Job Description

We are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Healthcare Service at Oasis Restore Secure School (ORSS).



ORSS is the first residential Secure School in the UK and will hold 12-18 year old children. All staff work in line with 'Child First' principles to create a developmentally appropriate and trauma informed healthcare service. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be involved in developing a new service that will have a real impact on promoting health and well-being for this vulnerable population and impact on their future life orientation.



We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist will work as part of the team and contribute to the success of the team by being an effective role model and supervising Therapists, Assistant Practitioners and students to ensure they are working to the standards the children using our services deserve.



The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of a high-quality specialist Speech, Language and Communication Therapy service within Oasis Restore as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This will involve leading on development and implementation of Specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions for this new service. Emphasis will be on evaluating and developing the service to provide high quality care that best meet the needs of children.



The post holder will undertake Lead Clinician responsibilities and the delivery of packages of care to children with varying needs and complexities. The post holder will be responsible for providing supervision to clinical staff and students as required.



The postholder is expected to deliver trauma-informed, culturally sensitive care, considering the developmental needs of the children, and ensuring consideration of the impact of their experiences on their current strengths, needs and difficulties. Developing good therapeutic relationships with the children and their families, is key for this post and in the wider service delivery.



Oasis Restore is the first UK secure school enabling young people to live their best lives, through education well-being and hope. We care for children aged 12-18 who are on remand and sentenced to custody by the courts. Oasis Restore represents a revolution in youth justice: an opportunity for children within the criminal justice system to experience a restorative environment that creates the potential for them to thrive both now and for the future. Our healthcare team will build and model healthy and trusting relationships with children that enable them to feel safe, learn and reach their full potential.



Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner. We have a Health and Justice Services Directorate, within which sits the 'Children and Young People' Service line working in partnership with 'Youth Custody Service' colleagues to provide responsive, trauma-informed primary care, mental health, neuro-developmental and substance misuse services to the young people and young adults within our care.



Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.



To develop care pathways for an identified cohort of children who present with significant SLCN.



To deliver highly specialist clinical decision-making - including induction screening, detailed assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, discharge and general management of a diverse and complex caseload.



To provide a broad range of treatments to a highly specialist standard - including those for phonological awareness delay, speech sound disorder, auditory attention and processing difficulties, language disorder, social communication delay and disorder, stammering and voice problems.



To maintain an up-to-date, advanced level of theoretical knowledge and therapeutic evidence-based practice.



To provide highly specialist advice and support for other professionals on communication and related issues in order to build an effective communication environment for the children in their care. This may include advising on how documentation provided for the children can be more easily understood.



To provide highly specialist advice to parents, carers and relevant professionals on the impact of communication impairment on a child's educational, social and emotional development/status - including impairments related to offending history.



To involve children in the development of their care plan and targets where possible.



To provide verbal and typed reports, therapy programmes and other types of complex information to an excellent standard for the child, families, carers and relevant professionals and to adapt the content to the communication styles and diverse backgrounds of the recipients. This may include the need to overcome barriers to understanding or motivation - which may include English as an additional language (EAL), mental health difficulties and environmental issues.



To share appropriate clinical information with those professionals supporting the child's progress through the Criminal Justice System (CJS), including Intermediaries, and agencies involved with integration back into the community.