Location: Bridgwater 3 days per week and alternate locations for the other 2 days including Yate, Thatcham and Newport.
About the role:
Be at the heart of an ambitious, forward-thinking team driving the development and growth of our Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy services across our care and educational settings.
As a senior leader within our multidisciplinary Integrated Therapy Team, you’ll have a real voice, the chance to influence strategic decisions and how our services evolve over the coming years. You’ll lead with passion and purpose, ensuring the OT and SaLT provisions reflect the highest standards of care and innovation. This isn’t just about managing a service and team – it’s about creating the best possible support.
Your main responsibilities as a Speech and Language Therapist:
* Directly lead and support the strategic and operational delivery of Speech & Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy services across our education and care settings.
* Manage a caseload of children and young adults with diverse speech, language, and communication needs, delivering assessments, therapy, and specialist interventions.
* Design, monitor, and implement high-quality, evidence-based therapeutic training to therapists and team members, ensuring a Neurodiversity Affirming and trauma-informed approach.
* Provide supervision, training, and development opportunities for junior therapists and assistants, fostering a supportive and effective team environment.
* Work with the Therapies Director to expand and enhance the SALT/OT provision, contributing to recruitment, resource management, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
* Ensuring compliance with professional standards, confidentiality, and safeguarding protocols, while promoting health and safety, maintaining accurate clinical records and driving service development initiatives.
What’s in it for you as a Speech and Language Therapist:
* Pension scheme based on you paying in 5%, and us adding 3%
* Free Blue Light Card.
* Employee Assistance Programme (Online 24/7 confidential counselling for you and immediate family on a wide range of subjects including online health and medical hub.)
After 12 months with us you will then be entitled to:
* Life Assurance (x2 of the basic salary) Critical Illness Cover (x1 basic annual salary) paid within a couple of weeks of diagnosis to help support you and your family in a difficult time.
* Medicash (Money back in your packet to cover a wide range of medical, health and wellbeing expenses of up to £880 per year).
* Private health insurance.
What we are looking for in a Speech and Language Therapist:
* Must be HCPC registered or in process
* A full driving license as the school location is quite remote
* The desire and confidence to run supervisions and offer training and support to other therapy professionals.
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
Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care and Mental Health Care
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