Job Title: Speech and Language Therapist – Band 6
Location: Lingfield, Surrey
Salary: Up to £39,027 (experience dependent)
Job type: Permanent, Term Time Only (37.5 hours per week)
Young Epilepsy is the leading national charity, which exists to improve the lives of children and young people with epilepsy and associated conditions. With over 100 years of experience, our unique Headquarters offers world class services which include the provision of Residential Services, Education and Health Care to children and young people in the UK and nationally.
We are looking for people who like to go home knowing they have made a real difference for the young people they have been supporting.
The Role:
The speech and language therapist is responsible for assessment, intervention and consultation, to facilitate development of students’ communication and eating and drinking skills.
If you are a flexible team member with good interpersonal skills having ideally worked in a similar education setting with experience in paediatrics & learning disability – we would love to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Ensure duties are carried out in accordance with health and safety regulations as given by the Young Epilepsy health and safety policy and procedures.
- To meet the needs of all students on your caseload effectively by working in partnership with other disciplines, especially the Therapy and Psychology teams.
- Demonstrate awareness of the roles of all other Therapy and Health disciplines.
- Work collaboratively with other disciplines in education and residential services.
- To manage a delineated caseload of students with epilepsy and/or autism spectrum disorders together with other complex development.
- Provide opinion on suitability of Young Epilepsy to meet a student’s needs.
- Provide a baselines and ongoing assessment of each student’s communication and/or eating/drinking skills where used.
- Deliver and inform parents of the aims of regular therapy sessions.
- To run training sessions for interrail staff in association with other SLTs on related area of specialism.
- Offer external training courses in association with members of the SLT team or other staff at Young Epilepsy as appropriate.
- Participate in staff induction as required.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Registered member of the RCSLT.
- Certificate to practise from RCSLT.
- Postgraduate clinical SLT experience in a range of settings.
- Experience in staff training within an education setting for autism or complex needs would be advantageous.
Benefits:
- £250 refer a friend scheme!
- Perk Box discounts and vouchers
- Subsidised dining room
- Discounted Gym Memberships (on and off site)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible Working
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Speech Therapist, Languages, Paediatrics Speech Therapist, Senior Speech and Language Therapist, Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Speech Therapy, Adult Acute Speech Therapist, Speech Therapist Disability Assessor, SEND, Speech and Language Teaching Assistant will also be considered for this role.
