Speech and Language Therapist

This role has a competitive starting salary of £34,162 per annum for 36 hours per week across 42 weeks per year (term time + 3 weeks of holiday working), pro-rata to £36,873.

Were looking for a Speech and Language Therapist who is early in their career, eager to receive excellent support and supervision, and interested in working with school-aged children!

Whether youre about to graduate in Speech and Language Therapy, or have recently achieved your NQP framework goals, this is the perfect opportunity to join a team that will support your journey to becoming an autonomous practitioner in specialist and mainstream schools across the Guildford and Waverley areas.

Our Offer to You

• We pay your RCSLT membership and HCPC fees!
• Comprehensive clinical supervision programme including a buddy, 1:1 meetings with line manager (weekly for NQPs for the first 3 months moving to monthly over the first year, at your pace), extensive training opportunities, access to clinical effectiveness groups, case study groups and an NQP / Band 5 group, termly study days, encouragement to join and attend CENs relating to practice
• A mixed and varied caseload across settings and age groups
• Termly themed study days for the whole SALT team
• Enhanced support to take you through your competencies
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carers leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension

The role of a Speech and Language Therapist is varied and no two days will be the same, however you can expect to be involved with the following:

• Clinical decision making in conjunction with school staff and evidence-based practice, around the level of support needed to achieve the best possible outcome for the Children and Young People (CYP) on your defined caseload
• Working with Assistants, setting targets for the CYP you are jointly supporting and monitoring the delivery and outcomes of their work
• Assessment, advice and intervention for CYP with a range of SLCN within your caseload
  
  Prioritisation and caseload management

Our large and friendly team of Speech & Language Therapists and Speech & Language Therapy Assistants work across mainstream and special schools in Surrey.

We are part of Surrey's offer to support children with Additional Needs and Disabilities, working collaboratively with the Inclusion and Additional Needs Team and other areas like Educational Psychology and Specialist Teaching.

Our tiered model supports universal, targeted and specialist intervention for children, families and the school workforce; making sure we deliver the right support at the right time to children and young people, with and without EHCPs.

Please see above and below for full information regarding the excellent opportunity with Surrey County Council.

We are a friendly team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about the work we do. If you feel like this could be the place to kick start your career or further develop your therapy skills and knowledge, please do get in touch.

• A degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or are about to obtain this)
• Registered with HCPC and RCSLT (or about to be)
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• A valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a defined geographical area

• Evidence of clinical knowledge and familiarity with a range of formal and informal assessments for school age CYP
• Evidence of experience and knowledge of a range of evidence-based intervention approaches

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.