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Adults Speech and Language Therapist
Care First - Pheasey
* Birmingham
* Permanent
Salary: Up to £53,200 (depending on experience) plus £3000 Welcome Bonus
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
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Job Title: Adults Speech and Language Therapist
Location: Care First – Pheasey, Walsall area, Birmingham
Contract: Permanent - 52 weeks
Essential: Full UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle required.
We understand the value of helping our employees to achieve their Continued Professional Development goals and offer a £2,000 training allowance to allow you to complete role specific training tailored to your individual requirements.
We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our clinical division, working collaboratively to deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for our adults with developmental trauma, autism, ADHD, complex and SEMH needs.
Care First aim to improve the quality of life for adults with learning difficulties/disabilities, autism and mental health difficulties. Our service offers support through both practical and vocational training.
About the role:
You will implement a holistic, therapeutic approach to helping our adults in their daily lives, ensuring they are safe, comfortable, and healthy. Undertaking all aspects of Speech and Language Therapy clinical duties, you will adhere to professional and regulatory guidelines, carrying out individual assessments and interventions, and preparing relevant documentation, including writing reports. In addition, you will provide information and training to staff, commissioners and other agencies, as required.
Our Clinical Teams support our services to maintain a nurturing and loving environment where our adults can flourish, always putting them at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and our adults are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible.
When it comes to looking after our adults, we strive for excellence, which is why we are the leading service provider in the UK. With this in mind, we are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.
About the Group:
Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of special needs education. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland and Wales with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.
Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Options Autism.
* Recognised and relevant Speech and Language Therapist degree
* Registered with the HCPC and RCOT
* Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle
* Previous experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities
For further information on this role please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached. To discuss this role in more detail, please contact: recruitment@ofgl.co.uk
What’s in it for you?
We offer a friendly and inclusive working environment where our adults are heard, respected and hugely valued. We want our employees to come to work with energy, determination and most importantly we want them to be happy in their work. We are well aware that it is our highly skilled teams that make Outcomes First Group the success it is, and we want this to continue. This is why we provide a range of benefits designed to support you, not just in your work life but also on a personal level too. We want you to be the best you can be and offer genuine opportunities for career development and progression.
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:
* Generous Annual Leave Entitlement
* Life Assurance
* Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
* “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
* *You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit
* Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
* A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
* 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
* Cycle to Work Schemes
* Electric Car Purchase Scheme
* Critical illness cover
At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
Job ID: 272837
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Wherever you work – whether in a city location or one of our more rural settings – you’ll be part of one dynamic family, aiming high and dreaming big, and helping the people we work with achieve their own personal goals.
With amazing teams working across our family of brands – Acorn Education, Options Autism, Momenta Connect and Blenheim Schools– we offer a huge range of exciting career opportunities.
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