Speech and Language Therapist

Job Title: Speech and Language Therapist

Salary: £36,000 - £52,000

Location: Royston, Hertfordshire

Contract: Full time, Permanent (part time hours considered)

Teaching Personnel Permanent Workforce Team are currently partnered with a UK wide SEN Trust, who we are currently assisting with hiring a Speech and Language Therapist to join their campus located in Royston. You will be working at the Trusts newest campus, working with students who suffer with ASC and SEMH needs, aged from 5 - 19 years old. As our Speech and Language Therapist, you will work as a dynamic speech and language therapist as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the therapy service based at the school. You will provide a high standard of speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to young people, including advice and training to relevant parents, carers and professionals in line with proposed treatment plans.

Key Duties: 

• Carry out speech and language interventions as described in students’ statutory documentation.
• Carry out baseline communication assessments for all students.
• Write SMART targets for education plans; and assess and monitor progress against these targets, amending where necessary
• Lead and deliver training to the education team in social communication
• Carry out a whole-school classroom language audit and provide recommendations for SLT.
• Plan and implement individual communication programmes and provide accessible written guidelines which can be delegated and delivered by others.
• Regularly monitor and review outcomes for communication aims/programmes and modify as required
• Attend and contribute to annual reviews, provide clear and concise written reports.

Requirements:

• To be a registered member of RCSLT and HCPC
• To hold a professional Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent.
• To work within the RCSLT clinical guidelines and HCPC standards.
• Knowledge of a range of therapy interventions in learning disability
• Knowledge of behaviour support
• Knowledge of the impact of trauma and adverse early childhood experiences on communication
• Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Conditions
• Have at least two years’ post-graduate experience working as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist.
• Working with children or young people with learning disabilities
• Working with children or young people with an Autistic Spectrum Condition
• Have experience or knowledge of delivering provision through the EHCP process

If you would be interested in this role, and would like to apply, please submit your most up to date CV and a member of the TP PWR Team will contact you with an application form to be completed in order to be submitted for the role.

Please note, the school are unable to provide sponsorship for this vacancy at this time.

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