Locum Speech And Language Therapy

Globe Locums, the UK's medical recruitment agency run by clinicians for clinicians have the following Speech and Language job available:

• Speciality
  - Speech and Language Therapy- EHCP / Selective Mutism
• Location
  -Lincolnshire
• Start date
  -ASAP
• Contract Length
  -Ongoing
• Pay Rates :£150 per session
• Hours:
  
  Approx. 50 hours per year
• We are looking for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to provide specialist EHCP provision for a young person with selective mutism and complex communication needs.
• The young person is currently not attending school, so sessions will initially be delivered around their current arrangements. This is a flexible, low-hours locum opportunity that could work well alongside an existing role or caseload.

• Deliver one 45-minute individual SLT session per week.
• Develop and maintain accessible multimodal communication.
• Support self-advocacy, communication around health and safety, and participation in education.
• Use a low-pressure communication approach, without placing expectations on the young person to use spoken language.
• Provide termly training and consultation to key education staff.
• Support staff with:
• Selective mutism
• Reducing communication pressure
• Recognising non-speaking communication
• Multimodal communication strategies
• Self-advocacy
• Adapting classroom communication demands
• Liaise with the young person's family, education team and other professionals to ensure consistency across settings.
• Complete an annual formal SLT reassessment, using appropriately adapted assessment methods that do not rely solely on verbal responses.
• Produce an annual written SLT review report, including progress, current needs and recommendations for EHCP provision/outcomes.
• Attend the young person's Annual Review meeting.
• Review provision earlier where there is a significant change in communication, placement, educational access or participation.
• Annual Hours
• Approximately 50 hours per year, comprising:
• " 39 hours - direct SLT intervention
• " 6 hours - staff training and consultation
• " 3 hours - annual reassessment
• " 1 hour - annual written review report
• " 1 hour
  - Annual Review attendance

• Qualified Speech & Language Therapist
• HCPC registration
• Strong paediatric / education experience
• Experience supporting selective mutism highly desirable
• Knowledge of multimodal and non-speaking communication approaches
• Experience working with EHCPs and educational settings
• Confident working autonomously and liaising with families and multidisciplinary teams
• Able to travel to Horncastle for face-to-face provision