Band 7/8a – Senior Speech & Language Therapist – Windsor – Permanent

Pulsejobs.com; England; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Speech & Language Therapist to join their team in an inspiring environment in Windsor. The role focuses on delivering individualized support to young people with complex communication needs, collaborating within a multidisciplinary team and offering the best salary and benefits in the sector.

Benefits

Full training and development opportunities

Full school holidays including bank holidays

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover for health appointments

High-street discounts

£1,000 bonus for recommending a friend

Qualifications

• Proven skills and experience in therapeutic interventions with children.
• Experience of supporting teams around children for clinical informed environments.
• Lengthy sector experience and background in team supervision.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues in therapeutic environments.
• Deliver individualised interventions and engage with young people.
• Provide consultation and training to educational teams.

Skills

Engagement

Leadership

Communication

Organisation

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC

Job description

Job Title:Senior Speech & Language Therapist
Banding:Band 7/8a
Location:Windsor, Berkshire
Start Date:ASAP
Duration:Permanent
Salary:£49,717 – £57,413 per annum (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits
Working Hours:Full-time

We are currently recruiting on behalf of our client for a highly experienced and passionateSenior Speech & Language Therapistto join their team atQueensmead House School in Windsor. Queensmead House School is located on a historic site with views of Windsor Castle. This inspiring setting, with a rich heritage of education, is now home to a specialist learning environment that was recently ratedGoodby Ofsted.Check out this video on whatlife as a Speech & Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like!

Key Responsibilities

QHS is an independent specialist day school, offering both primary and secondary education. The school supports a diverse group of pupils with complex educational needs, communication difficulties, and challenging behaviours.

Clinicians at the school are an integral part of one of the most joined-up models in SEND. Across all of the client’s specialist schools and children’s homes, they provide exceptional levels of clinical support, both in terms of expertise and the breadth of provision. The young people they support often present with a complexity of need, including developmental trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions, and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, the Senior Speech & Language Therapist will support both educational and residential colleagues in creating therapeutic living and learning environments. Based on clinical assessment and formulation, they will deliver individualised interventions and engage directly with young people to support their development.

Senior Speech & Language Therapists work collaboratively across the school and children’s homes, ensuring that therapeutic support is embedded in every aspect of education, care, and support. They also provide consultation, lead workshops, and deliver training and guidance to educational and residential teams working with the children.

What’s in it for you

For your hard work and commitment, they reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With them, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday:You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays days holiday including bank holidays
• Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, they provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out their benefitshere
• Wellbeing:a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical coverso you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host ofhigh-street discounts
• Beautiful working environmentswith the very best facilities – check out their schoolshere
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within their living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way. Here’s a few things they’ll need from you:

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC
• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs
• Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences
• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer.
• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative
• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people
• Be a member of a multi-disciplinary team, receiving regular supervision and supported in your CPD
• Have lengthy sector experience and a background in team supervision are all vital
• Be a car driver, as there’s some travel involved

Why work with Pulse?

From the moment you register with us, our focus is entirely on you. During our first conversation, you’ll quickly see that we understand your specialty inside and out.Our expert recruitment consultants are dedicated to finding you the best opportunities and supporting you every step of the way to secure the perfect placement. With our preferred or sole supplier status with many clients, you’ll have access to exclusive opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else.We always prioritise your best interests, engaging in meaningful conversations and truly listening to you. You are an individual, a professional—not just a resource.

How to Apply

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Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support throughout the process and into your work placement.

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