. The successful candidate will also need to demonstrate an understanding of current alternative and augmentative communication approaches (high, mid and low tech).
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