Package Description

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life emergencies
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and continuing professional development through The Learning Enterprise

Job Summary
Join us as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, in our exciting SEND Therapy Service in West Essex.

You will have the opportunity to work hybrid between visits to local schools and completing virtual sessions from home on a full or part time basis. The role has core hours during school times with the option to complete additional hours flexibly.

As you will be visiting local schools as part of your role, a driving license and access to a vehicle is essential.

Main Responsibilities

• To manage own delegated caseload of SEND children independently across a variety of predominantly educational settings.
• To work with parents/carers, education colleagues, the multidisciplinary team and the wider children's workforce to provide a co-ordinated approach to children's speech, language and communication needs, as part of their EHCP provision.
• To assess and formulate treatment plans in collaboration with parents, carers, schools and other professionals, write assessment reports, provide appropriate intervention and evaluate treatment outcomes.
• To support the service to meet key performance targets and contribute to agreed service development.
• To work in partnership with other agencies in order to meet local and national objectives.
• To supervise and allocate work to assistants, SLT students and less experienced therapists, when required.

The Ideal Candidate

• Registered HCPC registration in Speech and Language Therapy
• Registered with the Royal College of SLT
• Driving licence and access to vehicle
• Strong interest in the field of paediatric speech therapy

Experience with the following client groups is desirable: hearing impairment, developmental language disorder, complex needs, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), autism, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.