Speech and Language Therapist (part time)

Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A vibrant primary school in Nottingham is seeking a dynamic and passionate Speech and Language Therapist for a part-time role (0.5/0.6). The successful candidate will deliver assessments and interventions for pupils with speech and language needs, collaborating with staff and parents to ensure an enriching educational environment. Applicants should possess a professional degree and relevant experience in educational settings. Join a dedicated team focused on making a positive impact on pupils' lives while operating in a supportive, nurturing environment.

Benefits

Excellent CPD opportunities

Supportive staff

Nurturing environment

Qualifications

• Extensive and relevant experience post registration.
• Knowledge about developmental speech and language disorders.
• Desirable experience in educational settings with young people.

Responsibilities

• Deliver group and 1:1 interventions for speech and language needs.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and write reports.
• Collaborate with staff to create a communication-friendly environment.

Skills

Attention and listening

Language processing

Receptive language

Expressive language

Social communication

Education

Professional degree in Speech and Language Therapy

HCPC and RCSLT membership

Job description

We are seeking a Speech and Language Therapist who thrives on working in a challenging but immensely rewarding environment, who truly wants to make a difference in the lives of all pupils in our school, from 3 -11 years of age. The role includes assessment, diagnosis, and management of pupil with complex speech, language, and communication needs. A significant proportion of these pupil will be bilingual. Duties include the delivery of speech and language therapy assessments and interventions ensuring that programmes are integral to pupil's education and development. You will have sound knowledge and use of a wide range of speech and language therapy methods and interventions for pupils across school with a range of communication needs, including pupils with behaviour needs, social, emotional and mental health needs, autism, moderate/ severe/profound learning needs and/or disabilities, and other special educational needs. You will work in close partnership with pupils, the Senior Leadership Team, the SENDCo, staff, parents and professionals to provide support at a universal, targeted and Therapist level for pupil and their families. Opportunities to deliver training and workshops to staff and parents will also be integral to this post. Our Speech and Language Therapist will provide both direct and indirect support to groups of pupils including vocabulary programmes delivered in the classroom and support with subject specific language.

Speech and Language Therapy is centred around the following areas:

• Attention and listening
• Language processing
• Receptive language
• Expressive language
• Inferential reasoning and higher-level language
• Social communication and pragmatic language
• Friendships and social problem solving
• Self-advocacy
• Articulation
• Executive function skills

Responsibilities

• Delivering group and 1:1 interventions for pupils with a range of speech, language and communication needs.
• Carrying out comprehensive assessments and review assessments for pupils, including report writing.
• Contributing towards Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) review meetings through setting SMART targets
• Working collaboratively with teaching and support staff to provide a communication friendly learning environment.

We are looking to appoint a part-time (0.5/0.6) Speech and Language Therapist who is enthusiastic, keen to learn, innovative and enjoys working with pupils in a school environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dedicated, pupil-centred and forward-thinking staff team. A recognised professional degree qualification in Speech and Language Therapy

Qualifications

• Extensive and relevant experience post registration
• HCPC and RCSLT membership
• Well-established knowledge about developmental speech and language disorders and communication disorders associated with complex conditions and emotional/behavioural disorders
• Experience working in an educational setting with young people with social communication disorders (desirable)

Personal qualities

• Positive and proactive when working with pupils
• Keen to learn and develop their own clinical skills
• Reflective and forward-thinking in their practice
• Able to carry out informal and formal assessments and create therapy plans
• Flexible, professional and caring
• Able to communicate and collaborate with others
• Able to approach challenges with a solution
• Positive restrictive handling training or willing to train as a positive restrictive handler.
• Have experience in restorative conversations and are able to equip pupils with de-escalation strategies.

Required: February 2026 or as soon as possible - 1 Year Full time Fixed Term Contract, part time 0.5/0.6, term time only

Are you a dynamic, experienced, resilient and proactive Speech and Language Therapist who is passionate about making a difference to the lives of pupil in school? We are excited to offer the opportunity for an enthusiastic, positive and dynamic qualified Speech and Language Therapist to join our school. “Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School is a vibrant and diverse school. Pupils are happy and safe. The school makes sure that all pupils know the trusted adults they can talk to about any worries. Relationships between pupils and staff are warm and positive..” OFSTED Feb 2024,

• professional, dedicated staff who offer great support and show an uncompromising commitment to improving learners' educational experiences;
• an evolving curriculum, inspired by pupil's desire to learn and teachers' creativity;
• a purposeful and nurturing environment where learners are encouraged to strive for excellence;
• excellent CPD opportunities to further your development;
• enthusiastic learners who want to learn.

The needs of the communities we serve can change requiring the service to evolve and develop. In light of this, the duties required in this role may also change in line with the service and therefore the successful candidate needs to be flexible to accommodate this. If you are enthusiastic, keen to learn and share our commitment to maximising every child's potential, we would love to hear from you.