Speech And Language Therapist

Job Title: Speech and Language Therapist

Salary: 28,874 to 34,610 actual salary

Position Type: Permanent Full-Time Term Time Only

Location: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Hours: 40

Make a Meaningful Difference Through Communication

Are you a passionate Speech and Language Therapist looking for an opportunity where your expertise can make a genuine difference to children and young people?

We are looking for a caring, creative and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join the team at this School and multiple sites across the Mansfield area. Working as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, you will help pupils develop the communication skills they need to engage with learning, build relationships and become more independent.

This is a varied and rewarding role where you will provide high-quality assessment and intervention, develop individual communication programmes and work closely with education teams, families, carers and other professionals.

The Role

As our Speech and Language Therapist, you will manage and prioritise your own caseload, providing both direct and indirect therapy through one-to-one sessions, small-group interventions and classroom-based support.

You will assess pupils' speech, language and social communication needs, create tailored therapy programmes and monitor progress against agreed outcomes. You will also contribute to EHCP annual reviews, multi-disciplinary meetings and the wider development of communication practice across the school.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Completing initial and ongoing assessments of pupils' speech, language and social communication skills
• Writing professional assessment and progress reports
• Developing, implementing and reviewing individual communication programmes
• Delivering one-to-one, small-group and classroom-based interventions
• Creating accessible visual resources, including Social Stories and visual timetables
• Producing communication aims for Individual Education Plans and EHCPs
• Developing and maintaining Personal Communication Passports
• Supporting a Total Communication approach across the school
• Modelling communication techniques such as signing, symbol use, language modification and intensive interaction
• Supporting the use of appropriate low-tech and high-tech AAC and assistive technology
• Providing advice, guidance and training to staff, families and carers
• Working alongside education colleagues, therapists and external professionals
• Supporting and supervising therapy assistants where required
• Monitoring outcomes and adapting interventions to meet individual needs
• Contributing to annual reviews, behaviour support planning and other multi-disciplinary meetings
• Making referrals for specialist dysphagia assessment or advice where appropriate
• Maintaining accurate, timely and confidential clinical records.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for someone who is committed to improving outcomes for pupils and who can build positive, professional relationships with children, families and colleagues.

You will need:

A professional Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent

Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

Registered membership of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience of working with children or young people with learning disabilities

Experience of supporting children or young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions

Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge of therapeutic interventions for people with learning disabilities

An understanding of behaviour support and safeguarding

Knowledge of how trauma and adverse childhood experiences can affect communication

The ability to assess needs and develop integrated therapy plans

Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills

Strong organisation and time-management skills

Good IT skills for administration, recording, reporting and presentations

A commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice.

Experience of Makaton or Signalong, specialist communication software, complex needs, PMLD, SEMH or the EHCP process would be advantageous. Completed NQP competencies and at least one year of post-graduate paediatric experience are also desirable.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

Please contact Mathure for further information.