Speech and Language Therapist (outdoor learning focus)

Blossom House School; London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Blossom House School seeks a Speech and Language Therapist with an outdoor learning focus to support pupils with complex social communication needs. This role emphasizes a hands-on approach in a therapeutic environment, where teamwork is essential for optimizing student independence and emotional well-being. Ideal candidates will have experience in AAC systems and a passion for working collaboratively in a nurturing setting.

Qualifications

• Direct experience with children/young people with significant social communication needs.
• Experience working within a transdisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of clinical assessment and treatment planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide communication support based on the SCERTS framework.
• Work collaboratively with a close team to ensure a holistic educational experience.
• Support development of functional living skills in real-life contexts.

Skills

Resilience

Collaboration

Functional Communication

Risk Assessment

Education

Qualification as Speech and Language Therapist

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29.06.2025

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Job Description:

Highly Specialist, Band 7 equivalent, Speech and Language Therapist (outdoor learning focus),

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: £36,500 to £43,000 full time equivalent depending on experience and skills (plus bonus and benefits)

To Start: September 2025

Blossom House School is excited to recruit for a Speech and Language Therapist for our new provision for pupils aged 10-16 years with complex social communication needs. 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.

Closing date:7th July 2025

Safeguarding Statement

Blossom House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; successful applicants must be suitable to work with children and will need to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Certificate with barred list information.

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Highly Specialist, Band 7 equivalent, Speech and Language Therapist (outdoor learning focus),

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: £36,500 to £43,000 full time equivalent depending on experience and skills (plus bonus and benefits)

To Start: September 2025

Blossom House School is excited to recruit for a Speech and Language Therapist for our new provision for pupils aged 10-16 years with complex social communication needs. 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.

Closing date:7th July 2025

Safeguarding Statement

Blossom House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; successful applicants must be suitable to work with children and will need to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Certificate with barred list information.