Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Statutory Assessment

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Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Enfield is seeking a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist for a fixed-term position. The role offers flexibility, focusing on statutory assessments for children with special educational needs. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience, including effective communication skills. The organization is committed to diversity and co-production with families, providing an inclusive environment for both staff and patients.

Benefits

Flexible working

Term time hours

Qualifications

• Well-developed knowledge of informal methods of assessment within the classroom.
• Experience of working with schools to optimise the communication environment.
• Knowledge and experience of up-to-date research in developing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct highly specialist assessment and diagnosis of communication disorders in children.
• Provide specialist advice to staff on supporting communication in schools.
• Monitor statutory assessment reports and provide feedback to junior team members.

Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Proven ability to work as part of a team

Education

Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent

Registration with the Health Care Professions Council

Registered member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists

Job description

Main area Speech and Language Therapist Grade Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Would consider Term Time only) Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working
• Term time hours

37.5 hours per week Job ref 391-NMUH-7596624

Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Cedar House Town Enfield Salary £53,751 - £60,651 Per annum (pro rata) including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 30/01/2026 23:59

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist- Statutory Assessment

Band 7

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are excited to offer a fixed term for one year 1.0 wte Band 6/ 7 Speech and Language Therapy role to cover Maternity Leave

The post holder will have responsibility for carrying out highly specialist statutory assessment of CYP in order to inform the local authority process of identifying Special Educational needs and the provision needed to meet those needs. We are committed to:

Co-production with families.

Listening to 'the voice of the child' when working with children and young people (CYP) and actively involve CYP in target setting and evaluation

You will also be responsible for monitoring statutory assessment reports written by more junior members of the statutory assessment team and providing clinical feedback and support in order to ensure quality.

You will be part of a team of Band 7 therapists who take the lead on triaging new referrals to the School age Speech and Language service You will respond and give feedback to referrers and develop 'waiting well' strategies .

He/she will participate in the training of Speech and Language Therapy students and supervise the work of LSAs/TAs.

Main duties of the job

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To be responsible for the highly specialist assessment and diagnosis of the full range of communication disorders in children.
• To provide highly specialist advice to staff on supporting communication to meet the strengths of the children and young people in the school setting
• To demonstrate highly specialist knowledge in complex needs/SEMH/trauma informed practice and their impact on communication development and intervention underpinned by current evidence based practice.
• To be skilled in Listening to 'the voice of the child' when working with children and young people (CYP) and actively involve CYP in target setting and evaluation.
• To be responsible for monitoring statutory assessment reports written by more junior members of the statutory assessment team and providing clinical feedback and support in order to ensure quality.
• You will be part of a team of Band 7 therapists who take the lead on triaging new referrals to the School age Speech and Language service You will respond and give feedback to referrers.
• To provide advice to parents and carers regarding the impact / likely impact of their child’s learning needs / physical needs on their child’s communication development.

Working for our organisation

The North Middlesex University Hospital, Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children's community services in Enfield.

In January 2025 we joined the Royal Free group: it is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other IC… (truncated for brevity)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job description and person specification that is attached to this job role for a a detailed description of the roles and responsibilities.

If you would like to speak to the Managers of the service to hear more details about the roles or to our team members to discuss their experiences and thoughts about our service please do contact us and we would be happy to arrange a call back. (please email [emailprotected] )

We are looking forward to hearing from you

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council for Licence to Practice
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists

Experience

• Well-developed knowledge of the use of informal methods of assessment within the classroom.
• Experience of working with schools to optimise the communication environment.
• Knowledge and experience of up to date research and approaches to developing communication skills
• Ability to analyse and interpret results in relation to theoretical and clinical knowledge of individual clients, developmental norms and curriculum Levels, with specific emphasis on implications for access to the Curriculum.

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to work as part of a team.

Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note:

• Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
• Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
• Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Name Judy Sleat and Eleanor Leeser Job title Joint Care group Manager:School Aged SALT Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 07777687096