Job Description

Do you want to be part of a friendly and supportive SLT team?



Do you want to be able to offer direct therapy to children in mainstream schools?

0.8 band 6 role:

We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon mainstream schools team supporting children and young people who have a Hillingdon EHCP but who are attending a mainstream school outside of Hillingdon or are Electively Home Educated.



You will have the opportunity to work both directly with CYP and staff in schools - as well as making use of some online therapy where this meets the CYP's needs.



Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our wider service



To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools with a Hillingdon EHCP who are attending out of borough mainstream schools and who have an identified speech, language, communication need.

To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children with a Hillingdon EHCP who are being electively home educated (and who have a mainstream profile)

To be responsible for providing specialist assessment, diagnosis & therapy packages into schools for these identified children.

To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.

To provide face to face and remote support as needed - and to explore new ways of delivering remote therapy

To write updated annual review reports in a timely manner

To ensure that the needs of the children as specified in their EHCP are delivered

To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times

To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels

To take part in/lead on audits and projects for the team/service

To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team

To provide buddying and informal support for less experienced staff



To provide formal supervision for less experienced staff, as needed

We can offer you:

A buddy who will meet with you every week at first to help you settle in and who you can ask lots of questions



Regular supervision meetings with a senior therapist every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal



Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences



A busy but manageable caseload across a range of schools



Opportunities for remote working in school and at home at the end of the day once a week



Frequent opportunities to come back to the office for informal support from the team



Opportunities to develop your clinical skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a CEN, training courses and opportunities to invite a senior therapist for a joint consultation

We are proud to say that the service has:

Excellent relationships with schools - 91% of SENCO's report that they are happy or very happy with the service



Good relationships with parents - 92.5% of parents report that they are happy or very happy with the service. A parent representative attends all of the mainstream schools meetings and parent feedback is sought for new developments



An annual service improvement plan in order to ensure that the service is continually evolving and developing



A strong track record on innovation and service development in order to provide a high quality service to children, schools and families



To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech, language, communication need.



To be responsible for providing specialist assessment, diagnosis & therapy packages into allocated schools.



To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.



To support schools with the early identification of children with speech, language and communication needs.



To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times



To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels



To take part in/lead on audits and projects for the team/service



To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team



To provide buddying and informal support for less experienced staff



To provide formal supervision for less experienced staff, as needed



The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.