Speech and Language Teacher at RA International School (RAIS)

Location: Bonny Island, Rivers

Job Objectives

• To identify children with Speech, Language and Communication delays / disorders and to provide support for these needs, thus ensuring that all children in RAIS School reach their full potentials.
• To offer training to service users including: parents; teachers; LSAs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify communication delays/disorders through formal and/or informal assessment to enable appropriate intervention. Reliably interpret the results from assessment findings. Devise, deliver and review relevant and appropriate therapeutic programmes.
• Deliver the4-apy in a number of settings: individual, group and classroom.
• Write and maintain confidential client case notes; reports and therapy summaries to the recognised standards of the Soil’s regulating body i.e. Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).
• Manage the case load effectively to allow optimum therapeutic time for each child i.e. prioritizing needs, developing care aims, managing a waiting list, discharging when appropriate, thus ensuring sufficient progress for all children.
• Attend relevant IEP meetings and other related meetings, and actively contribute to the partnership work that arises to ensure best outcome for pupils.
• Liaise with and train parents, teachers and other relevant adults in the knowledge and skills required to promote and improve the communication of pupils on the case load.
• Actively maintain and develop up-to-date knowledge and skills in the field of Speech and Language Therapy to meet Continuing Professional Development requirements.
• Support parents in developing awareness of additional needs within the Residential Area.

Job Requirements/Person Specifications
Education:

• A University Degree in any discipline at a minimum of 2nd Class Lower.
• Recognized degree (Bachelors or Masters) in Speech and Language Therapy with eligibility to join regulating body, for example The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Willingness and motivation to maintain a high level of Continuing Professional Development and, develop specialist skills.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Speech & Language Therapist working with children (ages 3-12), ideally in a school setting.
• Experience in carrying out both formal and informal assessments, and using the outcomes to inform therapy and in developing care plans.
• Should be a person with high integrity and excellent character.
• Not more than 45 years old by May 31st, 2018.