Band 6 – Speech & Language Therapist

Job Title:
Speech & Language Therapist – Ormskirk

Banding:
Band 6

Location:
Ormskirk, Lancashire

Start Date: ASAP

Duration:
Permanent

Salary: £36,507 – £44,103 per annum + excellent benefits

Working Hours:
Fulltime

We are currently recruiting on behalf of our client for a dedicated Speech & Language Therapist to join their team at Pontville School in Ormskirk. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a large, supportive multi-disciplinary team in a setting that prioritises therapeutic care and education for young people with complex needs. Check out this video on what life as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like!

Key Responsibilities

This role is based at Pontville School. You will be working as part of a large MDT, and within an embedded Speech Therapy team. Pontville School is an independent specialist day school providing quality education with a focus on speech, language, and social communication. Many of their pupils are autistic with high levels of anxiety.

Their clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of their specialist schools and children’s homes, they provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of their expertise and breadth of provision. The young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions, and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, you will support educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments. Based on clinical assessment and formulation, you will offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people. You’ll also assess their mental health and recommend appropriate interventions in a personalized care plan. Building rapport is key; by doing this, you’ll be able to deliver effective counselling and feedback on progress.

Whats in it for you

For your hard work and commitment, they reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With them, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Training: A full induction and on-the-job training
• Holiday:
  You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays
• Clinical Development:
  If career growth and professional advancement are your goals, they provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development
• Flexible benefits:
  Meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out their benefits here
• Wellbeing: A host of wellbeing tools and advice, including employee assistance
• Medical cover:
  So you can claim back the cost of things like opticians or dentist appointments, and enjoy a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments:
  With the very best facilities – check out their schools here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within their living and learning environments, you will be offered support, resources, and a platform to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme, and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will support you every step of the way.

Here’s what they’ll need from you:

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC
• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs
• Experience supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences
• Be a confident, engaging, effective model, guide, leader, and trainer
• Be highly organized and ready to take the initiative

How to Apply

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