Speech and Language Therapist

at  Barnet Enfield Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

The post holder will provide speech and language, assessment, intervention to young pre-school children. The role will also involve consultation and liaison between varies services. This post will involve travelling between boroughs as required.
The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with other CAMHS colleagues within the pathway, families and their infants and young children to ensure that they are actively involved in setting goals and planning their care, parents/carers and with colleagues in Health, Education and Social Services in planning and delivery of services.

1. To manage a defined caseload of preschool children with speech language and communication needs. This includes:

• Gaining appropriate consent
• Assessment and differential diagnosis of individual children’s needs
• Planning, delivering and evaluating treatment programs in close collaboration with colleagues
• Referring on to other services/professionals as appropriate
• Negotiating with parents/carers, and others around individual case management
• Provision of written clinical reports and care plans.
• Seeking support on the management of more complex cases

1. To provide advice and programs to others, nursery staff and family hub/children center staff, regarding the management and care of children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs
2. To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and manage clinical risk within defined caseload.
3. To develop the ability to monitor and reflect on auditory, visual, and kinesthetic aspects of client’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.
   The partnership between Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

Why choose to join the Partnership?

• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
• Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
• Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
• Generous Annual Leave Allowance
• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

CLINICAL

1. To manage a defined caseload of preschool children with speech language and communication needs. This includes:

• Gaining appropriate consent
• Assessment and differential diagnosis of individual children’s needs
• Planning, delivering and evaluating treatment programs in close collaboration with colleagues
• Referring on to other services/professionals as appropriate
• Negotiating with parents/carers, and others around individual case management
• Provision of written clinical reports and care plans.
• Seeking support on the management of more complex cases

1. To provide advice and programs to others, nursery staff and family hub/children centre staff, regarding the management and care of children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs
2. To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and manage clinical risk within defined caseload.
3. To develop the ability to monitor and reflect on auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic aspects of client’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.

2. GENERAL

All staff are responsible for the continual compliance with CQC standards and outcomes.

The postholder must be aware of, and work in line with, the Trust’s Safeguarding Adults and Children procedures.

• To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
• To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and procedures in relation to children’s mental health and social care needs.
• All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients, and the public.
• All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
• It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.

This Job Description does not provide an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder considering service development.

Please refer the Job description for details