Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Liverpool

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Location: Liverpool
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Client: Together Trust Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom Job Category: Other EU work permit required: Yes Job Reference: b883240b78dd Job Views: 9 Posted: 23.01.2025 Expiry Date: 09.03.2025 Job Description:

Job summary This is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist role with the Together Trust, a charity that champions the rights, needs and ambitions of the people they support. The role involves working collaboratively with colleagues, families and external professionals to meet the needs of the young people supported across several consortia groups of mainstream schools in Liverpool and Sefton. Main duties of the job The Specialist Speech and Language Therapist will be responsible for managing a clinical caseload of students, providing speech and language therapy advice, assessment, interventions and training to support students' communication skills across the school and learning environment. They will also contribute to service development and provide clinical supervision to more junior colleagues. About us Together Trust is a charity that has been supporting children, adults and families in the North West of England for over 150 years. They provide a range of services including education, fostering, residential care, and community support to help people with disabilities, autism, complex needs, and mental health conditions to live the best life possible. Job responsibilities Package Description: 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. Do you have experience of working within an educational setting and delivering a therapy service at universal, targeted and specialist level, ensuring that the needs of the pupil, staff and school are considered and met? Can you manage your own caseload work, autonomously contributing to service development with a commitment to a holistic, flexible and innovative model of service delivery? We now have a fantastic opportunity for a

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to join our therapy team working across several consortia groups of mainstream schools in Liverpool and Sefton, providing speech and language therapy advice, assessment, interventions and training. Working Pattern:

22.5 hours worked over 43 weeks per year (term time). Salary:

£22, pro-rated based on hours and weeks worked. Full-time equivalent salary is £39,. Location:

Liverpool (2-3 days) and Southport (1 day). Key responsibilities include but are not limited to: Managing a clinical caseload of students, working in collaboration with teachers, class teams and the wider multi-disciplinary team. Supporting students' communication skills across the school and learning environment; delivering indirect and direct interventions, whether individually or in small groups. Assessing, monitoring and recording students' progress with respect to their development in all areas of speech, language and communication. Liaising with parents, families and carers, and advising on issues relating to the development of speech, language and other communication skills. Providing clinical supervision to more junior Speech and Language Therapy colleagues, Therapy Assistants and Therapy service volunteers as required. Contributing to the planning and delivery of training to colleagues across the whole school as required. Assisting in the process of monitoring, evaluating and recording pupils' progress. Providing assessment reports and intervention plans for individual pupils. We are looking for someone who has: Degree in Speech and Language Therapy including current registration with RCSLT and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC). Experience of working in a multidisciplinary manner with the ability to modify a range of therapy programmes and interventions. Experience of working in Special Educational and Clinical settings. Experience of working with young people and adults with complex needs including Autism and ADHD. Experience of modifying therapy programmes and interventions to meet the needs of individual young people. Full clean UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work-related travel. 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 and up to 6 x basic salary death in service. 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 colleagues and free weekly yoga session in person or online. Access to our

Employee Assistance Programme

for you and adults at your home. 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. To discover the full details of this rewarding role within the Together Trust, take a look at our Job may remove this advert should we find the successful candidate prior to the closing date therefore early applications are currently welcome. We do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK. Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience. If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you. Person Specification

Qualifications Essential: Degree in Speech and Language Therapy including current registration with RCSLT and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC). Experience of working in a multidisciplinary manner, in Special Educational and Clinical settings, and with young people and adults with complex needs.

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