Specialist Speech And Language Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen to make a positive impact within The Inclusion Bases within the London Borough of Islington. This newly created post will support a caseload of Primary Aged Children with complex learning needs, the majority of whom have a diagnosis of Autism.

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner and is responsible for organising and managing a defined caseload of children and young people (CYP). They are responsible for delivering a comprehensive and highly specialist service to CYP who have special and complex needs that may include autism, down's syndrome, complex learning difficulties and social and emotional behaviour difficulties. Some of these CYP will require support around developing access to AAC systems.

Intervention includes assessment, differential diagnosis and therapy for individual children or groups of children and working with the MDT to provide support to parents and professionals. The post holder will devise and provide individualised care plans that are evaluated via outcome measures. They will employ specialist communication strategies used with the client group as appropriate.

The post holder will take a lead on a clinical speciality within the team. They will provide clinical supervision and support to less experienced colleagues both within the team and the wider service; this will include the provision of second opinions and advice / support around AAC.

They will represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at multi-disciplinary / multi-agency meetings as necessary.

The post holder will have excellent communication skills and the ability to empathise in order to support and counsel parents to accept the implications of their child's special needs. They will be able to communicate complex information effectively taking into account the barriers to communication presented by the diverse caseload. They will be skilled in working in and liaising within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.

The clinician's level of high level of expertise in the field will ensure that they can reassure and instil confidence in clients, carers and other professionals. They will demonstrate good negotiation skills in working with other team members, parents/carers or other professionals. They will contribute to policy development and the development of clinical protocols.

The post holder will be involved in developing and delivering training for school staff and parents. They will provide clinical education for more junior staff in within IANDS.

We have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients.

Our mission Helping local people live longer, healthier lives.
Our vision Provide safe, personal, co-ordinated care for the community we serve.
Our goals We have developed six key strategic goals to make sure we continue to support people to live longer, healthier lives.

• To secure the best possible health and wellbeing for all our community
• To integrate and coordinate care in person-centred teams
• To deliver consistent, high quality, safe services
• To support our patients and users in being active partners in their care
• To be recognised as a leader in the fields of medical and multi-professional education, and population-based clinical research
• To innovate and continuously improve the quality of our services to deliver the best outcomes for our local population

CLINICAL

• To demonstrate highly specialist clinical expertise in the assessment, treatment and management of, language and communication…