Speech and Language Therapist in Complex Needs

The post holder will provide a high quality speech and language therapy (SLT) service to children and young people (CYP) referred to the complex needs and dysphagia team in a range of settings including clinics/health centres and schools.
The post holder will assess and diagnose speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), contribute to multi-professional assessment for those with complex communication needs and disabilities and plan and implement programmes of support and intervention.
As well as a role in providing specialist intervention for CYP, the post holder will contribute to raising awareness of SLCN and training of the wider workforce to enable partner agencies to effectively support all CYP with SLCN.
Once the post holder has built up sufficient experience in the role they will be expected to contribute to SLT student placements and support assistants and volunteers.
The post holder will access a comprehensive and on-going CPD programme and receive robust clinical supervision to support them to deliver a high quality service to the CYP of Newham, 1. To manage a caseload of CYP aged up to 19 years with a range of SLCN including Learning Disabilities and complex medical conditions.
2. To provide high quality assessment and differential diagnosis for children referred with SLCN
3. To provide evidence based interventions, develop therapeutic programmes and advice for parents ,carers and school based staff.
4. To providing training and resources to parents and key partner agencies to support them to embed functional and effective support into the CYP's learning environment.
5. To contribute to raising awareness of SLCN and training of the wider workforce and multi-disciplinary Team.
6. To contribute to SLT student placements once suitably experienced and to support the work of assistants and volunteers.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

Band 5 -Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist: Paediatric Complex Needs Communication and Dysphagia Paediatric Community Services- Newham, East London Foundation Trust
We have a very exciting opportunity in our Complex Needs Speech and Language Therapy team. We are looking for an experienced Band 5 therapist to join our team and manage a complex caseload of children with communication needs while building clinical skills in the area of AAC and dysphagia within this new development post.
Our Communication team offers assessment and intervention to children and young people aged 0-19 years of age who have a diagnosis that means alternative methods of communication may be required. You will develop low-tech communication aids and have the opportunity to work closely with the AAC hub at Great Ormond Street Hospital and with national communication charities to maximise a child/young person's communication potential. You will develop skills through an early year's caseload and within Specialist Resource Provision schools in Newham.
The post-holder will manage their own caseload and receive support from band 6 and band 7 therapists. There will be the opportunity to develop your skills in the areas of AAC and dysphagia.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

· An amazing working environment, with a warm, welcoming and supportive team of SLTs and colleagues who bring experiences from all over the world.
· 1:1 monthly supervision, appraisal and CPD
· Team learning programme
· Protected service development time and regular team away days
· Monthly team meetings and a band 5 peer group
· On-going clinical skills development, MDT working
· Involvement in audit and quality improvement
Based at the child development centre, in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham, close to the Olympic Park in the heart of London's East End (with excellent transport links with the rest of London and Essex). The children's speech and language therapy service has a strong multi-agency work ethic with other services both within the trust and with partner agencies, and offers services across a wide range of care groups in the borough.
Come and be part of a team that is innovative, responsive, adaptable and which aspires to stand out in the future in the areas of service delivery, improvement and research.