Speech and Language Therapist - Early Years Team

Are you a recently Qualified or soon to be qualified Speech and Language Therapist? Or do you just want to try something new?

Do you love working in Early Years?

We want to invite you to join the incredibly supportive Early Years Speech and Language Therapy Team working in the outer London Borough of Hillingdon.

Have a look at our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to see if we would be a good fit for you

You will be responsible for providing assessment and therapy to

To provide a therapy service to pre school children with speech language and communication needs

To be responsible for providing assessment and diagnosis of children within community clinics and children's centre/family hubs

To provide coaching and modelling to parents and Early Years staff to support them to develop children's speech language and communication skills

To provide specialist ongoing therapy through therapy groups and individual therapy sessions

To provide advice and training to parents and other professionals around early identification intervention and prevention.

To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times

You will work closely with experienced SLTAPs

Office space to come back to \- where you will get informal support, be able to ask questions and talk about your day

Regular supervision sessions \- starting at weekly/fortnightly \- and moving gradually to 6 weekly

Regular buddy sessions to help you settle into the team

Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, share your experiences with other band 5 colleagues

A busy but manageable caseload

Opportunities for flexible working where it meets the service needs

Opportunities to develop your clinical skills through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a CEN, internal and external training

Opportunities to work on projects with small groups of more experienced therapists to develop your skills

To provide a service to children/young people in Early Years who have a speech, language or communication need.

To be responsible for providing assessment, diagnosis \& therapy packages

To train and support Early Years staff \& parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.

To support with the early identification of children with speech/language/communication needs.

To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times

To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels

To take part in quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service

To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team

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