Speech and Language therapy assistant (children's)
A Vacancy at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity for a committed individual to join the Children's Speech and Language Therapy service and be part of Derbyshire Community Health Services. The post is with the team based in Derby city at Coleman Street Health Centre.
The post is for 22.5 hours a week. worked as approx. 30 hours per week during the school term with the accrued time taken back in the school holidays.
We are a large and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy service of around 100 staff working across all service areas in Derbyshire.
As a member of our team you will be working in a service with a well established reputation for delivering a patient centred approach.
The post will provide support to children with speech, language and communication needs.
You will be delivering programmes of intervention to children in early years settings, schools, patient homes and through telehealth.
You will be supervised by SLTs, with support from a Team Leader as well as peer support from colleagues at Band 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
If you can demonstrate good communication skills, have the ability to deliver competent, evidence based clinical care we want to hear from you.
As a clinical employee it will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those set out in the DCHS Way.
Previous experience of working with children with speech, language and communication needs is essential.
You will need to be able to travel to appointments around Derby city from the Coleman Street base.
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.
PLEASE NOTE: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account- To assist the SLT in providing a clinical service (assessment and treatment) to a SLT caseload.
- To carry out programmes of therapy under the supervision of the SLT within a clinical team.
- To maintain accurate and contemporaneous records in line with RCSLT professional and Trust standards.
- To participate in training in areas of clinical experience.
- To demonstrates duties to new starters and less experienced SLTAs, SLPs, SLTs and other support staff.
- To understand the rationale behind therapy tasks and activities set by the SLT based on basic theory of speech language development/breakdown.
- To develop a working knowledge of relevant procedures including safeguarding for children and adults.
This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Oct 2024