Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - mainstream schools and early years

Location: Hackney E81LL

Hours: 37.5/pw

Shift pattern: Monday to Friday

Length of employment: 2 months

Job description:

• provide a high quality specialist speech and language therapy service to children and young people within the specified clinical areas: Mainstream Schools- Primary, Secondary and Post-16 (in Hackney and other London boroughs).
• In conjunction with families the post holder will assess, where possible within their first language, and diagnose children with a range of speech, language and communication needs. He /she will contribute to the multi-professional assessment of children and young people with language and communication, and in some posts eating and drinking needs.
• make specialist clinical decisions following assessment of more complex cases and to communicate these decisions to other professionals and workers
• To create written resources / publicity, in key community languages where appropriate to facilitate parents and professionals knowledge about speech, language and communication, its impact and specific strategies.

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