Speech & Language Therapist

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

Job summary

The Witherslack Group is seeking a qualified Speech and Language Therapist for Lavender Lodge School in London. This role involves providing therapeutic interventions to young people, engaging with multidisciplinary teams, and directly impacting the lives of children with complex needs. Join us in our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.

Benefits

Full school holidays

Comprehensive training program

Leading clinical development program

Flexible benefits options

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover

Beautiful working environments

Referral bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Registered with the HCPC.
• Experience working with children and young people with complex needs.
• Extensive sector experience and background in team supervision.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential teams to provide therapeutic environments.
• Assess mental health and recommend interventions.
• Deliver effective counselling and feedback on young people's progress.

Skills

Engaging interventions

Therapeutic engagement

Organizational skills

Leadership

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

£41,983 - £49,717 (includes 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.

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 recognized 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 and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, 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 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: We provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development for career growth and professional advancement
• Flexible benefits: You can increase or decrease 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, plus access to high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments: With the best facilities — check out our schools here
• A 'recommend a friend' scheme: Offering a £2,000 bonus for successful referrals

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'll be supported with resources and a platform to excel. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme, and access to a 220+ strong multidisciplinary team who will support you every step of the way. Here's what we need from you:

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC
• Have proven skills and experience to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs
• Experience supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure clinically informed living and learning environments
• Be a confident, engaging, effective model, guide, leader, and trainer
• 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
• Possess extensive sector experience and a background in team supervision
• Hold a valid driver's license as some travel is involved

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best future, and we share that commitment with 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) 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, click here.

For our Child Protection Policy, visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this school/learning centre. Find all our schools here.

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