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Children’s Speech & Language Therapy

Greater independence, confidence and participation

Children’s speech and language therapy supports children and young people to develop communication and/or eating and drinking skills so that they have greater independence, confidence and participation in their community. The team work with children, their families and others who support them from birth up until age 19.

Speech and language therapy promotes:

  • improved understanding of spoken language
  • clear and effective use of expressive language – the use of words and sentences to convey meaning to others
  • clear speech sounds
  • successful interaction and communication with other people including social interaction
  • a healthy and strong voice
  • safe and effective eating, drinking and swallowing

What we do

  • Work collaboratively with parents and educators (e.g. schools) and others in our community to help them to support children and young people
  • Provide assessment, therapy, advice, training and / or sharing of resources and strategies
  • Advise on how environments can be adapted to support communication and safe feeding

How we work

Our values are empathy, collaboration and a proactive approach. We listen to and work with the hopes and aspirations of children and families. We are ambitious for the children and young people we work with.

We have an open referral system, accepting referrals from, for example, health visitors, and education colleagues, as well as parents.

Our service is delivered in different community settings including clinics, playgroups, special schools and mainstream primary and secondary schools.

We work closely with other professionals in health, education and social care as well as with voluntary and charitable organisations. in order to deliver an integrated service.

Who we support

We operate an open referral service for children and young people in the Royal Borough of Kingston and we work with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs up to the point they leave full time education in Kingston.

Find out more

Make a referral

You can:

  • Contact us by email: SLTChildren@yourhealthcare.org or call  020 8274 7814
  • Call our advice line on 020 8339 8106 on Wednesdays 10.00am – 12.00pm and Thursdays 2.00pm – 4.00pm (answerphone service available)
  • Discuss with your Child’s nursery/school SENCo
  • Speak to your health visitor
  • Self-refer using our online referral form, click here.

For more information about our referral process, and what to expect, read here.

Find out more

Helping my child

To speak to a therapist for some practical advice call Children’s SLT advice line on: 020 8339 8106

Available Wednesdays 10-12 and Thursdays 2-4pm (Voicemail available for call back).

Our Facebook and Instagram pages offer lots of useful tips and advice.

Useful information

See our useful links below, these websites are great places to find out more about speech, language and communication, and what you can do to help your child.

 

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Frequently asked questions

Find answers to common questions about our services, policies, and procedures. We hope you find the answers you need, and we’re always happy to assist further. If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for then please don’t hesitate to contact us.

We are an independent community interest company (CIC), but are funded by the NHS and local authorities to provide health and social care community services for residents in Kingston, and additional learning disability services in Richmond. If we make any profit, it is reinvested into our community services

If you click on the ‘Our services’ tab and choose the service you need, details of how to refer are available. If there is no referral form listed, please use the generic community healthcare referral form here.

You can also call for emergency referrals to our Rapid Response service (2-hour urgent community response) or Urgent Care Support Service (care homes).

It is possible to self refer to some of our services (e.g. rapid response, children’s speech and language). If you click on the ‘Our services’ tab and choose the service you need, details of how to refer are available. You can also call our single point of access team on 020 8274 7088 for referrals to our Rapid Response service (2-hour urgent community response).

Click here to see our current vacancies. The links will take you through to the NHS Jobs website which processes our applications. Please feel free to contact our recruitment team if you have any queries: HRhub@yourhealthcare.org

Still have a question? Our friendly team will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Contact us

Make a referral

Our Children Speech and Language Therapy online referral form can be found below:

  • Preschool children (must have a Kingston-based GP)
  • School-aged children (must live in the borough of Kingston)
  • Eating and Drinking Services for children (must have a Kingston-based GP)
Referral Form

Our Service Locations

Where can you find this service?

22 Hollyfield Road
Surbiton
KT5 9AL
Tel: 020 8339 8000

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