Speech and Language Therapist

About the Role This is a fantastic opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist who is developing a specialism in supporting children with complex learning needs. At Danecourt, youll join a team committed to helping every child communicate, learn, and thrive. Youll work alongside our Occupational Therapist, Behavioural Specialist, and Therapies Assistant, delivering integrated support within our primary-aged special school. Youll also collaborate closely with NHS therapists and our skilled teaching teams to ensure communication strategies are embedded across the school day. Heres what youll be doing:

• Deliver targeted, specialist, and universal interventions to meet a wide range of communication needs
• Using AAC: Implement low, lite, and high-tech AAC, as part of a Total (inclusive) Communication approach tailored to individual pupils
• Provide support for a small but growing number of pupils with assessed/known feeding difficulties (basic dysphagia training is essential)
• Collaborate with families, teachers, and external professionals to develop and maintain consistent communication support
• Deliver engaging and practical training for parents, class teams, and whole-school staff
• Provide reports and input into annual reviews and SEND planning
• Professional Support and Supervision: You'll receive regular supervision and support from our Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Please refer to the candidate application pack
• mpowering Pupils: Deliver targeted, specialist, and universal interventions to meet a wide range of communication needs
• Using AAC: Implement low, lite, and high-tech AAC, as part of a Total (inclusive) Communication approach tailored to individual pupils
• Supporting Dysphagia Needs: Provide support for a small but growing number of pupils with assessed/known feeding difficulties (basic dysphagia training is essential)
• Working Across Teams: Collaborate with families, teachers, and external professionals to develop and maintain consistent communication support
• Training Others: Deliver engaging and practical training for parents, class teams, and whole-school staff
• Contributing to EHCPs: Provide reports and input into annual reviews and SEND planning
• Professional Support and Supervision: Youll receive regular supervision and support from our Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
  
  Are you a passionate, experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking to make a real difference in a setting where your expertise will be valued and your impact visible every single day? Danecourt School offers a truly unique opportunity to work with pupils with special educational needs in a nurturing, inclusive, and therapeutic environment., Were seeking a proactive, experienced, and compassionate therapist who is:
• Qualified and HCPC-Registered
• Experienced in SEND, with confidence in working with children with complex needs
• AAC Confident, with skills in implementing a range of tools and approaches
• Dysphagia-trained (basic level essential)
• A Strong Communicator, able to work collaboratively and compassionately with pupils, families, and colleagues
• Driven by Outcomes, and aspirational in your approach to helping children achieve their fullest potential, Were seeking a proactive, experienced, and compassionate therapist who is:
• Qualified and HCPC-Registered
• Experienced in SEND, with confidence in working with children with complex needs
• AAC Confident, with skills in implementing a range of tools and approaches
• Dysphagia-trained (basic level essential)
• A Strong Communicator, able to work collaboratively and compassionately with pupils, families, and colleagues
• Driven by Outcomes, and aspirational in your approach to helping children achieve their fullest potential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Danecourt Special School is part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway . Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills. We are a special school catering for primary aged children who have special educational needs. The children who attend Danecourt have a wide breadth of needs including complex learning difficulties and autism. At Danecourt our mission is support all pupils to become STARS -

Hours: 35 hours per week, 4 days a week full time or 5 days a week, term time (39 weeks per year (term time only)