Outcomes First Group Speech and Language Therapist

We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our small and friendly clinical team. We offer a 4 day working week with full time pay and conditions and a career development package.

Job Title: Speech & Language Therapist

Location: The Tower School, Epping, Essex

Salary: Up to £53,200 pro rata (dependent on experience) plus £3000 Welcome Bonus and Relocation package £3000. (Relocation package dependent/ agreed based on distance)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.00am – 4.00pm (Part Time will be considered)

Contract: Permanent – Term Time only. There may be scope for this role to be a full-time contract (52 weeks) if this is your preference, please get in touch to discuss.

We understand the value of helping our employees to achieve their Continued Professional Development goals and offer a £2000 training allowance to allow you to complete role specific training tailored to your individual requirements.

About the role

We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our in-house Clinical Team at The Tower School based in Essex. Working collaboratively with the site, you will deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for pupils with developmental trauma, autism, ADHD and SEMH needs, this is an exciting and creative role forming an integral part of our small and friendly team, including Occupational Therapist, Psychotherapist and Therapy Assistant. We are an ambitious clinical team working collaboratively with education to provide creative and individual interventions for our pupils.

Working within overall framework of the service policies and procedures, you will be supporting the integration of the specific service in the day to day running of each provision i.e., standardised assessments and clinical services. A key aspect of the role will be to deliver the wellbeing and clinical rainbow strategy at a universal, enhanced and specialist level to support our wider teams in meeting our young people’s needs in line with set Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP).

Our well-established Clinical Team, maintain a nurturing environment where our pupils can flourish, always putting them at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and our people are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible. With this in mind, we are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.

Location: The Tower School, Essex

Essential Criteria:

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree
• Valid and up to date HCPC Registration
• Registered member of RCSLT
• Previous experience of paid or voluntary work within a trauma or complex needs setting
• Experience within the specialist client group. (complex communication issues relating to autism, including language disorder, dyspraxia, sensory impairment, learning disabilities/difficulties and associated challenging behaviour) (Essential)
• Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities.
• Experience of multi-professional work with teams or services within the designated speciality preferred.
• Ability to work independently
• Hold a full UK driving licence, with access to a car (Desirable)

For further information on this role please refer the Job Description and Person Specification attached. To discuss this role in more detail, please contact:

Why work for us?

Alongside working with a network of clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development, Outcomes First Group offer an array of flexible benefit options:

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• £2,000 training allowance
• £3000 Welcome Bonus
• Life Assurance
  Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• Work 4 days, be paid for 5 T&C’s apply – following successful completion of the probation period
• Family Growth Support – inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS

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