Senior Speech & Language Therapy Assistant

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Job summary

Do you want to be part of a forward thinking, innovative team? Do you want to work for a service that is committed to Equality Diversity and Inclusion and Staff Wellbeing?

The Ealing Speech and Language Therapy department is a friendly, motivated team who strive to provide services of high quality to the diverse population of the London Borough of Ealing.

We have an exciting opportunity for aSenior Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our Mainstream Team.

Main duties of the job

Band 4 - Paediatric Senior Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

We are looking for a Senior Speech and Language Therapy Assistant within our Mainstream Schools Team. The successful candidate must have a passion for working with children and families and have excellent communication skills, proven administration and IT skills and be an effective team worker.

The post holder will be required to:

Manage a small team of assistants, providing support and supervision
Be responsible for timetabling the assistant time into schools
Manage the day-to-day questions that arise from the SLTA team
Lead the administrative side of the Schools Buy-in service:
Co-ordinate the administration for Central Training for schools
Maintain spreadsheets used to record therapeutic activity and collate data required by commissioners.
General administration duties, e.g. filing, sending out appointment letters, answering phone calls etc.

In addition to this, the post holder will be involved in some direct clinical work which will include:

Working with in schools with a range of children who have speech, language and communication needs.
Supporting Teaching Assistants in schools to run clinical groups and modelling intervention packages.
Making materials to be used in therapy
Supporting and being involved in summer groups
Contributing to audits

About us

We're thrilled that you are thinking of joining us. With the new Elizabeth line, our trust has never been so well-connected to East and Central London and as far out as Reading making it easier to further your career with us

Click on these links to meet the team and get a flavour of the work we do!

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Our vision

Keeping children and young people's education, health and well-being at the centre of decision making to achieve the best possible outcomes.

We feel strongly that Continual Professional Development is central to the delivery of the service and the development of the staff who work within it. The department offers a wide range of opportunities for CPD and is committed to providing excellent levels of support and supervision such as; shadowing opportunities, peer support groups, supervision, journal clubs, specialism groups and whole department training days.

Ealing Speech and Language Therapy department is committed to providing care and services which are inclusive and treat everyone with respect. We have a committed equality, diversity and inclusion group who are working to ensure we are an actively anti-racist team. We are striving to ensure our team reflects the communities we serve. We seek to ensure we are allies with our LGBTQ+ colleagues and families as well our neurodivergent colleagues and families.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To develop and maintain data spreadsheets related to schools buy in and SEN services
To distribute and monitor the return of school contracts and to liaise with the contracts team at CNWL
To assist and support SLTs in day to day admin tasks as requested which may include:
Support with System 1
support with discharge process on system 1 and archiving
when required to type reports, minutes of meetings etc
to collect and input statistical information as required
To manage the administration associated with the following under the guidance of the Team Leaders:
Training (including Makaton)
Core Service
General Information to be sent to Education / health settings and parents when appropriate and followed up via e-mail/post/phone call
Schools buy-in contracts
Other Admin needs associated with new or developing parts of the Service
To cover the duties of absent assistants as directed by Team Leaders
To monitor stock levels of equipment, stocking up small storerooms as required and ensure documentation is maintained.
To order equipment via eProcurement
To prepare equipment for individual speech and language programmes as directed by the SLT
To assist in setting up sessions and recording of notes for therapists carrying out clinical 1;1, paired or group sessions.
Ensure any patient related documentation meets the standards set by the professional body in conjunction with Ealing Community Partners standards of note keeping.
To be responsible for own CPD, by attending:
any in-service training days
team meetings
care-group or other clinical meetings as arranged.
Ensure up to date knowledge of Information Governance
To attend Mandatory training sessions
Continual Personal Development Programmes as agreed with Team Leaders
To support SLTs in the placements of SLT Students in the following ways:
Induction training for students
Co-running groups/whole class/training sessions with students
Feeding back to SLT re: students work when co-working with them
To assist and support the Speech & Language Therapy Team in the provision of an effective and efficient service
To contribute to the overall management of the service and to maintain good communication at all levels within the community and with external agencies to ensure a co-ordinated approach to the care of each individual patient.
To provide a positive image of the speech and language therapy service and the Trust.
To observe confidentiality and data protection policies and procedures currently in force.
To work with the SLTs, SLTAs and the Clinical Service leads for Mainstream Schools.
To ensure the health and safety of self/clients.
To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures within the Trust.
To carry out duties as required.
To participate in audit activities.
To use own initiative to tidy treatment/admin/resource areas and maintain cleanliness of the therapy areas.
To carry out any other duties as directed by qualified therapists in agreement with Team Leader

