Job overview

The Children’s Integrated Speech and Language Therapy Service for Hackney and the City is a unique partnership between health and education. The resultant service works across Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust and Hackney Education and has grown into a large and dynamic team that delivers innovative models of working.

We are proud to be commissioned by health, education and schools in Hackney and out of borough as well Youth Justice and Virtual Schools for Looked After Children. We have a strong relationship with schools and alternative providers and are growing in traded services.

Main duties of the job

The well regarded Hackney Speech and Language Therapy service operates a comprehensive service within the borough's primary and secondary schools, alternative provisions and FE colleges. Over a number of years we have established robust systems and practices. As a result the service we deliver is highly regarded by families and schools.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on the role of leading  on provision for Secondary and Post 16 settings, working closely with a team of other senior staff supporting the service within schools in general, but focussing on our teenage cohort. This means also supporting service wide initiatives such as our Out Of Borough commissioning or other internal school wide projects.

You will have a thorough knowledge of a wide range of clinical conditions (and how they might present and overlap in the 10-19 age range), and an understanding  of how to support a range of partners and MDTs to provide thoughtfully sequenced functional and holistic support to the adolescent cohort.

Being able to successfully support a team of therapists, and a group of diverse schools is essential and outstanding interpersonal skills and problem solving capacity are required.

You will be well supported via robust clinical supervision and have access to excellent CPD opportunities.

We embrace flexible working and will consider applicants who wish to work part-time.

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff.  This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan.  All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list