Experience

COMMUNICATE SLT CIC

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Speech And Language Therapist

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Speech And Language Therapist

  • Oct 2020 - Jan 2022

  Delivering a range of direct and indirect therapy through Telehealth as well as via face to face sessions. This included: coaching and setting up PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), supporting implementation of communication books, modelling use of Makaton and early language strategies ( e.g. objects of reference, Intensive Interaction). It has also involved speech sound therapy, language therapy and has developed my ability to coach parents and professionals, to implement key strategies and therefore facilitate a supportive communication environment. It enhanced my skills in independently delivering informal and formal assessment and making decisions about management and discharge. My role involved liaising with a range of education, health, early years and social care professionals. It also developed my ability to independently manage my own caseload, and use a range of assessment tools. It further developed my ability to complete assessments for social communication panels and to inform EHCPs (education health care plans) and annual reviews. Show less



Salford Royal Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

  • Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

  Delivering a range of direct and indirect therapy through Telehealth . This included: Building Early Sentences Therapy, specific speech sound therapy, phonological awareness therapy, information carrying words activities. It also involves modelling, key interaction strategies (e.g. ICAN and Hannen) to parents, and facilitating a supportive communication environment. This experience enhanced my skills in independently delivering informal and formal assessment, and making decisions about management and discharge. My role involved liaising with a range of education, early years and social care professionals. It developed my ability to independently manage my own caseload. It also enhanced my ability to create a range of offline training resources, including videos and Powerpoint presentations, for parents and professionals. Show less



Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Student clinical placement- adult respiratory

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  This placement developed my ability to work in a interdisciplinary team, involving joint sessions to make holistic decisions about a clients care. It also enhanced the independence of my practice, and my communication skills with adults. It also developed my awareness of a range of professionals including: nurses, physiotherapists, clinical psychologists and consultants. This placement developed my ability to work in a interdisciplinary team, involving joint sessions to make holistic decisions about a clients care. It also enhanced the independence of my practice, and my communication skills with adults. It also developed my awareness of a range of professionals including: nurses, physiotherapists, clinical psychologists and consultants.



Block placement end Y2(formative 3rd year placement) – AAC, Speech sounds and DLD, and Outreach

• Student clinical placement

  • May 2019 - Jun 2019

  • Increased my awareness of complex speech sound disorder and therapy approaches. • Developed my ability to contribute and ask relevant questions in in meetings and clinical discussions. • Increased my confidence in assisting in delivery of multidisciplinary training which included presentation to a group of physios/OTs and then facilitating small group work. • Increased my awareness of assessment priorities in AAC. • Developed my knowledge of AAC intervention and resources. • Developed my live recording skills, and structuring observations. • Developed my ability to write structured and concise case notes. • The placement enhance my ability to make structured observations, as well as summarise and feedback next steps for the client. • This experience helped me to begin to develop independence of practice (e.g. leading discussions with other professionals, then delivering the session and then discussing next steps). Show less



Spring placement – Y2- 2019- Preschool complex needs

• Student clinical placement

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

  • This placement enhanced my ability to take case histories, and use parental report to inform my decision making about a child's care. • This experience developed my ability to write accurate and concise case notes and reports. • It also enhanced my ability to ask relevant questions and feedback key information to parents and other professionals. • The placement developed my ability to plan sessions based on assessment results and beginning to suggest next steps for therapy. • It developed my awareness of others roles in the multidisciplinary team ( e.g. health visitors, paediatricians , nursery and preschool staff). Show less



Autumn placement- Y2 – 2018 – Paediatrics DLD (Developmental language disorder):

• Student clinical placement

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  This placement experience developed my : • Independence and confidence in carrying out formal, and informal assessment, as well as my transcription skills. • My ability to make hypotheses from assessment and plan the direction of future management. • My reflection skills and self-awareness of my own learning. • My ability to apply theoretical knowledge to the client group. • My insight into my own interpersonal skills and adapting them accordingly to specific clients. • My independence of planning and delivering sessions. Show less



Block placement summer 2018 – Adult acquired end of life/ progressive:

• Student clinical placement

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2018

  • Developed my awareness of other professionals’ roles. • Further enhanced my awareness of personal and emotional needs of both clients and families. • Started to develop my ability to make accurate evidence-based observations during communication therapy of: Client’s general abilities; Client’s communication ;Clinical educators assessment and therapy techniques. • Began to enhance my ability to discuss possible contributing factors to communication difficulty, (eg. situational, social, psychological or medical factors). Show less



Octagon Theatre Bolton

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Support worker

  • Apr 2014 - Dec 2017

  Drama group – children range of additional needs Helped me to develop a multisensory approach to facilitating language, socialisation and motor development. Drama group – children range of additional needs Helped me to develop a multisensory approach to facilitating language, socialisation and motor development.



St James' High school

• Bolton, United Kingdom

• Teaching Assistant : mainstream secondary school

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2017

  Mainstream Secondary School Teaching assistant children with a range of additional needs Expanded my knowledge of a greater range of additional needs. Increased my understanding of typical development in a secondary school setting. Developed my ability to reflect on my own practice. Mainstream Secondary School Teaching assistant children with a range of additional needs Expanded my knowledge of a greater range of additional needs. Increased my understanding of typical development in a secondary school setting. Developed my ability to reflect on my own practice.



Bolton Parish Church School

• Bolton, United Kingdom

• 1:1 SEND teaching assistant child ASD

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2016

  Developed my understanding of typical parameters for development and of Autism spectrum disorder. Developed my ability to plan interventions and adapt in response to the child. Developed my ability to liaise with a variety of professionals around the child. Developed my understanding of typical parameters for development and of Autism spectrum disorder. Developed my ability to plan interventions and adapt in response to the child. Developed my ability to liaise with a variety of professionals around the child.



Priory

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

  CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service) -inpatient unit Gave me a number of strategies for dealing with challenging behaviour. Allowed me to further understand the wholistic nature of communication, and the importance of it’s context for socialisation and emotional wellbeing. CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service) -inpatient unit Gave me a number of strategies for dealing with challenging behaviour. Allowed me to further understand the wholistic nature of communication, and the importance of it’s context for socialisation and emotional wellbeing.



Milwood special school

• Radcliffe, Bury

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  Help to me develop knowledge and understanding of a range of communication disorders. Develop my knowledge of a range of communication modes and ways to differentiate language between different children. Help to me develop knowledge and understanding of a range of communication disorders. Develop my knowledge of a range of communication modes and ways to differentiate language between different children.