Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.
As a Senior Speech and Language Therapist, you will work in special school settings, supporting pupils with a range of complex learning needs, including autism and profound multiple learning disabilities.
The ideal candidate will have experience working in an educational setting and delivering therapy services at universal, targeted, and specialist levels. You will collaborate with teaching and support staff to ensure universal communication strategies are effectively implemented, fostering a shared responsibility for supporting students’ communication needs throughout the school day.
Working Pattern: 22.5 hours worked over 41 weeks per year (Term Time)
Salary: £21,498.76 pro-rated based on hours and weeks worked. (Full-time equivalent salary is £39,327)
Location: Stockport
You will be expected to support the ethos of a wider clinical services and the Together Trust.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage a clinical case load of students, working in collaboration with teachers, class teams, and wider MDT.
* Liaise with parents, families, and carers, advising on issues relating to the development of speech, language, and other communication skills.
* Provide clinical supervision to more junior SaLT colleagues.
* Provide assessment reports and intervention plans for individual pupils.
* Ensure clinical practice is up to date and based on agreed best clinical and evidence base.
* Participate in relevant education/training opportunities, read and critically appraise research articles in professional journals, and utilise audit and research in daily practice.
* Maintain personal CPD portfolio in order to meet RCSLT & HCPC registration requirements.
About You:
* Degree in speech and language therapy.
* Evidence of recent professional development.
* Current registration with RCSLT and Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC).
* Experience of using standardised assessments.
* Experience of working in special educational settings.
* Experience of working with young people and adults with complex needs including Autism and profound multiple learning needs.
* Knowledge of relevant SaLT assessment and outcome measures.
* Knowledge of relevant safeguarding requirements and how to help young people with communication difficulties stay safe.
* Knowledge of clinical governance.
* Commitment to equality and diversity.
Benefits:
* Annual Leave: 27 days holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years.
* Generous Pension Scheme: Up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
* Occupational Sick Pay: Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave.
* Reward and Discount Platform: Offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances, etc.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Eligibility to Apply for Blue Light Card.
* Proud to be a Real Living Wage Employer.
* Refer a Friend Scheme: Be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
* Comprehensive Training and Development Opportunities: Including apprenticeship qualifications.
* Long Service Awards: Including cash gifts and extra holiday.
* Promotion of Wellbeing: Including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support and free weekly yoga sessions.
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme: For you and adults at your home.
Alongside an incredible team of like-minded peers, you’ll be working behind-the-scenes to support our staff, volunteers, families, and supporters. You will be helping our work happen across the charity; enabling us to care for and champion the rights, needs, and ambitions of the people we support.
We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidate prior to the closing date; therefore, early applications are encouraged.
We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK.
Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status, or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way, please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams, and we will do what we can to support you.
* Salary: £21,498.76 per year. Term Time role.
* Frequency: Annual.
* Job Reference: togethertrust/TP/662/211.
* Contract Type: Permanent - Part Time.
* Closing Date: 17 March 2025.
* Job Category: Speech and Language Therapy.
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