Band 7 Locum Speech and Language Therapist

Job Title:  Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Band 7
Area: Bedfordshire NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing 
Job details:  Speech and Language Therapist required to start asap for 5 months. To work within Children’s Service. Duties: Speech and language therapy in Central Beds specials schools including AAC and dysphagia. JD available on request:
The post holder will be a key member of the special school team, providing highly specialist clinical input to special schools across Luton or Central Bedfordshire. You will have day-to-day responsibility for coordinating a speech & language therapy service to special school children and independently manage the caseloads in these settings. You will work with the special schools team identifying areas for service improvement and development and support junior colleagues. You will:

• Use highly specialist clinical skills to manage a caseload of children with complex difficulties in speech, language, communication and/or eating and drinking (dysphagia) and AAC.
• Identify, assess, and diagnose communication/swallowing impairments and independently determine appropriate intervention for effective treatment.
• Assess children and provide written recommendations and ongoing support for implementation, for class teams.
• Be responsible for developing the school’s Communication charter, identifying appropriate universal targeted and specialist levels of support within the schools.
• Provide guidance and whole school training in relation to functional communication including receptive, expressive, and interaction skills. 
• Work with the schools to build on strength and identify gaps in communication support provision, developing a plan to address training needs as appropriate.
• Provide second opinions or support to junior colleagues as appropriate.
• Attend and provide reports to Annual Reviews/Multi Agency Meetings as appropriate.
• Provide Communication Support and advice in relation to functional communication, to support teaching and learning.
• Demonstrate specific speech and language therapy support programmes and the use of equipment to specific teachers or groups of staff.
• To contribute to relevant research, audit, and development work within the schools, relating to the Speech Language and Communication curriculum.
• To attend relevant meetings as required within school or as part of wider SLT team.

Working hours: Flexible.
Code: U. CHILDSSLTBEDS040225FS.005002.B14478