Band 7 Locum Best Interest Assessor 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: JD available on request:
The post holder will provide highly specialist clinical input to the special schools in Bedfordshire. They 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. They 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 determine appropriate intervention for effective treatment.
• To assess children and provide written recommendations and ongoing support for implementation, for class teams.
• 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.
• Provide guidance and whole school training in relation to functional communication including receptive, expressive, and interactional skills. 
• 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: 37.5 hours per week.
Code: U.019004.B11787