Speech and Language Therapist

Role: Highly Specialist Preschool Speech and Language Therapist

Grade: Speech and Langiage Therapist - Band 7

Band: Band 7

Duration of Vacancy: 12 weeks

Hours per week: 37.5

Location:

Alexandra Avenue Health and Social Care Centre, 275 Alexandra Avenue, Harrow and Harrow Schools

Job Description:

This post is in the schools’ Speech and Language therapy team. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner providing a specialist speech and language therapy service to a designated caseload of children requiring early intervention as well as children with a range of speech, language and communication and eating/drinking difficulties and Special Educational Needs (SEN). This will include children attending mainstream and special schools. A significant proportion of these children will have English as an additional language (EAL). He/she will be expected to manage their own caseload, travel between schools and work alongside health and education staff to ensure specialist therapy programmes and health education plans are in place for the children under their care. He/she will be expected to work collaboratively with children/young people (CYP), parents/ carers and with colleagues in Health, Education and Social Services in planning and delivery of services.