Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our Speech and Language Therapy team to work across two new primary aged ASD provisions in Brackenbury School and Wormholt School. This position offers part-time hours of 15 per week.The post provides the opportunity to work within two brand new provisions opening in September 2026 to implement a wide range of therapeutic approaches and interventions in collaboration with education partners. Through joint planning and delivery of interventions in the classroom and through support to families you will ensure that SLT input has a functional impact for the pupils you support. You would be working alongside a senior SLT to set up a service delivery model within these schools., Thepostholderwillberesponsiblefor:

• Providing a specialist service to childrenattending2 ASD unitsfor pupils aged between 4-11years of agewith ASD.The post holder willworkclosely with parents/carers, and staff to enablethe pupilsto develop their speech,languageand communication skills and to access the curriculum
• To assess the needs for, develop and implement specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children referred to the SLTEducation service
• To provide advice to othersregardingthe management and care of children with communication difficulties
• To be accountable for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice from senior colleagues as appropriate
• The post holder will also provide some day-to-day supervision and peer review support to less experienced colleagues and students, including second opinions when necessary.
• The post holder will run appropriate in-service training independently for school and other staff.
• The post holder will have well developed specialist skills in a specialist area of SLCN within the broad range of speech, language and communication needsencounteredwithin the caseload of school aged childrenand young peopleincluding the use of augmentativeandalternativecommunication.
• The post holder will liaise with other colleagues across a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.
  
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