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Speech and Language Therapist - SEN School
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Speech and Language Therapist
Location: Shropshire
Salary: Up to £44,000 FTE, dependent on experience and hours
Hours: Flexible – 2–5 days per week
Job Type: Permanent
We are currently recruiting for a Speech and Language Therapist to join a specialist education setting supporting children and young people with complex communication needs, autism and additional disabilities.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician to take a key role in developing the communication provision across the setting, working closely with education, care and wider clinical teams.
The Role
- Develop and maintain communication profiles for students across the school
- Assess and support children with complex communication needs
- Provide input around AAC, assistive communication and total communication approaches
- Deliver staff training and support education and care teams to embed strategies
- Contribute to behaviour support plans and wider education and care documentation
- Complete formal assessments and reports where required
- Work collaboratively with psychology, therapy and wider multidisciplinary colleagues
- Help develop a consistent, site-wide approach to communication
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About You
We are looking for a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with experience working with:
- Children and young people with complex disabilities
- Autism and communication difficulties
- Pre-verbal or minimally verbal children
- AAC and total communication approaches
- Education, residential or specialist care environments
You will be a confident communicator who enjoys working collaboratively and is keen to make a genuine, long-term impact on the communication outcomes of children and young people. Newly qualified therapists may be considered where they have strong relevant pre-qualification experience, such as working in education, residential care or as an HCLA.
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Why Apply?
- Flexible working pattern, including the potential for term-time-only
- Permanent position with flexibility around hours
- Opportunity to shape and develop the site's communication provision
- Collaborative multidisciplinary environment
- Meaningful opportunity to make a long-term difference to children with complex needs
- Supportive education and care team
If you are an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist looking for a role where you can have a genuine influence on the development of specialist communication provision, we would love to hear from you.
If interested, please contact Aria Hyland on a.hyland@linqrecruitment.co.uk or 07458 142831.
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