Speech & Language Therapist

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in special education seeks a Speech & Language Therapist to make impactful changes in the lives of young people at Avon Park School in Northampton. This role involves therapeutic interventions, collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and an excellent salary and benefits package, including paid school holidays and clinical development programs.

Benefits

Full school holidays including bank holidays

Leading program of clinical learning and development

Flexible benefits including life insurance

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover for opticians and dentist appointments

Beautiful working environments

£1,000 bonus for referral

Qualifications

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC.
• Proven skills engaging and delivering therapeutic interventions with children.
• Experience supporting teams around young people with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic environments.
• Assess young people's mental health and recommend interventions.
• Deliver effective counseling and feedback.

Skills

Engagement

Therapeutic interventions

Organization

Leadership

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC

Job description

Speech & Language Therapist, Northampton

Client:

Witherslack Group

Location:

Northampton, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

1

Posted:

10.07.2025

Expiry Date:

24.08.2025

Job Description:

£36,507 - £44,103 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits

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 Avon Park School. Full and part-time applications considered.

The transformational effect of Avon Park School is consistently witnessed by parents, carers, and professionals alike. The school’s ability to connect and engage with pupils is a result of its strong ethos of “high expectations and aspirations for every child” – and recently achieved an Outstanding rating 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 expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of needs 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 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 counseling 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 program of clinical learning and development for career growth and professional advancement
• Flexible benefits: 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: Claim back costs like opticians or dentist appointments and enjoy high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments: With the best facilities – check out our schools here
• A 'recommend a friend' scheme offering a £1,000 bonus for each successful referral

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 supported with resources and a platform to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development program, and access to a 220+ strong team of multidisciplinary clinical colleagues 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 engaging and delivering 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

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 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 this School/Learning Centre. All our Schools can be found here.

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

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Created on 10/07/2025 by JR, United Kingdom