Speech and Language Therapy Lead
37 Hours Per Week During Term Time Only (Full-Time or Part-Time Considered)
Salary: Grade 4B, Pt 27 – 31 (£37 035 - £40 476) - Pro-rata for Part-Time Roles
Dear Applicant,
We are delighted to welcome you as a prospective candidate to become WMAT’s first trust speech and language therapy lead. As we embark on an exciting journey to establish a new multi-academy trust, your expertise and vision will play a pivotal role in shaping our culture and supporting our mission. We hope that this information pack provides you sufficient insight and information to decide if you have the right qualities, skills and experience to apply for the position.
We wish to appoint a qualified dynamic, and highly motivated Speech and Language Therapy professional with one of the following professional registrations:
· Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
· Registered as Speech and Language Therapist with the Health & Care Professionals Council
In this role, you will lead and deliver the speech and language therapy strategy across the trust including direct work with young people and families.
The successful candidate will provide strategic and clinical expertise and advice to school staff, supporting assessment and interventions to staff, pupils and their families.
This role will be crucial in delivering the Trust’s ambition to provide the highest quality early help to young people and our workforce experiencing speech and language challenges, achieving the benefits of our collaboration model and mission to ‘Achieving more together’.
WMAT is being founded by three high performing secondary schools in Birmingham – Hall Green, Kings Norton Girls’ and Swanshurst – who expect to transfer into WMAT on 1st January 2025.
The three schools have nearly 500 staff and around 4,000 students. We each have our own in-school provision for mental health and wellbeing support and this role will grow and develop our provision further and provide a service which achieves more for each school and their communities. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to lead the establishment of new trust policies, procedures and professional growth.
You will be joining at the beginning of our journey, as we establish, embed and then grow the trust. For the right individual, we believe that this is an extremely exciting lead role. At WMAT, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and empowering environment for both our staff and students. We believe that a strong, jointly created provision for speech and language therapy resource is essential for delivering the vision and aims of our trust.
At every step, you will be supported by a leadership team full of ambition and optimism, including a Chief Executive and Chief Finance and Operations Officer who are each on secondment from the founding schools. Appropriate externally sourced supervision will be in place from the outset.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.
For further details and an application form please contact recruitment@wmatrust.org. Applicants requesting an online application form must also submit a signed copy of their application, either at the point of being called for interview or as soon as possible after the closing date.
Please submit all completed applications to recruitment@wmatrust.org.
WMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Necessary safeguarding checks will be undertaken.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
To ensure we attract the highest quality candidates, applications are welcomed from individuals seeking both full-time and part-time opportunities. We are open to job-share arrangements and flexible working models .
The closing date for receipt of applications is 3pm on Wednesday 5th February 2025.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to be a part of something truly transformative.
We look forward to your application and the possibility of welcoming you to our team.
Yours sincerely,
Karen Slater - Headteacher - Hall Green School
Nicola Raggett - Headteacher - Kings Norton Girls' School
Mike Dunn - Headteacher - Swanshurst School