Overview

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post. To provide a clinical and advisory SLT service to mainstream school aged children and young people with a diverse range of speech, language and communication needs, including those with complex needs e.g. biomedical disorders and Autism. The post holder will provide a specialist service to children and young people with a language disorder in a range of settings including mainstream schools with resource provisions. To participate in the development and delivery of training programmes and develop information for school staff, parents and carers and colleagues in health and education. To develop supervision skills with junior therapists, assistants, and students. To work as part of an integrated team with Speech and Language therapy assistants and SLT colleagues. To participate in multi-disciplinary work with colleagues in health, education and parents/carers.Note:

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To provide an assessment, diagnostic and treatment service for children referred to the school aged service within the Borough of Bexley. To be responsible for the planning, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based therapy interventions. To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of language disorders, providing second opinions and supervision to other members of the team. To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of autism and be aware of social, emotional and mental health needs, providing second opinions and supervision to other members of the team. To reflect on own clinical practice identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical practice. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and mentors and identify own strengths and developmental needs. To maintain professional competence through personal development and training. To be responsible for maintaining own professional registration and meet HCPC Registration requirements maintaining a professional portfolio. To undertake relevant public health skills training and updates as required.About Oxleas

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children\''s centres, schools and people\''s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary\''s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:We\''re KindWe\''re FairWe ListenWe Care

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