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SEN Teacher / Speech & Language Therapist

SEN Teacher / Speech & Language Therapist

The Hamilton International School

Doha- Qatar

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Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
31 May 2021

Job overview

We are looking for an energetic, collaborative, and experienced speech-language pathologist to join our growing special education team. Job responsibilities include but are not limited to therapy, evaluations, IEP development, and teacher consultation.  

We are looking for an SEN teacher who:

• To provide clinically effective, person centered, and evidence based l therapy, assessment and intervention to children at the Hamilton International School. 

• To provide support and training to all education staff with regard to S&L therapy interventions. 

FUNCTIONAL LINKS: 

The S&L Therapist will be expected to work in collaboration with allied professionals and will need to maintain links with a variety of bodies. These will include: 

1. Students and their parents/carers and advocates 

2. School staff 

3. Other professionals working with the students 

4. Relevant Community Services 

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Assess, screen, and evaluate students and effectively share results with parents and educational staff, and participate in the eligibility determination process in accordance with school requirements and best practice.

• Providing high quality direct speech-language therapy services to students according to students’ Individual Education Plans. 

• Conducting assessments, analysing results, and writing reports to determine strengths and concerns in areas of speech, voice, fluency, pragmatics, language, and oral motor skills. 

• Developing IEPs that are SMART and strength-based as well as child and family centered for overall educational improvement. 

• Ensuring evaluations, IEPs and service delivery are aligned with school guidelines. 

• Assisting and guiding teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language delays/disorders. 

• Provide consultative services for school staff by sharing and demonstrating specific techniques and working with school teams to facilitate relevant and consistent interventions for targeted students.

• Communicate and collaborate with parents and the school community for the purpose of fostering individual student success and growth while engaging the families in the therapy program.

• Maintain and submit information/reports including student progress for all students 

• Share with other staff members the responsibility for school activities and student supervision.

• Communicating and coordinating with the SENCO to ensure school mission, philosophy, and procedures are embraced. 

• Keeping abreast of best practices in speech and language therapy and language development. 

• Contributing productively to the school as a whole. 

CLINICAL 

• To use clinical reasoning skills, to analyse and interpret assessment results in order to set appropriate therapy goals and outcome measures. 

• To monitor, evaluate and modify intervention in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention. 

• To provide individual or small group therapy, as required.

• To liaise with all team members and family/carers to provide a coordinated approach and ensure occupational therapy treatment is integrated into the student’s targets that support learning and skills for daily living. This could include home visits and monitoring phone calls. 

• To contribute to and / or provide training to both school staff and parents. 

• To work closely with the SEN team, including the occupational therapist, to ensure provision is child centered and the environment enables them to realise their potential and maximise their academic, social, physical and emotional development. 

• To develop and monitor SaLT programmes implemented by the Special Education Teachers and Learning assistants.

• To support, advise and supervise the same. 

• To assess for, advise and order specialist equipment/software being aware of financial implications and restrictions in liaison with reporting relationships. 

• To attend school –arranged meetings for children, including IEP meetings, reviews and parent evenings. 

• To use IT and other alternative methods of communication to overcome barriers to communication e.g. simple clear language, Makaton, symbols, visuals and objects.

ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT 

• To manage a clinical caseload and time effectively, prioritising work as required. 

• To complete and maintain accurate treatment records in accordance with the Standards of Practise set by THIS.

• To write professional reports to be shared at review meetings, and to attend review meetings where appropriate. 

PROFESSIONAL 

• To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice where appropriate. 

• To be aware of the sensitivity required to work closely, effectively and in a professional manner with our students, parents/ carers and other professionals.  

• To respect the confidentiality, individuality, values and cultural and religious diversity of pupils. 

• To undertake school induction programmes and continued professional development (CPD), including child protection and safeguarding, health and safety and risk management training. 

• To participate in staff meetings, department meetings and liaison meetings with other professionals. 

• To promote awareness of the role of S&L therapy within the school and home community. 

• To maintain personal development through use of off- site and in-house training, contact and involvement with relevant special interest groups, attendance of CPD, and review of literature as required. 

• To maintain own clinical professional development by keeping abreast of new developments within the profession and ensure that practice is based on best available evidence. 

• To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision.

• To work within professional standards as stipulated in the relevant Code of Conduct. 

Requirements

Education: 

• Have a current license or be qualified for a license as a Speech-Language Pathologist.  

• Bachelor’s Degree/Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited institution 

• Preferred candidates will have experience with oral-motor skills,childhood development, TEACCH, PECS, ABA/VB strategies.

Child Safeguarding and Protection

THIS is fully committed to students’ safeguarding and protection. The selected applicants will be required to take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within our school, as well as adhere to and ensure compliance with The Hamilton International School’s child protection policies and procedures.

Criminal Background Checks

All successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory Criminal Background Checks covering the 10 years prior to their start date with the school; this will cover all countries of residence during that period.

Thank you for considering The Hamilton International School as your next place of employment. We regularly update this page with teaching, support and administrative positions.


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