Speech and Language Therapist - Mainstream Schools Team

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a recently Qualified or soon to be qualified Speech and Language Therapist? Or do you just want to try something new?
Do you love working in mainstream schools?
We have a part-time job for you!
We want to invite you to join the incredibly supportive Mainstream Schools Team working in the outer London Borough of Hillingdon.
Have a look at our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to see if we would be a good fit for you
“Starting my career as a Speech and Language Therapist in Hillingdon Mainstream Schools team has given me a brilliant platform to develop my clinical skills with a varied caseload. Everyone is really friendly and I feel very supported through regular peer support meetings, buddying, safeguarding supervision and supervision with a senior therapist. “– Hannah- band 5.
You will be responsible for the assessment and therapy for the children attending your allocated schools who have identified SLCN needs including: developmental language disorder, speech sound disorders, stammering, selective mutism, learning difficulties and autism
You will work directly with the children in groups and individually with an LSA observing the sessions in order to run follow up intervention
You will run joint sessions with Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists
You will offer training, advice and support to school staff
You will support parents and keep in touch with them via phone calls or meetings, as well as sending them copies of care plans and targets and any reports
You will jointly plan how to use your time in schools with the SENCO; allowing you to be flexible, creative and effective
You will write statutory assessment and annual review reports
You will be part of clinical working groups to help develop the service
A bright and homely office space to come back to - where you will get informal support, be able to ask questions and talk about your day
Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, share your experiences with other band 5 colleagues
A busy but manageable caseload across a range of schools
Opportunities for remote working in school and at home as well as access to online clinical records and resources
Opportunities to develop your clinical skills through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a CEN, internal and external training
Opportunities to work on projects with small groups of more experienced therapists to develop your skills

Please refer the Job description for details