Speech & Language Therapist

Witherslack Group; Hildenborough; A distancia; GBP 21.000 - 35.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Training

Holiday

Clinical Development

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing

Medical cover

Beautiful working environments

Refer a friend £1,000 bonus

Descripción de la vacante

Witherslack Group’s Hilden Park School in West Kent seeks a Speech and Language Therapist to cover maternity leave for a year. The role is based on site at Hilden Park School, three days per week, supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and delivering individualised interventions.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary clinical team, ensuring best outcomes for young people with complex needs, under HCPC registration, and

Formación

• Be HCPC registered as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Demonstrate ability to engage children with complex needs.

Responsabilidades

• Support educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments.
• Offer individualized interventions based on clinical assessment and formulation.
• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary clinical team to support pupils.

Conocimientos

Organised

Communication

Team leadership

Engagement with children

Educación

HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist

Descripción del empleo

This role is based at Hilden Park School, covering maternity for a year. This role is 3-days-per-week.

Hilden Park School is an independent specialist day school providing high-quality education. Based in West Kent, the school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils who have a range of 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 andbreadth 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.

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 opticians 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 thesupport, 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. 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
• 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
• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

Interested in joining us?

At Witherslack Group, inclusion is part of who we are. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, valued and that they truly belong.

As a specialist provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs, we understand the importance of embracing individuality and championing difference- especially when it comes to neurodiversity. We celebrate diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and the unique strengths that each person brings to our community.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities. We are proud to be recognised as an inclusive employer and are committed to making our recruitment and workplace practices inclusive and accessible. If you need any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process or in the workplace, we’ll be there every step of the way.

By building a diverse and inclusive team, we’re better able to support the children, young people and families we serve and ensure every member of our team can thrive, grow, and be their authentic self.

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.

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