Speech & Language Therapist

Witherslack Group Ltd.; Camberley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in special education seeks a Speech and Language Therapist to impact young lives positively. This role at Lavender Lodge School requires building supportive therapeutic environments and delivering tailored interventions to children with complex needs. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team with extensive resources and development opportunities, including a generous salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Full school holidays including bank holidays

Clinical development programme

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools and advice

High-street discounts

Qualifications

• Experience engaging and delivering therapeutic interventions to children and young people with complex needs.
• Extensive sector experience and a background in team supervision.
• Validated driver's license required.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments.
• Assess mental health and recommend interventions in care plans.
• Build rapport to deliver effective counselling.

Skills

Engagement

Therapeutic interventions

Organization

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

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.

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Lavender Lodge School.

Lavender Lodge School resides within an 18th-century building in the heart of Mitcham. Our pupils come from many different boroughs to attend our school and are lucky to experience a ‘life-changing love of learning.’ We are proud of our pupils and our dedicated team, and pupils leave us with a sense of achievement. We were recently recognised as Good by Ofsted.

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 needs including developmental trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions, and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, you will support educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments. Based on clinical assessment and formulation, you will offer individualized interventions and engagement to our young people. You’ll also assess our young people’s mental health and recommend appropriate interventions in a personalized care plan. Building rapport is key; by doing this, you’ll be able to deliver effective counselling and feedback on progress.

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 in the lives of our young people – plus you’ll receive:

Training: A full induction and on-the-job training

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

Clinical Development: We provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development for career growth and professional advancement

Flexible benefits: You can customize benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here

Wellbeing: A host of wellbeing tools and advice, including employee assistance

Medical cover: Claim back costs for opticians, dentists, and more, along with a host of high-street discounts

Beautiful working environments: With top-notch facilities – check out our schools

A "recommend a friend" scheme offers a £2,000 bonus for each successful referral.

Bring your whole self to work

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and positively impact their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments, you will be supported with resources and a platform to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme, and access to a 220+ strong team of multidisciplinary clinical colleagues who will support you every step of the way. Here’s what we’ll need from you:

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

Have proven skills and experience engaging and delivering therapeutic interventions to children and young people with complex needs.

Experience supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they receive clinically informed living and learning environments.

Be confident, engaging, effective, and able to model, guide, lead, and train.

Be highly organized and proactive.

Be committed to achieving the best outcomes for young people.

Be part of a multidisciplinary team, receiving regular supervision and supported in your CPD.

Extensive sector experience and a background in team supervision are vital.

Hold a valid driver’s license, as some travel is involved.

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best future, and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve a career with purpose, 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 (cost covered by us) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all community sections.

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

To view our ex-offenders policy, click here.

To view our Child Protection Policy, visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of our School/Learning Centre. All our schools can be found here.

Keywords: Special Education, Careers in Care, Careers in Special Education, Working with Children, SEMH, SEN, ASD