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Salary: £16.16 - £19.37 ph (£33,612.80 - £40,289.60 pro rata)
Position Type: Permanent Full-Time Term Time Only
Location: Cedars School
About Aurora Cedars School
Aurora Cedars School offers a tailored education for up to 80 pupils aged 5–19 with ASC and SEMH needs. Many of our students benefit from specialist support with speech, language, and communication. This role is central to this position.
The Role
We are looking for a Qualified Speech and Language Therapist to develop and deliver our school‑based SaLT provision.
This is a varied and rewarding role combining direct clinical work, staff support, and service development within a highly collaborative MDT consisting of a Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, 2 Assistant Psychologists, 2 Therapy Assistants, and SENDCo.
You will work closely with our Clinical Lead, SENDCo and wider team to create a communication‑friendly environment and ensure pupils can fully access learning, within a school culture where Speech and Language Therapy is highly valued and actively embedded in everyday practice.
You will build on existing SaLT provision within the school, taking a lead role in shaping and developing the service over time. You will be supported by a therapy assistant, and will work within a tiered model of support (universal, targeted, specialist) to ensure sustainable and effective provision across the school.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Carry out specialist assessments and contribute to EHCP advice and annual reviews, using clinical reasoning to identify communication needs and appropriate provision
2. Plan, implement and evaluate targeted and specialist interventions, delivered both directly and indirectly through teaching staff and the therapy assistant
3. Manage and prioritise a small caseload of pupils with communication needs.
4. Support teaching staff and TAs through training, modelling and consultation to embed communication strategies in everyday practice
5. Contribute to the development of a communication‑supportive school environment across classrooms and routines
6. Work collaboratively with the MDT to support pupils' engagement, regulation and access to learning
7. Provide direction, delegation and clinical oversight to the therapy assistant and support staff implementing programmes
8. Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to outcome monitoring
9. Actively engage in supervision, training and CPD to develop clinical skills
We are looking for someone who is:
10. Confident working independently within a supportive team
11. Able to prioritise and manage workload effectively
12. Skilled in building strong relationships with staff and pupils
13. Passionate about functional, real‑world communication outcomes
14. This role is ideal for someone with a nurturing approach. If you're enthusiastic about making a real difference to children, and young people, we'd love to hear from you.
Essential Criteria:
15. You will be a registered member of RCSLT and HCPC
16. Hold a professional Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent.
17. Experience working with children or young people with additional needs
18. Ability to work independently within a supportive MDT
19. Completed SALT NPQ Status
Desirable Criteria:
20. Experience in a school or SEND setting
21. Experience supporting autism and SEMH
22. Experience delivering staff training or consultation
About Aurora
The Aurora Group is a forward-thinking provider of education and care for children, young people, and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. This is an exciting time to join us—Aurora Cedars is a growing school where your expertise can truly shape its future.
What's on offer?
23. A school culture where Speech and Language Therapy is valued and embedded, with staff actively engaging with and implementing SLT strategies across the setting, as demonstrated by our commitment to Elkan and making our school communication friendly.
24. A supportive MDT including Clinical Lead (Clinical Psychologist), OT, assistants, Elkan trained staff and SENDCo
25. Support from a full time Therapy Assistant
26. Access to regular SaLT clinical supervision
27. Regular online company‑wide peer supervision with other Speech and Language Therapists
28. Opportunity to shape and develop the role
29. Term‑time working for work‑life balance
30. A beautiful setting in which to work, with dedicated therapy rooms and spaces.
How to apply?
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Safeguarding Statement
Aurora Cedars School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.