About The Company
Ingfield Manor School is a non-maintained special school and part of Salutem Care and Education who have services across England and Wales supporting adults and children in residential and educational Environments. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a healthy, active, and fulfilling life, regardless of their background or disability. The aim of our services is to provide a safe and stimulating environment that enables children and young people to flourish and grow.
Our Woodview provision is a specialist educational provision for secondary aged students who require support with Speech, Language and Communication. Woodview students are taught in small class sizes and supported by specialist teaching staff, specialist learning support assistants, an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA), and Occupational Therapist (OT).
We are seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our specialist teaching team to support our students. for secondary aged students with special educational needs including speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) and autistic spectrum conditions (ASC).
About The Role
To develop and deliver an effective service which embeds evidenced based interventions in all aspects of the school day for these students. As a member of a trans-disciplinary team of staff meeting all the pupils’ needs, be responsible for the integration of the school’s communication strategy to enable pupils to access the whole curriculum; working collaboratively with all school staff in order to ensure that speech and language therapy is integrated into the curriculum.
Hours 22.50 hours per week. Term Time Only (39 weeks).
Salary £18,203 - £22,217 pa (FT 40hrs, 52wks £37,731 - £46,051) Dependent on experience
Job Responsibilities:
• To provide direct Speech and Language Therapy sessions in either 1:1, paired or small groups to support students to work towards their current Speech, Language, and Communication goals.
• To support teaching staff with differentiating learning tasks to support students with varying levels of SLCN.
• To provide assessment of student’s Speech, Language, and Communication to contribute to Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) annual reviews.
• To work in collaboration with the Occupational Therapist and specialist teaching staff.
• To support teaching staff to plan and deliver a neurodiversity affirming social skills curriculum which supports the students understanding of themselves and self-advocacy skills.
• To implement group and individual communication programmes in collaboration with the team, and EHCP requirements. To be involved in associated planning and preparation and share expertise and knowledge.
• To identify requirements for resources and share these with the Lead Speech and Language Therapist.
• To work alongside other team members, delegating roles for assessment and monitoring of communication skill development as appropriate
• To ensure the learning environment is adequately resourced to: o promote independence o deliver the curriculum to ensure pupil learning and progress
- maintain excellent standards of care
- ensure health and safety
- ensure compliance with policies and procedures
• To maintain up to date knowledge of research and clinical practice, identify service development opportunities and implement these in consultation with the Lead Speech and Language Therapist.
• To analyse and interpret assessment findings in order to formulate therapy plans and goals.
• To monitor the effectiveness of therapy using outcome measures.
• To liaise with professional colleagues in other settings in order to meet the holistic needs of the students.
• To provide information and advice to parents/carers in order to ensure that therapeutic aims are being generalised in other environments.
• To maintain clear, timely clinical notes meeting the professional standards of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health Care Professionals Council.
• To carry out necessary clinical administration tasks in line with school policies and procedures.
• To engage in supervision and identify own training and development needs, including accessing appraisal throughout the probation period and thereafter annually.
• To maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes from internal and external learning opportunities.
• To follow school policies and procedures and fully engage in maintaining mandatory training obligations.
• To adhere to national and local professional codes of conduct
To develop and maintain effective working relationships with students, colleagues and families.
• To engage with all stakeholders in a professional and appropriate manner.
This job description should not be seen as all encompassing, and the post holder will be expected to undertake any other responsibilities appropriate to the post as identified by the company.
The post holder will further Salutem’s vision and comply with the policies and procedures of Salutem and the school. This job description will be kept under review to ensure that it remains up to date. The post holder will be consulted about any proposed changes.
Salutem Care and Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All offers of employment are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS, in line with our stringent safer recruitment policy.
Successful candidates for all posts will undergo a minimum of 6 months’ probation period.
