Job description
Hourly Rate: £50-£60 per hour
Location: West Midlands – On Site
Start: ASAP
Contract: Temp / Contract / Sessional
We are seeking an experienced HCPC Registered Speech and Language Therapist to deliver high quality specialist support for a young person presenting with Selective Mutism, Autism, and a history of trauma. This is a rewarding opportunity to make meaningful, long term impact through both direct therapeutic intervention and wider environmental support.
Key Responsibilities
1. Deliver 1 hour of direct 1:1 therapy per week, building a safe, positive therapeutic relationship.
2. Develop and implement a communication hierarchy tailored to the young person’s needs.
3. Use evidence-based approaches for Selective Mutism, including:
4. Sliding In
5. Shaping
6. Desensitisation
7. Stimulus Fading
8. Trial therapeutic techniques and adapt your approach based on the young person’s progress and comfort.
9. Provide indirect SaLT input each term (approx. 3 hours), including:
10. Staff training
11. Environmental adjustments
12. Coaching and guidance for education and care staff
13. Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, including attending MDT meetings.
14. Draft, monitor and update the young person’s SaLT programme (3 hours allocated).
15. Provide training, guidance and support to school and care staff (approx. 9 hours).
16. Attend annual reviews and essential planning meetings, including report writing and liaison work (approx. 8 hours).
Essential Experience
17. HCPC registration (required)
18. Experience working with Selective Mutism, including graded exposure and communication-building techniques
19. Experience supporting autistic young people, using neurodiversity-affirming approaches
20. Experience working with children with trauma histories and delivering trauma-informed practice
21. Strong background delivering both direct and indirect SaLT intervention
22. Experience working within multidisciplinary teams and liaising with professionals and families
23. Confidence training school and care staff
24. Ability to design, implement and review individual SaLT programmes
Desirable
25. RCSLT membership
26. Previous experience working in school or local authority SEND settings
27. Experience supporting children in emotionally complex situations
Personal Attributes
28. Warm, patient and relationship-focused
29. Highly skilled at building trust with selective communicators
30. Strong communication and organisational skills
31. Reflective, collaborative and flexible in approach
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.