Are you a Speech & Language Therapist seeking a new Permanent challenge? Do you have previous experience working with Children and Younger People with complex needs in a school setting?
Service Care Solutions are recruiting for a Speech and Language Therapist in the Westbury area to support a Specialist Day School. This service is for Younger People between the ages of 9-18 years who have a range of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, the successful candidate will provide support Younger People with varied Learning Disabilities including ADHD, ASD, SEMH, Developmental Trauma and Neuro-Developmental Conditions. Speech and Language Therapists work collaboratively within our client's schools and children's homes, ensuring therapeutic support. You will provide consultation, workshops, training, and guidance to the Educational and Residential Teams around their Service Users.
Job Purpose: Speech and Language Therapist
Salary: £35k- £43k per annum + £250 SCS Sign-Up Bonus
Location: Westbury, Wiltshire
Working Hours: 08:30 - 16:30
Contract: Full-Time
The post holder will work as part of the Multidisciplinary Team to engage, encourage, and inspire the Younger People to be themselves.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure the needs and views of our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do: offering evidence based, holistic and child-centred assessments and interventions across the Three Waves of Intervention and in line with the Therapeutic Focus Model.
- Use advanced specialist knowledge and levels of experience appropriately and effectively across a range of work practices which is underpinned by comprehensive and extensive theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
- To undertake high quality assessments of children and young people and make recommendations about appropriate therapeutic interventions for each child or young person, in accordance with individual assessed needs.
- To provide line management and clinical supervision to allocated Therapies Assistants within the setting and to support Newly Qualified Speech and Language Therapists within the setting.
- To work closely with children, young people, their parents, and staff to ensure a personalised plan of delivery.
- To participate in service and practice development.
- To identity training needs, develop and facilitate training sessions to staff and parents/carers.
Essential
- Registered with the HCPC
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
- Substantial experience working with Younger People in a School Setting
Benefits
- Full induction and on the job Training
- Paid School Holidays and Bank Holidays
- Family Healthcare Plan - Access to instant check-ups and consultations
- Car Purchase Scheme
- Career Development
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Support
- Pension Contribution
- Life Insurance
- High-Street Vouchers and Apple Scheme
- Family Days Out
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Free Meals
- Recommend a friend scheme - Receive £250 Bonus every time!
