Speech and Language Therapist Band 5
An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide high quality, evidence-based speech and language therapy service promoting participation and functional activity of children and young people.
You will provide speech and language therapy to children and young people accessing The Children's Trust Neuro rehabilitation services, including assessment and intervention to children with acquired brain injuries, neurodisabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions. Our service delivery aims to promote outcome-focused interventions, safe care, function and participation of children and young people accessing home, school and community life. You will support the delivery of child and family focused, goal led interventions, working in collaboration with education, multi-agency, and multidisciplinary teams.
This role is not open to sponsorship.
Staff benefits include shuttle bus, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment. Additional annual leave days for those with long service ranging from 35 to 41 days including bank holidays. Free on-site parking, staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation subject to availability, ability to retain NHS pension.
Role Requirements
* Provide high quality, evidence-based speech and language therapy provision for children and young people attending The Children's Trust Neurorehabilitation and step-down services, in partnership with other members of the Multidisciplinary Team.
* Devise individualised, speech and language therapy programmes and strategies that fit within the child's daily routine, whether to be carried out by parents or members of the Multidisciplinary Team with the support of senior Speech and Language Therapists. These should be monitored, evaluated and adjusted appropriately according to the needs of the child.
* Develop therapy goals, in collaboration with the child and family/carers, as well as the multidisciplinary and education teams, other health professionals and agencies, to facilitate the participation of the child in their life skills.
* Facilitate and support discussion around outcomes as part of the child or young persons intervention plan and support the multidisciplinary and education teams with measuring short-term targets, through using the therapy outcome measurement tools e.g., Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS).
* Complete children's outcomes as part of our NHS England national contract including FIM FAM, Rehabilitation complexity scale, in a timely fashion.
* Contribute to child related reports in a timely manner in line with organisational targets.
* Keep appropriate and accurate intervention records, fulfilling legal, professional and all other requirements of The Children's Trust.
* Support the delivery of 24-hour rehabilitation helping to embed speech language communication needs across the day.
* Provide clinical cover across the service during episodes of staff shortage/heavy workload, in order to ensure effective service delivery.
* Work closely with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team, as well as the child and family, to provide a fully integrated approach to the overall management of the child.
* Work flexibly in terms of hours, including the ability to work an early evening (weekly) and one weekend day, per calendar month.
* Contribute to an environment that facilitates participation and wellbeing during mealtimes and support eating drinking and swallowing in accordance with clinical skills, boundaries and competencies.
* Undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.
* Undertake speech and language therapy assessments of children through standardised and non-standardised assessments and clinical observations.
Interview date: TBC
About Us
The Children's Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK. Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25.
Equal Opportunity Employer We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will make reasonable adjustments for interview and working arrangements if required.
Online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The searches will be conducted by an independent person focusing on relevant information returned via the candidate’s name. Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Many roles at The Children's Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within the Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks.
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