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Job description
Job responsibilities

To develop and maintain data spreadsheets related to schools buy in and SEN services
To distribute and monitor the return of school contracts and to liaise with the contracts team at CNWL
To assist and support SLTs in day to day admin tasks as requested which may include:
Support with System 1
support with discharge process on system 1 and archiving
when required to type reports, minutes of meetings etc
to collect and input statistical information as required
To manage the administration associated with the following under the guidance of the Team Leaders:
Training (including Makaton)
Core Service
General Information to be sent to Education / health settings and parents when appropriate and followed up via e-mail/post/phone call
Schools buy-in contracts
Other Admin needs associated with new or developing parts of the Service
To cover the duties of absent assistants as directed by Team Leaders
To monitor stock levels of equipment, stocking up small storerooms as required and ensure documentation is maintained.
To order equipment via eProcurement
To prepare equipment for individual speech and language programmes as directed by the SLT
To assist in setting up sessions and recording of notes for therapists carrying out clinical 1;1, paired or group sessions.
Ensure any patient related documentation meets the standards set by the professional body in conjunction with Ealing Community Partners standards of note keeping.
To be responsible for own CPD, by attending:
any in-service training days
team meetings
care-group or other clinical meetings as arranged.
Ensure up to date knowledge of Information Governance
To attend Mandatory training sessions
Continual Personal Development Programmes as agreed with Team Leaders
To support SLTs in the placements of SLT Students in the following ways:
Induction training for students
Co-running groups/whole class/training sessions with students
Feeding back to SLT re: students work when co-working with them
To assist and support the Speech & Language Therapy Team in the provision of an effective and efficient service
To contribute to the overall management of the service and to maintain good communication at all levels within the community and with external agencies to ensure a co-ordinated approach to the care of each individual patient.
To provide a positive image of the speech and language therapy service and the Trust.
To observe confidentiality and data protection policies and procedures currently in force.
To work with the SLTs, SLTAs and the Clinical Service leads for Mainstream Schools.
To ensure the health and safety of self/clients.
To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures within the Trust.
To carry out duties as required.
To participate in audit activities.
To use own initiative to tidy treatment/admin/resource areas and maintain cleanliness of the therapy areas.
To carry out any other duties as directed by qualified therapists in agreement with Team Leader

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

oA Level standard or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

oComputer literate with experience of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
oExperience of carrying out administrative tasks effectively and efficiently
oExperience with young children and families

Desirable

oExperience of using health data system, e.g. System 1
- Previous experience as an SLTA working with children with communication difficulties.

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential

oStrong organisational ability
oAbility to prioritise
oAbility to use initiative
oCreative and neat in preparing therapy materials
oExcellent communication skills including presenting information to different audiences (children, parents, school staff)
oGood telephone manner
oUnderstanding and calm in potentially difficult situations
oAbility to adapt to working in a number of different locations with a number of different therapists
oGood writing skills
oAn interest in the work of the Speech and Language Therapy department
oStrong Computer skills
oStrong Time Management skills
oGood observational skills
oStrong team working ability

Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications

Essential

oA Level standard or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

oComputer literate with experience of Word, Excel, PowerPoint
oExperience of carrying out administrative tasks effectively and efficiently
oExperience with young children and families

Desirable

oExperience of using health data system, e.g. System 1
- Previous experience as an SLTA working with children with communication difficulties.

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

Essential

oStrong organisational ability
oAbility to prioritise
oAbility to use initiative
oCreative and neat in preparing therapy materials
oExcellent communication skills including presenting information to different audiences (children, parents, school staff)
oGood telephone manner
oUnderstanding and calm in potentially difficult situations
oAbility to adapt to working in a number of different locations with a number of different therapists
oGood writing skills
oAn interest in the work of the Speech and Language Therapy department
oStrong Computer skills
oStrong Time Management skills
oGood observational skills
oStrong team working ability

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

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Additional information
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 .

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Carmelita House

21-22 The Mall

Ealing

W52PJ

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