QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy (with HCPC registration).
• Use of clinical reasoning skills for both assessment and intervention planning (e.g. either on student placements or previous SALT role.
• Ability to use assessment findings to develop therapy programmes.
• Use of standardised and non-standardised assessments to identify an individual’s communication strengths and needs

• Manage a caseload of autistic YP with complex needs, including assessment, implementation and review of therapy input to ensure progress.
• To deliver input through use of the Prior’s Court Communication Skills Learning Programme, which will prepare all YP to have a functional communication system to enable them to live healthy, happy, independent lives after leaving Prior’s Court.
• Use clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret findings from both standardised and non-standardised assessments to identify a young person’s communication strengths and needs.
• Provide specialist intervention using evidence-based therapy approaches individualised to meet YP’s needs in the areas of (not an exhaustive list) expression, understanding, social communication and AAC (low and high tech.).
• Contribution to the annual review process by providing high quality written reports, assessment, review of EHCP targets and attending annual review meetings (as appropriate).
• Support the Head of Therapy to collect evidence of SaLT impact on young person outcomes – including assessment data, case studies and feedback from staff, parents/carers.
• Responsibility for line management and supervision of less experienced therapists and assistants, as deemed appropriate by the Head of Therapy.
• Adhere to regular use of progress cycle and that progress of young people is communicated to all interested stakeholders (young people, parents/carers, staff, placing authorities).
• Liaise with external (NHS and/or independent therapists) to share information and ensure consistent therapy plan across organisations
• Use of Prior Insight ‘this is me’ plans to devise, write and monitor intervention programmes for implementation by others (e.g. SaLT assistants, teachers, autism practitioners).