Speech & Language Therapist

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

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a qualified Speech and Language Therapist to join their team at Avon Park School. The role involves providing therapeutic interventions for young people with complex needs, ensuring clinical Support and fostering positive outcomes. The successful candidate will benefit from excellent training and development programs and competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Full school holidays including bank holidays

Comprehensive clinical development program

Employee assistance and wellbeing tools

Medical cover for appointments

£1,000 bonus for successful referrals

Qualifications

• Registered with the HCPC.
• Experience with children with complex needs.
• Ability to lead and train others.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues with therapeutic living environments.
• Assess mental health and recommend interventions.
• Deliver counseling and feedback on progress.

Skills

Engagement

Therapeutic interventions

Organization

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

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£36,507 - £44,103 (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 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 our 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. Based on clinical assessment and formulation, you will offer individualized interventions and engagement to our young people. You’ll also assess their 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 in 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 like opticians or dentist appointments and enjoy high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments: With the best facilities – check out our schools
• A recommend a friend scheme: Offers 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 programme, and access to a 220+ strong team of multidisciplinary clinical colleagues. Here’s what we 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
• Experience supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they receive 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 possible future, and we feel the same about 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.

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To view our Child Protection Policy, visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of our School/Learning Centre. All our schools can be found here.

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