Speech & Language Therapist

Location: Hildenborough

£39,483 - £47,549 (including paid school holidays)  excellent benefits Those Huge Small Victories Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. Check out this video on what life as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like! Get out what you put in This role is based at Hilden Park School, covering maternity for a year.

This role is 3-days-per-week. Hilden Park School is an independent specialist day school providing high-quality education. Based in West Kent, the school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils who have a range of complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviours. Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children’s homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision.

Our 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 be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people. What we do for you We know you’re going to do great things.

For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, 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 is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development Flexible benefits : meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our 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 an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our 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 our 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 we’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 outcomes for young people Interested in joining us? At Witherslack Group, inclusion is part of who we are. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, valued and that they truly belong. As a specialist provider…