We provide clinical supervision and specialist mentoring to our own team of speech and language therapists, but we also offer this to external therapists too.
What does this look like?
- Book one-off or regular clinical supervision for yourself or on behalf of an employee with our Specialist SLTs, highly experienced as clinical supervisors.
- We can ensure you get the right Clinical Supervisor for you and your caseload – we assign our supervisors based on your caseload / client group as well as availability.
- Add in Specialist Mentoring – we provide monthly online CPD sessions for SLT’s to boost their knowledge in key therapy approaches including low tech AAC, PMLD, SEMH, high level language, ASD and many more. Book sessions of interest for low-cost CPD.
Some of the biggest reported reasons for SLTs leaving their educational setting posts are:
- Lack of management by a Speech and Language Therapist who would understand their unique needs
- Lack of clinical support to assist them through complex caseloads
- Lack of training opportunities to develop their skill set and keep them up to date with the latest evidence based practice
- Isolation and a lack of SLT peers
- Lack of second opinions and sense of doubt in their clinical reasoning
What does RCSLT and HCPC outline as their requirements for each band of SLT?
RCSLT recommend that services support the mentoring of clinical practice through
- Managerial supervision – (to be provided by your setting)
- Clinical supervision
- Personal development and performance review (PDPR)
- Personal development plan (PDP)
The amount of time will vary in line with the banding of the SLT, you can access more detailed information here
Professional / Clinical supervision
NQT | 1 hr/weekly during the first 3months; 1 hr/monthly thereafter |
Experienced SLT | 1-1.5 hrs/every 4-6 weeks 1:1; *group; peer;combination. The minimum time requirement for supervision can be distributed across different forms and is cumulative |
Locum/temporary SLT | 1-1.5 hrs/every 4-6 weeks 1:1; *group; peer;combination. The minimum time requirement for supervision can be distributed across different forms and is cumulative |
SLTA | 1-1.5 hrs/every 4-6 weeks 1:1; *group; peer; combination. The minimum time requirement for supervision can be distributed across different forms and is cumulative |