Speech & Language Therapist

The Witherslack Group; Knaphill; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist educational provider in Knaphill is seeking a qualified Speech and Language Therapist to join their team. You will support young people with complex needs and work within a multi-disciplinary environment to deliver therapeutic interventions. This role offers a competitive salary, full school holidays, and comprehensive professional development in a supportive community that values inclusion.

Benefits

Full school holidays

Clinical development programmes

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover

Referral bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Registered Speech and Language Therapist with effective engagement skills.
• Experience in delivering therapeutic interventions for complex needs.
• Ability to support teams to create clinically informed environments.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues in providing therapeutic environments.
• Deliver individualised interventions based on clinical assessment.
• Participate in a multi-disciplinary clinical team.

Skills

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Proven skills in engaging with children and young people

Experience supporting teams around a child

Confident and engaging model and leader

Highly organized and proactive

Education

Registered with HCPC

Job description

Speech & Language Therapist

Location: Woking, Surrey, UK, GU21 6

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

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. 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 Queensmead House School. 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 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

• 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
• 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
• 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, 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.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here. To view our ex-offenders policy please click here. To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the \'Parents and Carers\' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.

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