Band5/6 Speech & Language Therapist

Education Setting: Both Primary and Secondary School

Salary: NHS Band 5/6 depending on experience

Location: London

Gesher is an Ofsted Outstanding all-through school that caters for children aged 4-16 with a range of mild to moderate special educational needs, including Autism and ADHD. Gesher School embraces a neurodiversity affirming, strength-based approach, rather than an impairment-based and medical model approach. This means that we accept, validate, and learn from a student’s developmental differences and aim to provide support and accommodations that affirm their neurodivergent identity.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, and passionate Speech and Language Therapist to join our Therapy team at Gesher School. We offer fantastic opportunities to develop your skills as a practitioner within an innovative, supportive and collaborative team environment. Some of our benefits include:

• Regular clinical supervision and the support of an onsite therapy team.
• Half day admin day which can be taken at home.
• Paid half-day Friday closure in the winter months.
• 12 weeks of paid holidays plus paid extra Jewish holidays throughout the year.
• Additional days off awarded following long service.
• Monthly well-being events.
• Monthly dedicated CPD.

About the Role

As a Band 5/6 Speech and Language Therapist, you will:

• Provide specialist, evidence-based assessment and intervention for children presenting with a range of speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN), including profiles associated with Autism, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Down’s Syndrome and MLD.
• Develop and implement personalised therapy plans that integrate seamlessly into the school day.
• Work collaboratively with the school team to create a holistic approach to learning.
• Support and train school staff to embed communication strategies across the curriculum.
• Engage with families and carers to ensure consistency and carryover of strategies beyond the classroom.
• Contribute to service development and innovative therapy practices within the school.
• Lead and shape service delivery projects, driving innovation and improving the quality and impact of therapeutic support.

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Has experience of working with children with SEN, preferably in a school setting.
• Demonstrates strong clinical reasoning and a flexible, creative approach to therapy.
• Is confident working independently and as part of a team.
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Is motivated to innovate and contribute to service development.
• Has excellent organisation, prioritisation and time management skills.
• Has the right to work in the UK.

Key Responsibilities

• To provide a range of informal and formal assessment of pupils.
• To plan, provide and evaluate a range of evidence based therapeutic interventions to pupils including 1:1, paired, group and whole class sessions.
• To develop termly Personal Learning Plan (PLP) targets for pupils.
• To contribute to the Annual Review process by writing Annual Review reports and attending Annual Review meetings.
• To work with school staff to generate advice and strategies to support the pupils in class.
• To support staff in understanding how to create and maintain communication friendly classrooms.
• To establish constructive relationships with pupils, and interact with them according to individual needs, promoting the inclusion/acceptance of all pupils.
• To participate in the development and delivery of training to teaching and support staff, and to parents/carers.
• To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards for all clinical contacts.
• To attend regular clinical supervision and line management meetings, and to take part in the school’s professional development procedure.
• To maintain HCPC registration, demonstrate reflective practice and work within RCSLT professional standards.
• To attend staff meetings and in service training as required.
• To be part of Gesher’s admissions process, including carrying out assessment observations of potential new pupils.
• To be responsible for the development of your own Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• To participate in Gesher’s Appraisal process with the Head of Therapies.
• To comply with policies and procedures relating to pupil protection, health & safety, security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.

We are committed to safeguarding young people and staff. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Diversity is a core value of Gesher School. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. As such, we actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply for roles at our school.