Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

THE HARMONY TRUST; Chadderton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established educational trust in Chadderton is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to deliver high-quality services in their academies. The successful candidate will assess pupil needs, implement interventions, and provide supervision to team members. This role requires a relevant degree and strong collaboration skills. The trust offers flexible working patterns to support its staff in achieving educational excellence.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering speech and language therapy services.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Skills in designing intervention programmes.

Responsibilities

• Assess the needs of pupils and implement targeted interventions.
• Deliver staff training on speech and language best practices.
• Produce evidence-based reports for practice improvement.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Therapeutic techniques

Education

Relevant degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Overview

The successful candidate will share the vision and values of The Harmony Trust, demonstrating a firm commitment to inclusion and ensuring that every child, family, and member of staff is supported to reach their fullest potential. As our Speech and Language Therapist, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality Speech and Language Therapy services within our academies. Working in close partnership with children, families, and education staff, you will be fully supported by our dedicated Speech and Language Therapy Team, as well as colleagues from The Harmony Trust Inclusion Team and The Harmony Trust Development Team. This collaborative approach will enable you to contribute to the development and delivery of innovative, impactful services that benefit the entire Trust community.

In addition to providing direct therapeutic support, you will offer supervision and guidance to fellow team members, including other Therapists and our Advanced Speech and Language Therapy Practitioners. You will have opportunities to work both within our specialist Inclusion Hubs and mainstream classroom settings, playing a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing the way we deliver inclusive speech and language services.

Responsibilities

• Assess the needs of pupils, design and implement targeted intervention programmes.
• Deliver and facilitate staff training.
• Produce high-quality, evidence-based reports to inform practice and provision.
• Provide supervision and guidance to fellow team members, including other Therapists and Advanced Speech and Language Therapy Practitioners.
• Work across specialist Inclusion Hubs and mainstream classroom settings to enhance delivery of inclusive speech and language services.

Working pattern and benefits

We can consider a range of flexible working patterns such as full-time, part-time hours and will also consider full year and term time working requests.

About The Harmony Trust

The Harmony Trust has the highest aspirations for its pupils, parents and staff members. Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education so that every academy is a 'GreatPlace2Learn.' Our aim is to ensure that children at our academies enjoy the best education from the early years to the end of the primary stage. Parents are very important to achieving this vision and we aim to work in partnership with them to ensure that all our children achieve our motto: 'Believe Achieve Succeed'. We believe that school should be a place where every child makes progress in a safe and supportive environment. We believe in the importance of children developing well-being and high self-esteem if they are to learn and do well.

We also believe in The Harmony Trust being a 'GreatPlace2Work' where staff are supported to thrive by a trust that is committed to learning and education. We have a great team of people working in our Academies. We aim to retain them by investing in professional development, offering opportunities to work across the Trust ensuring Harmony is a great place to work.