Speech Language and Communication Specialist.

Grade L

Salary: £34,788 to £38,813 pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 18.5hrs

Location: Selby

We are looking for a Speech, language and Communication Needs Specialist to join our Inclusion Service.

Our service works in partnership with all schools and settings within North Yorkshire to promote the inclusion, participation and achievement of children and young people with SEND. These services are allocated into SEND hubs, coordinating provision at a locality level across CYPS as a whole, to ensure needs are met holistically.

You will be responsible for working alongside the existing NHS provision for children and young people with SLCN, focusing on educational support. Assessing and identifying the needs of schools, settings and parents / carers in determining the nature and impact of learners’ SLCN, development of inclusive practices to build capacity in schools, oversight of specific caseloads of individual children with SLCN needs- often those needing additional input over and above the NHS offer, planning and modelling appropriate support and intervention, and developing whole school provision and approaches to meeting needs, including integration with school readiness strategies and curriculum developments

To be successful you must:

·       Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist or Qualified School teacher with relevant post graduate         experience and/or specialist qualification, and HCPC registration if a Speech and Language Therapist

·       Be able to demonstrate significant experience of assessment and monitoring of SLCN skills

·       Have extensive experience of working in an educational context with children and young people with             SLCN and be able to demonstrate experience of working with families of children and young people               with SLCN

This role involves a specialist level of spoken communications so a confident use of English language is required.

In return for your hard work and dedication to our service, we can offer you the chance to be part of a strong and supportive team. You will also benefit from a variety of competitive employee rewards such as local government pension scheme, retail discounts and access to green car scheme which is just one of a range of salary sacrifice schemes available.

If you would like more information, please contact Rachel Comerford on 01609 798757 for an informal conversation.

Key dates:

Closing date: 11th June 2020

Interview date: 19th, 22nd, 23rd June

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