Speech & Language Therapist

Beaverbrooks; Walsall; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider seeks a qualified Speech and Language Therapist for a state-of-the-art school catering to children with special educational needs. You'll play a crucial role in providing therapeutic interventions and supporting educational staff to create nurturing environments. The position offers excellent training, benefits, and a chance to significantly impact young lives positively.

Benefits

Full induction and training

School holidays including bank holidays

Clinical development opportunities

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing support

Medical cover

High-street discounts

A recommend-a-friend scheme with a £2,000 bonus

Qualifications

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC.
• Experience working with children and young people with complex needs.
• Ability to deliver effective therapeutic interventions.

Responsibilities

• Support educational and residential colleagues in therapeutic environments.
• Assess mental health and provide intervention recommendations.
• Build rapport to deliver effective counseling.

Skills

Therapeutic interventions

Engagement with children

Team support

Leadership and guidance

Organizational skills

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

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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 Bescot Hall School . We will also consider applications for anyone looking for a part-time role.

Bescot Hall is a purpose built, brand new, state of the art school, catering primarily for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs but also providing for children with autism who have moderate speech and learning needs. The school provides education for up to 72 children aged 8 to 16.

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. You’ll also be assessing our young people’s mental health and recommend appropriate interventions in a personalised 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 : 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

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

A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 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?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, 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 (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

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