Benefits include workplace pension scheme, lunch provided daily when on-site, and breakfast provided twice weekly when on-site
Overview:
You’ll deliver interventions and a range of therapeutic and education programmes based on pupils’ individual needs. You’ll participate in regular assessments, progress reports, and appraisals, and contribute to overall school life with student supervision and safeguarding support.
The main aspects of this role are:
- Intervention, therapy, and pupil learning
- Provision of speech and language therapy
- Preparation, delivery, and evaluation of pupil support,
- therapeutic, and educational programmes
- Delivery and assessment of pupil interventions
- Provision of targets for integration into the curriculum as part of
- each pupil’s IEP, in consultation with parents and teaching staff
Assessment, reports, and appraisals
- Assessing, recording, and reporting on pupil progress
- Providing progress reports for annual reviews
- Intervention record-keeping
- Participating in appraisals as and when required
- Maintaining up to date continuing professional development
Contributing to school life
- Supervising students and therapy assistants when required
- Participating in regular staff and therapy team meetings
- Participating in whole-school events, including those outside
- usual working hours
- Providing cover when other staff members are unavailable
- Provide safeguarding support both on the school premises and
- during external activities
Person Specifications:
We’re looking for an experienced and compassionate speech & language therapist to join our
school. You’ll be able to show these essential skills and requisite experience:
- Qualified band 6 speech & language therapist
- HCPC registration
- Demonstrated experience working with children with SEN/SpLD
- IT literacy for clinical and administrative tasks
- Knowledge of relevant risk management, health and safety, and child protection practices
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team
In addition, these skills and experiences are desirable, though not essential:
- Experience working in a school setting
- Ability to implement behaviour support strategies and structure clear care plans, based on best practice
- Ability to use knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements and decision-making for complex cases
