Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

We have a permanent Band 6 Speech and Language therapy post available at Paddock School. Paddock is made up of a primary and a secondary school. We are a large NHS team of 16 therapy staff (SLTs, OTs, therapy assistants and and an administrator) based on site. This is an exciting time for Paddock , with an amazing new secondary school building which opened in September 2025, as part of the Paddock expansion programme with a significant increase in pupil numbers. This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in working with autistic pupils with learning difficulties, all of whom have EHCPs. Our team are highly skilled in the use of AAC and a wide range of language and social communication interventions. We are currently focusing on developing our offer for our pre-formal learners using play based approaches such as DIR Floortime, Intensive Interaction and the Curiosity programme. Working at Paddock is also a great opportunity for MDT working, as the SLTs and OTs work together as a single team, liaising daily with our teaching colleagues. We also work closely with parents/carers, CAMHS and the LA Educational Psychologists. In addition , we have excellent and highly skilled therapy assistants who support us in delivering 1:1 and group interventions., To undertake specialist paediatric assessment of each pupil on your caseload, and from this assessment to formulate an intervention plan and deliver related therapy provision in partnership with the teaching team. To deliver training and in class support to the teaching team. To deliver other indirect provision, as appropriate, through the teaching team and also the family, for each pupil. To supervise and support junior therapists, therapy assistants and students and be involved in teaching MDT staff as well as those from other agencies, At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

• Experience and skills relevant to working with a diverse paediatric caseload
• Experience and skills relevant to working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Clinical skills related to ASD and learning disability and/or enthusiasm for developing your skills in these areas
• Ability to work flexibly and independently where necessary
• Enthusiasm, imagination and initiative
  
  St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. Being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.