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Speech and Language Therapist Part Time

Employer
St John's School and College
Location
Brighton, East Sussex
Salary
£12,000-£15,000 subject to 20 hour part time hours
Closing date
11 Apr 2019

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Sector
Care, Healthcare, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Part Time

Job Details

Speech and Language Therapist

 

 

 

St. John’s School and College grade 5 St John’s Grade 5

 

 

 

(£24,680 - £29,020) subject to a term time pro rata of 0.9041 so actual range (£22,313 – £26,236).

 

 

 

This is also subject to working only 20 hours a week. Actual salary varies to £12,000 - £15,000.

 

 

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapist to join St Johns, the home of innovative and inspirational learning.

 

 

 

St John’s is a non-maintained special school and independent specialist college for day and residential learners aged 6-25. At St Johns we work with learners who have complex learning disabilities including Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), Asperger’s Syndrome and behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) .

 

 

 

The role of the Specialist Speech & Language Therapist is important in ensuring that the School and College meets the educational, social, emotional and physical needs of all pupils and learners.

 

  • Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to ensure exchange of information and delivery of a co-ordinated multi-disciplinary service.
  • Contribute to projects concerning Speech and Language Therapy Service delivery for planning and quality and promote positive employee relations within the department and teams.
  • Communicate complex and sensitive condition related information in an accessible way to, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Write reports and provide written and verbal advice to others reflecting knowledge regarding the management and care of our learners with a range of communication difficulties and maintain case notes that reflect the full nature of the clinical decision making processes.
  • Form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.
  • The successful applicant must be registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC) and be a member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT). Ideally you should have experience of working in an educational setting with young people with a range of diagnoses.

     

     

     

    All job applicants will be required to provide 2 referees (one must be your most recent employer) and undertake an enhanced DBS Disclosure. This process forms part of our recruitment policy. The full job description can be found on our website.

     

Company

St. John’s is a charity that provides education, care and therapy for learners with complex behaviours from 5- 25; we are based in Brighton and Seaford. We also offer training across the region and sector.

 

St. John’s is about improving lives by making a practical difference to the learners who access our services and by embracing their unique diversity. Our core mission is to enable our learners to achieve aspirational goals and to live their lives to the full. Recognising the complexity and scale of this task we focus our work around five placement outcomes which inform and guide all that we do:

 

• We promote well-being, the basis of effective learning

• We develop communication, the basis of engagement in society

• We focus on skill development, the basis of a productive life

• At all times we promote independence, a fundamental human right

• We passionately believe that all our learners can be employed, in some form, during their lives.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01273 244 048
Location
Walpole Road
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 0AF
GB

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