We are looking for a Speech Therapist with experience working with learning disabled adults to work part time during the week with us at our centre near Elephant and Castle.
Our centre provides care and stimulation for adults with learning disabilities. Your day to day tasks will vary depending on your client and the nature of the problem.
However, you'll typically need to:
• identify the speech and communication difficulty or disorder;
• assess the cause and nature of the problem, for example, congenital problems (such as cleft palate) or acquired disorders after a stroke or injury;
• devise and deliver a suitable treatment programme, working on a one-to-one basis or in groups, to enable each of your clients to improve as much as possible;
• review and revise the programme as appropriate;
• advise carers on implementing a treatment programme and train other professionals in therapy delivery;
• monitor and evaluate your clients' progress;
• write confidential client case notes and reports, as well as information for clients, carers and other professionals;
• manage a caseload while taking into account priority cases, waiting lists, successful outcomes, referral and discharge of service users;
• work within a team to improve the effectiveness of service delivery.
There may be times that you are required to:
• conduct personal development reviews with colleagues;
• support newly qualified SLTs and speech and language therapy assistants;
• undertake clinical audit
Full time and Part time positions are available and Salary will vary depending on this.