Band 7 – Speech & Language Therapist

Job Title:Speech & Language Therapist
Banding:Band 7
Location: Sutton, Surrey
Start Date:ASAP
Duration:Permanent
Salary:£41,983 – £49,717 per annum (includes paid school holidays) + excellent benefits
Working Hours:Full-time

We are currently recruiting on behalf of our client for a passionate and experiencedSpeech & Language Therapistto join their team atGreenholm School in Sutton. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a supportive, specialist setting where even the smallest positive changes in young people’s lives are celebrated. Check out this video on whatlife as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Groupis like!

Key responsibilities

Greenholm School is an independent, specialist day school that joined the Witherslack Group in 2022. Located in South West London, the school provides high-quality education for pupils with autism and additional needs such as ADHD, speech and language difficulties, sensory issues, and associated behavioural challenges. The school was recently ratedGoodby Ofsted and continues to build on its strong foundation of inclusive, therapeutic education.

The school is part of a wider network of specialist schools and children’s homes where clinicians are central to one of the most integrated models in SEND. The young people supported by the client often present with a complexity of need, including developmental trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions, and special educational needs.

As a key member of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, you will play a vital role in supporting both educational and residential colleagues in creating therapeutic living and learning environments. Your responsibilities will include conducting clinical assessments and developing personalised care plans tailored to each young person’s needs. You will deliver individualised therapeutic interventions and assess mental health needs, recommending appropriate strategies and support through carefully considered care planning.

Building strong rapport with the young people is essential, as it enables you to provide effective counselling and meaningful feedback on their progress.

What’s 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 days holiday including bank holidays
• Clinical Development:
  If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, 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 coverso you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host ofhigh-street discounts
• Beautiful working environmentswith 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 the support, resource and platform for you 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 be with you every step of the way. Here’s a few things 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
• Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences
• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer.
• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative
• Be committed to ensuring the best…