Job Title: Speech and Language Therapist
Location: Great Baddow, Essex
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £25,000- 40,000
MLK Education Search are seeking to appoint an experienced Speech and Lanaguage Therapist to join a therapeutic school in Great Baddow, Essex.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement effective and engaging therapy programs for children, in collaboration with teachers and leadership.
- Maintain professional communication with colleagues.
- Foster positive relationships with the families of children.
- Supervise children to ensure their safety at all times.
- Design and conduct whole-staff therapeutic training sessions.
- Facilitate therapy sessions ethically and safely, obtaining consent from parents, carers, and children.
- Perform a variety of assessments to meet diverse needs.
- Stay informed about changes in the lives of children receiving specific therapy and communicate updates to the therapy and teaching teams.
- Employ a capacity-building approach to empower staff with skills for enhancing pupils' communication abilities.
- Identify communicative functions of behaviors and set goals to reduce challenging behavior by providing more effective communication methods for pupils.
- Set functional goals to encourage meaningful participation and greater independence among pupils.
- Develop and oversee the execution of class-wide intervention programs.
- Generate termly reports on children's progress in both individual and group therapy sessions.
- Record precise and succinct therapy notes, ensuring their secure storage and confidentiality.
- Manage smooth transitions for children.
- Notify the assistant principal of any changes to the therapy schedule.
- Offer support levels to help children engage with their learning, customizing therapeutic programs to their individual needs.
- Collaborate with the teaching and therapy teams on the development and execution of therapy progress plans.
- Communicate regularly with families following the school's protocols.
- Participate in all therapy meetings and parent/carer open days.
- Engage in continuous professional development through meetings, training, and other learning activities, aligning with the school's ethos and objectives.
- Lead communications with families during parent/carer open days and attend relevant professional meetings.
- Arrange and partake in external supervision to enhance therapeutic practices within the school.
Qualifications:
- At least current degree level, fully qualified therapist in own specialised field & associated registration with appropriate body (i.e. BACP) (essential)
- Experience of working with children & young people in challenging contexts (essential)
- A range of experience in own specialised therapeutic field (essential)
- High level of competence in English and mathematics (essential)
- An appropriate level of experience of operating in the classroom (or similar) environment with children with SEN who present challenging behaviour (essential) ?
- Further training or qualifications related to therapy, children & young people, special educational needs and/or leadership & management (desirable)
Benefits:
- 15 weeks paid holiday
- Opportunities for high-quality professional development and career progression, and financial support of up to 100% towards relevant professional qualifications.
- A complimentary daily lunch, cooked by our excellent school chefs.
- Vitality's private healthcare package which includes health, medical and dental insurance, lifestyle benefits, heavily-discounted gym membership and various rewards.
If you're passionate about education and making a positive impact apply directly today or send your Cv across to . Remember that this post is subject to satisfactory criminal record checks and references.
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