Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The purpose of the Specialist Speech and Language Therapist's role is to work in collaboration with others to deliver a high-quality speech and language therapy service to the pupils of Inscape House School, all of whom have autism spectrum condition as their primary need. The role may involve clinical supervision of junior colleagues within the Speech and Language Therapy Team and will frequently involve training, supporting, and advising other colleagues across school on how to meet pupils' communication needs.

Main duties of the job

Alongside an incredible team of like-minded peers, you'll be working behind-the-scenes to support our staff, volunteers, families, and supporters. You will be helping our work happen across the charity; enabling us to care for and champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support.

About us

Together Trust is a charity that supports people with disabilities, autism, and complex needs. They have been making a difference in the lives of children, young people, and adults for over 150 years.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Join Us and Make a Difference!

Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: to champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.

Role Overview:

The purpose of the Specialist Speech and Language Therapist's role is to work in collaboration with others to deliver a high-quality speech and language therapy service to the pupils of Inscape House School, all of whom have autism spectrum condition as their primary need. The role may involve clinical supervision of junior colleagues within the Speech and Language Therapy Team. It will frequently involve training, supporting, and advising other colleagues across school on how to meet pupils' communication needs.

Contract: permanent

Hours: 37.5 Hours (41 weeks - Term time)

Location: Inscape House School, Cheadle, Stockport

Key Responsibilities include:

• Independently manage a clinical caseload of pupils, including those with complex communication needs and specialist requirements, working in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Undertake initial assessment of a pupil's speech, language and communication skills upon entry to the school.
• Train and support education staff to deliver therapy input at universal and targeted levels, within the remit of their own roles.
• Devise, lead, and contribute to general projects, events or extra-curricular activities across the wider school, for the purpose of further embedding and raising staff awareness of best practice regarding speech, language and communication needs.
• Provide direct highly bespoke support for pupils requiring input at a specialist level.
• Independently make clinical decisions regarding the mode of therapy input (embedded or withdrawal, individual or group) and deliver or support others to deliver this as required.
• Liaise with parents/carers and external professionals/provisions as and when appropriate.
• Actively contribute to termly appraisal meetings, setting and agreeing targets linked to school development plan priorities with the Speech and Language Therapy team lead.
• Lead the clinical supervision of some junior colleagues within the Speech and Language Therapy team.
• Actively participate in team CPD activities e.g. journal club.
• Be a positive role model for staff and pupils, treating people fairly, equitably and with dignity and respect, in order to contribute to the fostering of a positive school culture.

About you:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Current registration with the Health Care Professionals Council.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Relevant further post graduate training or study.
• Completion of RCSLT NQP Goals & Competencies framework.
• Experience of working with young people and/or adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritise own case-load and work autonomously.
• Ability to critically appraise research, approaches and own performance.
• Knowledge of relevant assessment, therapy approaches and outcome measures.
• Knowledge of U/T/S model.
• Knowledge of safeguarding requirements and the impact that communication difficulties may have on pupils' safety.
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance guidelines.

Benefits

• Annual Leave: 27 days holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years.
• Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit: up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
• Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Reward and Discount platform: offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
• Proud to be a real living wage employer
• Refer a friend scheme: be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.
• Long service awards: including cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleagues and free weekly yoga sessions in person or online.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.