Speech and Language Therapist

Permanent Full time - (Part Time hours can be considered)

Salary: FTE £36,000-£40,000 per annum (dependent upon experience)

Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Applications welcomed from newly qualified professionals as post qualifying clinical supervision will be provided.

New Reflexions is a well-established, specialist, independent provider of high-quality services for young people in therapeutic residential care/education. The Clinical Services Department sits at the heart of an integrated model of intervention stretching across care, education, psychology, and therapy.

The Clinical Services Department is well resourced and has a dedicated suite of therapy rooms. We provide access to supervision, and ongoing professional development. The current team includes Art Psychotherapy, Counselling Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy and an Assistant Psychologist.

We are currently looking for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our Clinical Team at our Head Office, Shrewsbury. The candidate will provide Speech and Language guidance, assessment, consultation and oversight across our Learning Disability and Autism services. Applications welcomed from newly qualified professionals as post qualifying clinical supervision will be provided.

Main duties and responsibilities

• To support the development of communication friendly environments across education and care settings, through the assessment and development of all associated means of communication; to include signs, symbols, photos, objects of reference and technology (where appropriate).


• Staff training and consultation as part of staff induction and ongoing clinical support and guidance in the use and implementation of communication aids.


• To work closely with Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Education and care to contribute to Multi-Disciplinary formulations and care plans to ensure appropriate communication targets are being set and that the support is available to the children to help them achieve them.


• To support the review and development of appropriate EHCP targets and ensure these are embedded into their 24 hour curriculum.


• To provide individualised screening and profile of the communication needs of all children, alongside ongoing monitoring and support according to that child’s individual needs.


• To ensure that care and education settings follow the 5 good communication standards as identified by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.


• To undertake relevant Continued Professional Development as required for the purposes of personal development and the clinical needs of the service.

Requirements

• Experience working with pre-verbal and verbal children with Autism/ Severe/Profound Learning Disabilities (Essential).


• Experience of working within the Looked After Child/CAMHS system (Essential).


• A Degree in speech and language therapy approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), and active HCPC registration (Essential).


• You must have the ability to work in challenging situations, be highly organised and have excellent communication and people skills (Essential).


• You must have ability to work autonomously within your specialist field and have excellent multi-agency liaison skills (Essential).


• Expertise in Autism assessment (Desirable).


• Expertise in Neurodiversity Affirming Approaches (Desirable).


• IT skills, including Microsoft Office and database case management systems (Essential).


• Candidates should have a full UK driving license and access to their own transport (Essential).

Benefits

• Free access to 5 caravans throughout the UK for a personal holiday


• Funded DBS checks


• Refer a friend scheme – refer a friend to come join the New Reflexions team and earn a £500 bonus per referral or £1,000 for a qualified referral.


• Free confidential employee assistance programme and app.


• Access to Blue Light discount card scheme


• Bike-to-work and electric vehicle scheme


• Workplace pension


• Access to the Training Hub with 800 care sector-specific specialist online subjects; CPD accredited & certificated


• Access to paid external clinical supervision

Please be aware that all positions with New Reflexions are subject to referencing and enhanced DBS disclosure checks and all applicants will be subject to a thorough recruitment process; this is in line with safer recruitment. If you have any questions regarding this, please highlight these in your application.

For more information and an application pack please contact New Reflexions Head Office on 01939 210040.

Please visit our website at www.newreflexions.co.uk