Bank Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

Temporary Bank Speech and Language Therapist – Band 5 / Band 6

Hours: 30 or 37.5 hours per week Working pattern: Monday to Friday Contract: Temporary / Bank Band: Band 5 or Band 6, dependent on experience

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join our temporary bank team, working Monday to Friday on either a 30-hour or 37.5-hour per week basis.

The successful candidate will work with school-aged children in mainstream schools, supporting children and young people with a range of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician to provide high-quality specialist Speech and Language Therapy within an educational setting and make a meaningful difference to children’s communication, learning and participation.

Main duties of the job

  • Working with increasing independence to provide assessment, diagnosis, appropriate intervention and discharge for children within the role..
  • Working closely with children, families and other professionals, providing advice to others regarding the clinical management to support children and young people as relevant to the post.
  • Supporting the delivery of a wide range of school aged intervention packages in relation to the whole system approach to supporting speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) within designated locality community & school settings.
  • Understanding and meeting professional and legal SEND responsibilities outlined in the Children and Families Act 2014 including contributing to statutory assessments of special educational needs and delivery of Speech and Language Therapy provision as specified in children’s Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values & the behaviours aligned to those values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification:

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of supporting CYP, families and schools in line with the Children and Families Act 2014 including contribution to statutory assessments (Education Health and Care Plan Needs Assessments), contribution to the annual review process and delivery of SLT provision as specified in Education health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
  • Collaborative work with parents and other professionals
  • Experience Training others
  • Working with children in clinics and/or school based settings

Desirable

  • Experience Training others
  • Working with multi-cultural client groups
  • Interest to develop clinical specialism in education
  • Training/experience of supporting students and more junior qualified therapists including provision of supervision and line management
  • Post graduate clinical experience in paediatric dysphagia

Key Attributes

Essential

  • Able to maintain prolonged concentration in order to assess the speech, language and communication skills of CYP using formal and informal assessments
  • To be occupational health cleared for the role specified.
  • IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of typical child development Speech and Language, Play and other milestones
  • Good working knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for school aged CYP with Speech, Language and Communication needs and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual CYP
  • Understanding and application of Education Practice and Policy including the Children and Families Act 2014
  • Understanding of Religious, Cultural and Linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management
  • Awareness of national policies and procedures (relevant to the Education) Knowledge of the principles of audit
  • Good understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
  • Up to date knowledge of professional standards of record keeping
  • Holistic view of communication problems and philosophy to back this
  • Ability to organise and manage own caseload independently and support other more junior staff manage their caseload
  • Working in partnership with other members of the MDT
  • Working in collaboration with children and young people, parents/carers and families
  • Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment diagnosis and treatment of children with a broad range of speech, language and communication difficulties
  • Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
  • Manual dexterity sufficient to carry out swallowing assessment and use of high and low technical assessment equipment
  • Valuing and advocating for all communication styles and preferences
  • Understanding of child development including Speech and Language, Play and other milestones
  • Knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for children with Speech, Language and Communication needs and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual children

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Clinical Governance

Education/Qualification

Essential

  • Degree and Licence to Practise from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
  • Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT
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