Education Speech and Language Therapy Locality Lead - London
Job overview
Education Speech and Language Therapy Locality Lead (Complex needs and Dysphagia)
Areas: Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy Locality Lead to join our SLT Clinical Leadership Team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to co-lead our special schools speech and language therapy and school-aged dysphagia teams.The ideal candidate will possess extensive clinical and operational experience, along with excellent staff management skills.
You will have extensive clinical experience in special schools, including dysphagia, and significant experience managing SLT teams in special schools. Demonstrable clinical supervisory and line management skills are essential, along with experience in the day-to-day running of SLT teams working in special schools and dysphagia.This role involves working in partnership with Local Authorities and Parent Carer Networks, as well as managing a clinical caseload.
For more information about working with our team, please watch our recruitment video: CLCH S&L Recruitment - YouTube
Main duties of the job- Provide clinical supervision and line management to SLTs in special schools.
- Implement quality improvement strategies and initiatives.
- Deliver various SLT models of care within special school settings.
- Manage change within an SLT service.
- Lead service development projects/initiatives.
- Ensure SLT services are delivered to KPIs and contract specifications.
- Foster effective partnership working.
- Manage overall team and individual performance.
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge and experience of clinical assessment, intervention approaches, and outcome measures in special schools for speech and language development.
- Provide assessment and intervention for children and young people with complex SLT needs, including dysphagia
What We Offer:
- Opportunities for continued development of highly specialist skills in a clinical area.
- Opportunities to develop and refine quality improvement skills and practice.
- Collaboration with an innovative, experienced, and knowledgeable team of fellow Team Leads.
- Regular 1:1 supervision and management support.
- Excellent agile working options.
- Great transport connections to central and greater London.
Working for our organisation
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
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- First degree and License to Practice from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Current registered membership of HCPC and requirement for professional indemnity insurance if not a member of RCSLT
- Educated to modules at Master’s level, or equivalent in SLT discipline or equivalent competency at post graduate diploma / training and experience
Experience
Essential criteria- Extensive experience working with children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties working in special school settings with teaching staff.Post graduate paediatric dysphagia experience (5 years) including non-oral feeding
- Experienced in partnership working, including for transformation.
- Experience working in partnership with LA colleagues to embed new ways of working and delivery of performance KPIs.
- Collaborative work with parents and other professionals, especially education staff.
- Extensive experience delivering training & coaching for teaching staff working in special school settings
- Experience of transformation and in delivering significant service development projects
- Has undertaken leadership training and has experience of leading SLT teams
- Experience of managing clinical staff in teams
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
- Able to understand and present complex information at a service level
- Understanding of National Service Frameworks and NICE guidance relevant to care setting and its application across health care services
- Demonstrates ability to be an effective team member
- Awareness of others’ point of view e.g working in schools/LA
- Good negotiation and problem solving skills e.g when working in partnership with stakeholders
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
- Highly developed auditory perceptual skills in the assessment and diagnosis and treatment of children with a broad range of speech, language, communication and dysphagia difficulties
- 3.10 Knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for school- aged children with Speech, Language and Communication impairments
- Knowledge of Education Practice and Policy including SEND reforms, Code of Practice, and National Curriculum
- Holistic view of communication difficulties in the context of education and philosophy
- Knowledge of Religious, Cultural and Linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- Knowledge of professional standards of record keeping
- IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes
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)
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