Speech and Language Therapist

Pulse Healthcare; Windsor; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist healthcare provider in Windsor is seeking a permanent Speech & Language Therapist to support children with complex educational needs. The role involves engaging in therapeutic interventions, collaborating with teams to create supportive environments, and assessing mental health. Candidates must be HCPC registered with proven experience and suitable skills to positively impact young lives. Salary range is £41,983 - £49,717 plus excellent benefits.

Benefits

Paid school holidays

Clinical development programme

Support from multidisciplinary team

Qualifications

• Registered with the HCPC as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Experience engaging with children and young people with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues.
• Provide therapeutic assessments and interventions.
• Build rapport with young people for effective counseling.

Skills

Therapeutic interventions

Engagement with children

Team support

Building rapport

Organizational skills

Education

Qualification as Speech and Language Therapist registered with HCPC

Job description

We are currently looking for a permanent Speech & Language Therapist based in Windsor. This role is based in Windsor, in an independent specialist day school, with both primary and secondary settings providing high quality education. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviours. 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. You'll also be assessing our young people's mental health and recommend appropriate interventions in a personalised care plan. Building rapport is key, by doing this you'll be able to deliver effective counselling and feedback on progress.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC.

Required Skills

• Proven skills and experience to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs
• Experience of supporting teams around a child or young person
• Confidence in being an effective model, guide, leader and trainer
• Highly organised and proactive

Preferred Skills

• Experience in clinical settings
• Ability to build rapport with young people

Pay range and compensation package

£41,983 - £49,717 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

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