Job Description
Full-time or part-time, permanent role
Salary: £42K - £52K depending on experience
Hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. Option to work longer hours to finish early on Friday.
Location: Chester town centre, 15 minute walk from the train station.
About the role:
Working in a special education school with 108 pupils aged 4-19 years with complex autism, learning difficulties and behaviours that challenge to deliver bespoke therapy.
What’s in it for you as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist:
* Excellent continued learning and development
* 50% of your parking costs re-imbursed
* Suite of staff benefits including pension scheme
* Technology appropriate for your job
* Comprehensive staff training programme
* Access to WeCare which is a 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and much more.
* Access to MediCash program for wellbeing benefits
Your main responsibilities as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist:
* Work as part of a trans-disciplinary team ensuring each pupil’s needs are understood, accurately planned for and closely monitored.
* Advise members of the teaching team in relation to pupils’ speech, language and communication development to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
* Provide both direct and indirect therapy for individuals and groups of pupils.
* Assess pupil’s need for and use of evidence-based alternative/ augmentative communication (AAC) including signing, communication books, voice output communication aids, etc.
* Collaborate and contribute to the development of positive behaviour support plans, working closely with behaviour analysts, the class teacher and other relevant team members
* Contribute to annual review and EHCP reporting
What we are looking for in a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist:
* HCPC registeration
* Experience of working with children and young people with autism and complex learning disabilities
* Experience supporting AAC use including low or high tech
Next steps:
If you are interested to hear more, either hit the APPLY NOW button or reach out to Lucy on 020 4602 4083 or lucy.holmes@pulsejobs.com