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. · To attend case conferences & core group meetings for children / young people on the caseload, where appropriate · To submit safeguarding reports to case conferences ad reviews · To record all concerns and discussions/supervision regarding safeguarding issues in Systmone clinical notes · To attend safeguarding supervision for all children / young people with a Child Protection Plan at least every 12 weeks · To provide safeguarding supervision (when trained) for team members on a rotational basis. · To work independently and to access clinical supervision sessions on a regular basis & actively contribute to own appraisal on an annual basis. · To collate evidence of professional development related to the RCSLT CPD log · To demonstrate highly developed negotiation skills across a range of issues and to negotiate with others around case management in highly complex cases. · To deal with complaints sensitively avoiding escalation where possible, and to inform the team leader in a timely fashion. · To communicate highly complex information from assessments and ongoing therapy to children / young people, families and other professionals. · To write outcome focused reports, and programmes/target sheets reflecting highly specialist knowledge which meet the needs of the child / young person · To support the development of, and adhere to, service plans and policies giving constructive feedback as appropriate. · To advise team leader on issues of service shortfall or pressure. · To assume delegated leadership responsibilities and tasks as requested by TL. · To work within infection control and health and safety guidelines. · To report all incidents in a timely fashion and access learning following incident investigation outcomes & complaints. Attend training to complete incident investigations. · To support other team members in the reporting of incidents in a timely fashion · To work within legal frameworks including: SEND reforms e.g Statutory EHCP assessments, London safeguarding procedures and policies. · To attend, contribute to and present at Team and Departmental meetings.