Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)
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Speech and Language
Therapy
is an integrated service across the
PCT and the Learning Trust. The service is offered to
children with speech, language and communication needs
(SLCN), and
eating and drinking difficulties, that are resident in or at school
in Hackney and the City.
The service is managed in three geographically organised teams
based at John Scott Health Centre, the Learning Trust and Hackney
Ark.
Early Years
The team works in several contexts:
- Each children's centre has two
SLT
staff working directly
from the children’s centre base, working as an integral part of
each local team
- The child development centre, the Hackney Ark, provides
assessment and intervention as part of the multi-disciplinary/
agency team
- Some in-reach work into NICU in Homerton Hospital
- Home visits can be arranged if required
Primary schools
The team works in several contexts:
- Every mainstream primary school has an allocated
SLT
working in school for 1-2
days per week half on/off
- Designated sessions, as part of the school-based team, are
provided weekly to two language resource bases and for children
with specific language impairments in mainstream schools
- Designated sessions, as part of the school-based team, are also
provided weekly to two Autism Resource Bases and for children with
a diagnosis of autism placed in mainstream school
Secondary schools
The team works in several contexts:
- A small core service provides training and project work to
secondary schools and academies
- A number of schools buy-in additional negotiated sessions
Special schools
Designated sessions are provided weekly with
SLT
s working as part of the
school teams.
Services
- Provide prevention, health promotion and
training packages to children, families and the wider children’s
workforce in the environment and context most suitable to
them. Holistic, ‘whole school and setting’ approaches are
designed to support the child in his/her daily placement.
- Provide assessment to all children referred –
with either unitary SLCN needs or where this need is part of more
complex needs. Assessment will be offered in the environment
most suitable to the child and family with emphasis on
multi-disciplinary / agency working where appropriate.
- Provide intervention packages designed to
meet the needs of the caseload and individual child, in the right
context and involving the team around every child.
Referrals
Referrals can be made by
anyone. Parents with concerns regarding pre-school
children can also drop in to a number of “Talking Walk-in” sessions
around the borough; no referral is required for these. These
are held in each children's centre area every month; your
children's centre, health visitor and GP will hold
details. Referrals for school-aged children can be made directly to
the service or through the SENCo in the child’s school. A
named
SLT
is
allocated to every maintained school.
For further information on how, when and why
to refer, please contact our dedicated telephone line 0207 683 4587
or email sltinfo@chpct.nhs.uk
Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 9.00am – 5.00pm,
- Sessions may be offered outside these hours to request
- Some training packages may be offered in evening sessions
Contact details
Children's therapies
2nd Floor B
Block
St Leonard’s Hospital,
Nuttall Street
London
N1 5LZ
Phone: 020 7683 4262
Fax: 020 7683 4360
Email: sltinfo@chpct.nhs.uk