Speech and Language Therapist
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Are you looking for a new opportunity to further build your clinical skills or to join the world of Speech and Language Therapy? Join our friendly team in Bexley working with school‑age children across primary mainstream schools. We are a well‑established team that can offer fantastic support and opportunities to develop your career. Would you want to join The Bexley Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Team, winners of the Children and Young People’s Directorate Team of the Year award 2021? You will work with mainstream school‑age children and young people, providing assessment and therapy, with a supportive team of therapists and assistants and a Specialist teacher.
You will work within the integrated Bexley Joint Communication Team, made up of Therapists, Assistants and Specialist Teachers (from Bexley Local Authority). This part of the role involves visits to mainstream schools, assessment, recommendations to schools and opportunities to deliver training together with colleagues. The role includes providing advice to enable parents, carers and teaching staff to support the children. There are also more opportunities to deliver specific EHCP SLT provision. We welcome applications from current students who are due to qualify in 2025.
Responsibilities
* Provide assessment, diagnostic and treatment service for children referred to the Speech & Language Service within the Borough of Bexley.
* Implement programmes in a variety of locations depending on need, including mainstream school settings.
* Plan, deliver and evaluate evidence‑based therapy interventions to enable functional improvement.
* Monitor and review progress of therapy programmes and facilitate modifications.
* Ensure maximum involvement of the client, family/carer, education staff and other professional staff in planning care and the therapy programme.
* Collaborate with class teachers, SENCo and Teaching Assistants in promoting the child’s speech, language and communication development through joint planning.
* Support the establishment and development of standard service speech language and communication packages in mainstream schools such as Chatterbox, Talk Boost, Speech and Language Link and BLAST.
* Provide therapy planning and intervention within a multidisciplinary framework, working alongside SLT Assistants, Advisory Teachers and Educational Psychologists.
* Make appropriate clinical decisions following assessment, seeking support and advice from supervisor where appropriate.
* Manage and prioritise a defined caseload independently, accessing planned supervision.
* Demonstrate ability to reflect on practice with peers/clinical supervisor.
* Develop ability to target training appropriately to the needs of course participants, with support of colleagues.
* Maintain up‑to‑date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local trust policies.
* Supervise the work of assistants/therapy support staff/administration and clerical staff and learning support assistants.
* Explain the role of Speech & Language Therapists to visitors, students and volunteers.
* Be accountable for own professional action and recognise boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate through mentoring, peer support, clinical and managerial supervision.
* Work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct.
* Participate in the co‑ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education, voluntary sector organisations and parents/carers.
* Maintain sensitivity to emotional needs of the client, carers and colleagues when managing distressing situations such as child protection issues.
* Develop ability to manage children with challenging behaviours, including appropriate strategies.
* Monitor stock levels in own service area and request new equipment as appropriate.
* Ensure security, care and maintenance of equipment, maintaining infection control and safety standards.
* Communicate effectively and empathically with child, parents and carers to impart information regarding diagnosis and/or prognosis, treatment plans and predicted outcomes, enabling involvement in decision making.
* Apply advanced interpersonal skills to enable change within complex and multicultural contexts.
* Impart sensitive advice and information to health, social care and education colleagues in overall management of children with complex problems; prepare reports for relevant case conferences.
* Respond to relevant Education legislation: provide advice for re‑assessment process and participate in annual and transfer reviews.
* Write detailed official reports regarding the child’s speech, language and communication and therapy advice for Education Health Care plans.
* Ensure reports adhere to standards stated by RCSLT, HCPC and local guidelines.
* Ensure accurate, reliable, contemporaneous documentation of client electronic and manual records; maintain administrative processes per policies.
* Develop skills in motivating clients and/or carers to engage in therapeutic process.
* Deal with initial verbal complaints sensitively in discussion with line manager, following Trust complaint process.
* Ensure compliance with Trust policies regarding absence and leave.
Job Details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Contract
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists
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