Speech and Language Therapy training sessions

All Speech and Language Therapy training sessions are jointly run by City, University of London (CUoL) and University College London (UCL).

Practice Educator (PE) Training

Please note that all practice educators should complete a Practice Educators training day before taking students on placement. This training is to support new practice educators in developing the skills and knowledge required to educate student speech and language therapists on placement.

Please read an overview of the training session.

Pre-requisites:

• you should be a Band 6 therapist or a therapist with 1yr+ post-registration experience and completed all NQPs
• HCPC registration
• RCSLT or personal professional indemnity insurance.

Practice Educator Training days for 2021-22

Training dates for 2021-22 are currently planned online via Zoom. These sessions will satisfy the requirements for PE supervision and are appropriate for individuals requiring initial PE training or update training.

Please note that bookings for the training days can only be made via links below. These will be 3.5 hour interactive virtual sessions.

• Monday 20th September 2021: 10.00 - 13.30
• Monday 27th September 2021: 10.00 - 13.30
• Wednesday 15th December 2021: 13.30 - 17.00
• Monday 17th January 2022: 10.00 - 13.30
• Wednesday 26th January 2022: 13.30 - 17.00
• Monday 21nd March 2022: 10.00 - 13.30
• Wednesday 18th May 2022: 13.30 - 17.00

If you have any questions please contact clinicalplacements@city.ac.uk.

Practice Educator Webcast Training

If you require refresher training, we encourage you to book on to one of the above sessions that are led by a UCL & City representative. Alternatively, there is a webcast training video that will satisfy the requirements to supervise a student.

It can be completed in your own time and will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

Access the training video.

It's important we have on record that you completed the webcast video PE training. Once you have completed it please can you ensure to complete the short webform.

Placements Coordinators Network meetings

We welcome SLT Placement Coordinators to join us for a networking event. At this meeting you can expect to:

• receive updates about the universities’ clinical placements programmes
• receive a summary of students’ feedback on placements
• provide the universities with feedback about service-specific issues
• discuss and problem-solve placements issues with SLT colleagues from other services.

These meetings are held twice a year:

• Wednesday 20th October 2021: 14.30 - 16.00, currently planned online via Zoom
• Tuesday 24th May 2022: 10.00 - 12.00 (followed by APEW), may be held as a live meeting at UCL or virtually (to be confirmed).

For booking or enquiries please contact: katie.kay@ucl.ac.uk

Annual Practice Educator Workshop

All practice educators are invited to the Annual Practice Educators’ Workshop (APEW). The APEW provides an opportunity for practice educators to share good and innovative practice with their peers.

• Tuesday 24th May 2022, 13.00-16.30 (if held as a live event at UCL) or 13.00-15.00 if held virtually.

For booking or enquiries please contact: katie.kay@ucl.ac.uk

Bespoke training at your workplace

We are also able to come to your place of work to provide either initial or advanced practice educator training sessions for a whole team. We request that there be a minimum of 20 participants for us to do this. Please contact us if you would like us to run a session at your place of work.