Speech and Language Therapist
@Mind Professionals posted 3 weeks ago Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Jobs ID 40651
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Band Flexible
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Profession Speech & Language Therapist
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Role type Permanent
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Profession Category Allied Healthcare
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Job Description
Speech and Language Therapist
Location: Thatcham, Berkshire
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk, 52 wks/yr) – Part-time from 14 hrs/wk considered
Specialty: Special Educational Needs
Salary: £33,600 – £46,000 (pro-rata if part time)
Mind Professionals are now recruiting for a permanent Speech and Language Therapist role based at a Special Educational Needs school in Thatcham, Berkshire.
The post holder will be managing a caseload of autistic young people with complex needs, including assessment, implementation and review of therapy input to ensure progress.
Key Responsibilities:
– Manage a caseload of autistic YP with complex needs, including assessment, implementation and review of therapy input to ensure progress.
– To deliver input through use of the Prior’s Court Communication Skills Learning Programme, which will prepare all YP to have a functional communication system to enable them to live healthy, happy, independent lives after leaving Prior’s Court.
– Use clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret findings from both standardised and non-standardised assessments to identify a young person’s communication strengths and needs.
– Provide specialist intervention using evidence-based therapy approaches individualised to meet YP’s needs in the areas of (not an exhaustive list) expression, understanding, social communication and AAC (low and high tech.).
– Contribution to the annual review process by providing high quality written reports, assessment, review of EHCP targets and attending annual review meetings (as appropriate).
– Support the Head of Therapy to collect evidence of SaLT impact on young person outcomes – including assessment data, case studies and feedback from staff, parents/carers.
– Responsibility for line management and supervision of less experienced therapists and assistants, as deemed appropriate by the Head of Therapy.
– Adhere to regular use of progress cycle and that progress of young pe