Job Introduction
Join Us and Make a Difference!
Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.
Exciting Opportunity: Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Maternity Cover)
- Duration: 12 months
- Working Pattern: 30 hours over 41 weeks per year (Term Time)
- Salary: £30,241.60 pro-rated (Full-time equivalent: £41,490)
- Location: Stockport
Role Overview: You will work in special school settings, supporting pupils with complex learning needs, including autism and profound multiple learning disabilities. Collaborate with teaching and support staff to implement universal communication strategies, ensuring a shared responsibility for students' communication needs throughout the school day.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a clinical caseload, working with teachers, class teams, and the wider MDT.
- Liaise with parents, families, and carers, advising on speech, language, and communication development.
- Provide clinical supervision to junior Speech and Language Therapist colleagues.
- Develop assessment reports and intervention plans for individual pupils.
- Ensure clinical practice is up-to-date and evidence based.
- Participate in education/training opportunities, appraise research articles, and utilise audit and research in daily practice.
- Maintain a personal CPD portfolio to meet Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT) & Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration requirements.
About You:
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
- Evidence of recent professional development.
- Current registration with RCSLT and HCPC.
- Experience using standardised assessments.
- Experience in special educational settings.
- Experience working with young people and adults with complex needs, including autism and profound multiple learning disabilities.
- Knoweldege of relevant Speech & Language Therapy assessments and outcome measures.
- Understanding of safeguarding requirements and helping young people with communication difficulties stay safe.
- Knowledge of clinical governance.
- Commitment to equality and diversity.
Why Join Us? Alongside an incredible team of like-minded peers, you’ll be working behind-the-scenes to support our staff, volunteers, families, and supporters. You will be helping our work happen across the charity; enabling us to care for and champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support.
Benefits
- Annual Leave 27-day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
- Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
- Proud to be a real living wage employer
- Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
- Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of our mission!
