Newly Qualified Speech & Language Therapist

Witherslack Group; Chorley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Speech and Language Therapist to join their multi-disciplinary team. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on the lives of young people with diverse communication needs. You'll work in a supportive environment, engaging with learners and providing tailored therapeutic interventions. With a commitment to professional growth and a focus on well-being, this position promises a fulfilling career path. Enjoy excellent benefits, including a competitive salary, full school holidays, and opportunities for clinical development. If you're passionate about making a difference, this is the role for you.

Benefits

Full induction and on-the-job training

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover for appointments

High-street discounts

Beautiful working environments

Recommend a friend scheme with £1,000 bonus

Qualifications

• Proven skills in engaging children with complex needs.
• Experience in delivering therapeutic interventions.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues with therapeutic interventions.
• Provide individualized support based on clinical assessments.

Skills

Therapeutic Interventions

Communication Skills

Engagement with Young People

Team Collaboration

Organizational Skills

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

£28,992 - £36,636 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. Check out this video on what life as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like!

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Westmorland School.

Join our team this September and take the next step in a role that offers rich, hands-on experience with a diverse range of communication profiles. From supporting non-speaking learners and AAC users to working with those who experience developmental language differences and delays, you'll have the opportunity to build your clinical skills in a truly inclusive environment. We are looking for someone who brings a compassionate, learner-centred mindset - someone who celebrates and respects every young person's unique communication style and sensory needs. A passion for special educational needs (SEN) and a commitment to ongoing professional growth are essential, as is an eagerness to engage with reflective practice, seek feedback, and stay current with the latest evidence-based approaches.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

What we do for you

We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward
you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, 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

• Experienced and diverse on site MDT: Speech and Language Therapy, Educational Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Music Therapy, and Counselling

• Holiday: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays

• Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here

• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities - check out our schools here

• 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 our 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 we'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

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here .

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