Bank B7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist -INW

This is a broad summary of the role detailing key areas of operation and responsibilities - further detail will be provided in the Main Duties and Responsibilities section, below, which provides more granular detail.
The post holder will be responsible for:
· Providing a highly specialist clinical service with responsibility for children with developmental speech and language delays/disorders/social communication difficulties and differences as relevant to the role. The post holder will have well developed highly specialist skills in one or more clinical specialism within the broad range of speech, language and communication needs encountered within the caseload children
· Working closely with parents/carers, and staff to enable children to develop their speech, language and communication skills and to access the curriculum
· Understanding and meeting professional and legal SEND responsibilities outlined in the Children and Families Act 2014 including contributing to statutory assessments of special educational needs and delivery of Speech and Language Therapy provision as specified in children's Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).

Main duties of the job
· To act in specialist lead role within the Education team in one or more clinical specialities, e.g, Dysfluency, Developmental Language Disorder, Speech Disorder, autism.
· To manage and prioritise a defined caseload/workload independently
· To monitor and evaluate own highly specialist service delivery and provide progress reports
· To interpret clinical guidelines and adapt to local service needs on the basis of specialist clinical knowledge
· To take delegated lead on the development of specific team objectives or projects in liaison with peers
· To develop care protocols for specific clinical issues e.g. Dysfluency, Autism, Hearing Impairment, Developmental Language Disorder, Speech Disorder., · To assess the need for, develop and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children referred to the designated locality, presenting with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties
· To provide additional specialist intervention and support to children within one or more specific clinical areas e.g. Developmental Language Disorder, Autism, Speech Disorders and evaluate outcomes using formal and informal specific assessment tools
· To deliver a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapy service consisting of evaluation of interventions for complex and difficult cases such as tribunals as required
· To assess children's communication and interaction needs and provide professional advice to contribute to statutory assessments (Education Health and Care Plan Needs Assessments) and the annual review process for individual children in line with the Children and Families Act 2014.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
+ A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
+ Flexible working options
+ Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits