Speech & Language Therapist

JR United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a qualified Speech and Language Therapist to join their dedicated team. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of young people with complex needs. You'll be part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing therapeutic interventions and support in a nurturing environment. With excellent training and development opportunities, along with a comprehensive benefits package, this position is perfect for those passionate about making a difference. Join a team that values your contributions and offers a supportive workplace where you can thrive.

Benefits

Full school holidays

Clinical development program

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Beautiful working environments

Recommend a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Proven skills to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions.
• Experience supporting teams around children with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues with therapeutic interventions.
• Assess mental health and recommend interventions in care plans.

Skills

Therapeutic interventions

Engagement with children

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

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

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. Check out this video on what life as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like!

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Greenholm School.

Having joined Witherslack Group in 2022, Greenholm School is an independent, specialist day school providing high quality education based in South West London. The school meets the needs of pupils with autism and additional needs such as ADHD, speech and language difficulties, sensory issues, and associated behavioural difficulties – and was recently rated 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 need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental 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 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 recommending 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.

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 to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• 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: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover: so you can claim back the cost of things like an optician’s or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments: with the very best facilities – check out our schools here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

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, resources, and platform 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. Here’s a few things we’ll need from you:

• 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
• Have experience supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences
• Be a confident, engaging, effective model, guide, leader, and trainer
• Be highly organised and ready to take initiative
• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future, and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, 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 (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

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Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

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