Speech & Language Therapist - Cranleigh, Surrey
Own case load. Newly qualified or independent practitioner.
£29,475 - £35,049 (newly qualified) / £44,768 - £49,927 (independent practitioner)
With an additional £1,000 Retention Bonus**
Now accepting applications from Newly Qualified University Students graduating in 2025!
Our client is a Special School, College, Registered Children's Home and Adult Supported Living House with 250 staff contributing to having a positive influence on the lives, communication and wellbeing of children and young people with special needs. Their 70 students are aged 5 to 19 and have needs that include autism, language and communication disorders, ADHD, severe and complex learning difficulties and challenging behaviour.
A Speech & Language Therapist role plans and delivers interventions. You will have a case load of around 18 students age 5-19, with severe social communication difficulties and complex learning disabilities, many with autism. With your compassion and guidance, you will help them achieve the greatest possible level of independence and communication skills relative to their complex needs and help prepare them for life beyond school or college.
No two days are the same. You will deliver therapy to students in small groups and on a one-to-one basis. Their department comprises a multi-disciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Drama Therapist and Music Therapist and all supported by a team of Therapy Assistants. They have an embedded therapies approach in which they work in partnership alongside their education staff. This enables them to plan together and share best practice for the benefit of their students and offers invaluable therapy experience. Some of their students are residential.
This is a term time only role and they are open to flexibility. If you wish to work part time, they are open to discussion and will be prepared to seriously consider part time requests. The salary range for this role is based on 37 hours per week, 52 weeks a year. In practice, full time therapist hours are compressed into term time plus 5 in-service training days working each academic year (39 weeks).
If you are recruited, you will be required to complete Team Teach positive behaviour support training as part of your induction before employment. Physical and mental resilience are essential qualities for their staff.
You will:
- Devise, develop and implement therapy for individuals and small groups of students
- Manage your own caseload of students (approx. 18), setting targets for them on a termly basis
- Assess students on admission and for annual reviews
- Supervise the work of Therapy Assistants
- Be HCPC registered and belong to the RCSLT
- Be given regular supervision, mentoring and 1:1 support
For full details, please apply online or call (phone number removed)