Band 7 Equivalent, Speech and Language Therapist (Outdoor Learning Focus)

BLOSSOM HOUSE SCHOOL; Woking; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading special education provider in Woking seeks a dedicated professional for a full-time or part-time role focusing on outdoor learning and supporting students with complex social communication needs. The ideal candidate will possess resilience, passion for teaching, and experience in a transdisciplinary team environment. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a nurturing and therapeutic learning environment, aiming to promote students' independence and emotional well-being.

Qualifications

• Direct experience with children having significant social communication needs.
• Ability to implement AAC systems and support functional skill development.
• Experience in a transdisciplinary team environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a bespoke learning curriculum focused on outdoor learning.
• Support students with social communication difficulties.
• Promote emotional well-being and independence among students.

Skills

Resilience

Working with children with social communication needs

Team collaboration

Functional communication skills

Risk management

Positive behavior promotion

Independent assessment knowledge

Experience with AAC systems

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or related field

Job description

Overview

The role is a Permanent, Full-Time or Part-time role (minimum 3 days a week)

Monday to Friday: (08:30am – 17:00pm).

Salary from: Depending on experience and skills.

To Start: Autumn Term 2025.

Early applications are encouraged.

Provision Address: Stanley Hill Grange, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DL

About the role

We are designing a bespoke learning curriculum based around outdoor learning, which will be hands-on and functional with less of an academic focus. The applicant will need to be comfortable around handling and caring for animals and someone who is a keen to get their hands dirty.

This will be a highly therapeutic environment, where communication support is central to its success. We will follow the SCERTS framework (Social Communication Emotional Regulation Transition Support) to support our assessment, target setting and maintenance of a high quality, communication friendly environment. Close transdisciplinary team work, is one of our core values, and we are very proud of our dynamic team of specialist teachers, therapists and learning support assistants, who work very closely together to ensure our students experience a meaningful, holistic timetable of activities to optimise their independence and emotional well-being.

We are looking for someone who shows initiative, is organised, enjoys the outdoors and believes in our ethos of ensuring our young people are happy, fulfilled and safe. The applicant must be passionate about working with young people with complex social communication difficulties and have experience working within a transdisciplinary team to provide the best support possible for the learners.

The ideal candidate

• Supporting our students can sometimes be challenging, mental and physical resilience are qualities necessary for all our staff.
• Have direct experience with children/young people with significant social communication needs and be confident implementing and supporting a range of AAC systems.
• Be someone who enjoys working in a transdisciplinary way, and who can hold a good sense of their role and responsibilities as a Speech and Language Therapist whilst being willing to be collaborative and innovative in designing shared approaches to meet the different areas of need of the pupils.
• Be someone who has a real focus and love of functional communication and supporting development of skills for independence and functional living skill:, and who can plan and deliver ways of supporting development of skills in real life contexts, and who can plan and support generalisation of skills within the wider community setting.
• Be someone who loves the outdoors and animals, and who is comfortable with assessing, and managing risks in order to keep students safe whilst also allowing them to try new things and develop independence.
• Be someone who enjoys working collaboratively in a team, and who will be a supportive member of what will initially be a small, close team of staff.
• Have knowledge of clinical assessment, treatment planning and implementing, preferably paediatric, therapy programmes.
• Have an independent approach and be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of appropriate assessment and clinical observation.
• Be able to promote positive behaviour in a nurturing environment is essential.
• Be able to promote self-advocacy.
• Be able to keep emotional well-being at the heart of therapy input.
• Have experience with liaising and working with external professionals, (such colleagues in CAMHS, paediatricians, independent therapies).
• Have experience in delivering formal and less formal training and coaching for other members of the MDT and parents.

How to apply

Click on the 'Apply now' button below. You can find the application form in the supporting documents below. Please upload your CV and a completed application form. The closing date for applications is Friday 3rd October 2025