Highly specialist speech & language therapist

We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon Early Years team supporting children and young people who have a speech, language or communication need. You will be part of a supportive band 7 team - and take a lead in developing projects and supervising more junior staff. Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our wider service.

To provide a highly specialist assessment and intervention service for children 0-19 with Speech Language and or communication needs. To be part of the ADOS assessment process To provide a highly specialist assessment and intervention service to children 0-19 who have swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties. To support in the development of training packages to early years settings, staff / parents / other professionals, in order for them to identify concerns regarding the child /young persons needs and implement therapy advice effectively.

To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators, maintaining Target Activity Levels and demonstrating impact re quality and outcomes. To lead on quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service To be responsible for the performance management of identified team members To support the team leader in the leading and development of the team To be responsible with team leader support for service improvement initiatives.

We can offer you: A buddy who will meet with you every week at first to help you settle in and who you can ask lots of questions Regular supervision meetings with the team leader every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal and informal support Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences Regular meetings with the other band 7 SLTs to ensure that the workload is being shared and support given A busy but manageable caseload Opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists/ leaders, membership of a CEN, training courses - clinical and leadership · To assess, develop and implement highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy intervention · To provide appropriate highly specialist intervention / assessment and evaluate outcomes.

· To demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children 0-19. · To facilitate relevant professionals/parents to carry out speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice · To monitor the effectiveness of speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice being delivered by other relevant professionals/parents and adjust as necessary · To make a differential diagnosis, including complex cases, on the basis of evidence from assessment.

· To develop clear packages of care based on best practice and differential diagnosis and to use highly specialist clinical knowledge to inform case management. · To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures. · To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice in own highly specialist clinical area.

· To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and supervisors and identify own strengths and development needs. · To manage caseload independently and to prioritise workload using highly specialist · To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs and seek toresolve using highly developed negotiation skills, seeking further support from team leader if necessary · To ensure that children / young people, their families and schools / nurseries are involved in the planning and implementation of their care · To maintain sensitivity to the emotional needs of children & their families, especially when imparting potentially distressing information regarding the nature of the child's difficulties and its implications.

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