Specialist or Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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Location: Baston House School – Kent BR2 7AB
Salary: Up to £53,200 pro rata (dependent on experience) plus £5,000 Welcome Bonus (Welcome Bonus is payable as one payment of £2,500 after completion of one month and a further payment of £2,500 upon completion of your final probation period) plus £3,000 Relocation package (Relocation package dependent/ agreed based on distance) (T&C's apply)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, hours to overlap with core school hours. Part-time hours may be considered.
Contract: Permanent (Term time only, or flexibility around full-time contract can be discussed based on your personal circumstances)
In a world where the demand for clinical support is increasing daily, we understand the importance and value of the work you carry out. Your unique skills and expertise are critical to building better outcomes for our pupils. This is why we aim to have a multidisciplinary clinical team for each of our sites to provide this vital provision in collaboration with our education teams. Creating an environment where our pupils can truly flourish and grow in independence is key.
CPD: We understand the value of helping our employees develop in their careers. For clinicians to achieve their Continued Professional Development (CPD) goals we offer a £2,000 training allowance, so that you can complete role specific training tailored to your individual requirements once your probation has been completed.
About the Group:
Outcomes First Group is the leading provider of world-class education. Our schools are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland and Wales, with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the children and young people we educate for. Our Acorn schools meet the social and emotional needs of pupils who have faced trauma or adversity, equipping them for life’s important steps. Our Options Autism schools support autistic pupils to value their uniqueness and access the world in their own way. Another division, Momenta Connect, supports young people to overcome barriers and engage with education. While our most recent addition, Blenheim Schools, enables outstanding futures through high-quality independent and international schools.
Our Vision
Empower every child, whatever their ability, with a world-class education that nurtures potential, inspires lifelong learning, and equips them to thrive in a diverse and evolving world.
Our Mission
We commit to unlocking our pupils’ potential through personalised learning, innovation, and opportunity, supporting growth and aspirations.
Our Promise
WE LISTEN. WE WORK TOGETHER. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE. Our Promises describe the sort of people we are and our commitment to how we treat each other, work together and behave. It is easily translatable into behaviours we all practice and experience every day.
The role
We are looking for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our in-house clinical team at Baston House School. Working collaboratively with the education team, you will deliver bespoke Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention to pupils who may have experienced developmental trauma, be neurodivergent or have SEMH needs. You will work within the standards provided in the OFG Speech and Language Therapy Ways of Working to guide your practice within an education setting and clarify your roles and responsibilities, while taking into account the requirements of your governing and professional bodies. You will be given responsibility for holding a Speech and Language therapy caseload, with the full support of your designated clinical supervisor and site lead, also contributing to staff training and consultation as required. This post would suit a resilient, creative and enthusiastic individual.
Our Clinical Teams help maintain a person-centred, empowering approach, always putting the pupils we support at the forefront of everything we do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and the pupils we support are heard, respected, and involved in decisions that affect them. We strive for excellence, which is why we are one of the leading service providers in the UK. With this in mind, we are looking for a Specialist or Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who shares our vision to use innovative approaches to enhance the quality of life and outcomes of the pupils we support.
Location: Baston House School, Kent – Baston House School forms part of our Options Autism brand, and is an independent specialist day school, supporting children and young people aged 5 – 19.
* Baston House School
* Education - Options Autism
Essential Criteria
Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree; Valid and up-to-date HCPC Registration; Registered member of RCSLT; At least 5+ years practicing experience at the specialist level with this client group in a similar setting; Highly developed specialist knowledge with theoretical and practical underpinning; Experience in multidisciplinary working across settings with some responsibility for service & team performance; Experience in communicating with and working with families, carers, and relatives; Experience in developing training and delivering presentations; Experience in providing professional and clinical supervision; Experience in taking part in research projects and conducting audits; plus strong interpersonal and professional skills as listed.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits including: £2,000 training allowance; Life Assurance; Pension scheme; Wellbeing support services and checks; Work 4 days, paid for 5 (T&Cs apply) following probation; health, wellbeing and insurance benefits; discounts; Cycle to Work and Electric Car schemes; £5,000 Welcome Bonus (T&Cs apply).
Safeguarding
At Outcomes First Group we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to DBS checks. We reserve the right to close vacancies early. This recruitment process complies with Keeping Children Safe in Education and related safeguarding requirements.
Job Reference: 287207
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