Job description

Job responsibilities

Job overview

Are you a qualified Speech and Language Therapist looking for your next career opportunity?

Due to additional investment in our Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service, we are delighted to be recruiting to a number of new Band 6 posts across our service in the London Borough of Redbridge. These new positions provide exciting opportunities for therapists to develop specialist skills while helping us expand and enhance the support we offer to children, young people and their families.

We are recruiting Speech and Language Therapists to work within the following specialist pathways:

Mainstream Schools and Speech Sound Disorders

Mainstream Schools and Selective Mutism

Early Years

Complex Needs and Preschool Social Communication Team

These posts are available as Band 6 positions, and we will also consider applications for a Band 5-6 Development Post. Applicants for the Band 5-6 Development pathway must have successfully completed their RCSLT Newly Qualified Practitioner (Band 5) Competencies and be able to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and clinical experience required to progress towards Band 6 practice through a supported development programme.

At NELFT, we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements wherever possible, so please let us know if there is a working pattern that would help you balance your professional and personal commitments.

Redbridge is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website – www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk.

You will be joining a friendly, supportive and highly experienced team, delivering services to children and young people with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs across community clinics, early years settings, preschools and schools. The role includes assessment, intervention, consultation and training for parents, carers and education staff. There are excellent opportunities for continuing professional development and specialisation, including Autism, AAC, speech sound disorders and complex communication needs.

These roles would suit:

Experienced Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists who have completed their RCSLT NQP (Band 5 SLT) competencies and are looking to progress through a supported Band 5-6 development pathway.

Established Band 6 Speech and Language Therapists seeking a new challenge, specialist pathway or leadership opportunities within a growing service.

Main duties of the job

Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to our patients.

As a Speech and Language Therapist in our Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will deliver care to service users in the community, clinics and education settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the post:

To provide a comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy Service to clients referred with social communication needs and speech and language disorders in a range of settings such as schools, early years settings, community clinics and the child development centre to include assessment, diagnoses and treatment.

To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.

To deputise when required in the team managers absence and delegate appropriately to junior colleagues.

To contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties.

To provide feedback and advice to parents/carers, family members, and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding communication needs and strategies to facilitate development.

To develop and deliver training and support packages.

To regularly attend supervision and commit to the supervision process as a means for developing reflective and clinical decision-making skills.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137) pro rata for part time staff.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Working for Us Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, as well as staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Speech
• and Language Therapy
• Degree Qualification or
• equivalent.
• Please refer to the Job Description for further details about the role and its responsibilities.

Desirable

• Member of Royal
• College of Speech
• and Language
• Therapists
• Please refer to the Job Description for further details about the role and its responsibilities.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working
• in education settings
• and community clinics
• with children who have
• speech, language,
• communication and/or
• feeding difficulties.
• Please refer to the Job Description for further details about the role and its responsibilities.

Desirable

• Experience with
• Augmentative and
• Alternative
• Communication (AAC)
• approaches low and
• high tech.
• Please refer to the Job Description for further details about the role and its responsibilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

The Grove

Chadwell Heath

Essex

RM6 4XH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Supervisor will support the development of the MHST initiative within Redbridge, under the direction of the team manager.

The Supervisor will work closely with the senior mental health leads in schools to ensure a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing. These leads will work closely with the MHSTs to ensure children and young people get the right help as soon as possible.

The Supervisor will be responsible for the caseload management & supervision of the EMHPs who will be providing direct help to children, young people and parents in educational settings by offering rapid access to low intensity, evidence-based interventions, for mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

The Supervisor will oversee the formulation and support for schools, parents, children and young people being known to the MHST using a range of specialist psychological interventions appropriate to the service.

The Supervisor will carry out direct joint work with children, young people and parents/carers as part of their work in the MHSTs.

The Supervisor will work in a multi-professional environment and will contribute to relevant meetings as required.

The Supervisor will contribute to the initiation, development and implementation of new responses to changing needs and demands upon the team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate/doctoral level qualification in Clinical Psychology or recognised professional qualification in Family Therapy or a recognised social work qualification with further training in specific model for therapy.
• Membership of relevant professional body.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of utilising a range of professional skills at post-qualifying level in a child and adolescent mental health setting or educational setting. Evidence of understanding of educational systems and practice in England. Previous experience in supervision, preferably with CYP-IAPT Supervision training or supervising junior clinicians or trainees. Ability to deliver evidence-based intervention to children, young people and their families. Evidence of collaborative working practice with other professionals and parents/carers. Belief in involving children and young people in decisions regarding their education and clear commitment to supporting the development of children and young people. Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic, and potentially emotionally distressing caseload and demonstrate appropriate coping mechanisms. To give examples of working with diverse groups of people. Awareness of safeguarding and risk management practices when working with children and young people. Experience of working with mild to severe mental health difficulties. Broad knowledge of specialist mental health services and the wider network of mental health services. Commitment to collaborative working with other professionals and parents. Social Workers Discipline Only: - Experience of safeguarding practice, working with children subject to a child protection plan, identifying and managing risk. - Experience providing advice and support on the delivery of social learning theory based parenting interventions at a group and individual interventions within educational settings. - Experience leading interventions to support groups of parents/carers Family Systemic Therapist/Clinical Psychologists Discipline only: - Ability to apply psychology at a systems level within educational settings and borough wide. - Experience working at an organisational level to facilitate change

Desirable

• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change. Understanding of inclusive practices which promote person centred approaches. Ability to chair team meetings, undertake delegated management tasks and support the Service Manager in general team tasks/development as required. Able to describe and discuss different ways of problem solving in educational settings. Demonstrated skill in project leadership and systems change in a multi-disciplinary context.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

London Borough of Redbridge

Address

Lynton House

255-259 High Road

Ilford

IG1 1NN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/Jobs (Opens in a new tab)