Senior Peripatetic Speech & Language Therapist

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Job Title:       Senior Peripatetic Speech & Language Therapist

Location:     Home Based, Frequent travel across our schools and homes in the South of England

Salary:       £50,000 - £60,000 per annum plus £3,000 vehicle allowance and £2000 training allowance

Hours:            37.5 per week, Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm

Contract:         Permanent, Full Time

We understand the value of helping our employees to achieve their Continued Professional Development goals and offer a £2,000 training allowance to allow you to complete role-specific training tailored to your individual requirements.

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to join our Clinical Team. In this role you will be responsible for providing assessment, and planning intervention for a caseload of children and young adults in our specialist schools and residential homes across the South of England. This unique role allows for flexibility, and you will be based at home and travel to the required sites to undertake assessment. You will hold a caseload of children, young people or adults with autism and associated needs such as ADHD, social communication difficulties, sensory processing needs and trauma within these settings.

You will take a lead in providing specialist speech, language and communication assessment and intervention plans to support and develop the communication and interaction of pupils with complex needs. You will have the full support of our large and experienced Clinical Team. Both a challenging and rewarding role, this position would suit a resilient and enthusiastic individual, with a therapeutic approach and the ability to make decisions, as well as manage their own workload.

Our well-established Clinical Team, maintain a nurturing and loving environment where our children can flourish. Always putting our children and young people at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and our children and young people are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible.

When it comes to looking after our children, we strive for excellence, which is why we are the leading children services provider in the UK. With this in mind, we are looking for a Speech & Language Therapist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.

About the Group:

Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of high-quality foster care and special needs education and care. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a renowned reputation for quality and positive outcomes for the people we educate and care for.

Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Care and Options Autism.

For more information on the group please visit: https://www.outcomesfirstgroup.co.uk/

Essential Criteria:

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree 
• Valid and up to date HCPC Registration 
• Registered member of RCSLT
• post qualification experience of working as a Therapist within an educational, adult learning disability or complex-needs setting 
• Experience within the specialist client group. (autism and associated conditions, sensory processing difficulties, learning disabilities/difficulties and associated challenging behaviour) 
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, complex, technical and clinically sensitive information to the specific client group, their carers and families and a wide range of professionals outside the service
• Advanced knowledge of models of service delivery 
• Good time management and organisational skills 
• Ability to work independently 
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential, car allowance provided

What’s in it for you?

We offer a friendly and inclusive working environment where our people are heard, respected and hugely valued. We want our employees to come to work with energy, determination and most importantly we want them to be happy in their work. We are well aware that it is our highly skilled teams that make Outcomes First Group the success it is, and we want this to continue. This is why we provide a range of benefits designed to support you, not just in your work life but also on a personal level too. We want you to be the best you can be, and offer genuine opportunities for career development and progression.

Benefits and Rewards - We offer a market-leading Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, which enables you to adjust your benefits to suit your circumstances.

• £2,000 training allowance
• An extra day’s holiday for a special day of your choice (birthday, child’s first day at school etc.)
• Professional support network
• Contributory Pension
• Employee Rewards Hub – access to discounts, offers and cashback with 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Career pathways and a dedicated learning and development team
• Cycle to Work scheme
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” Programme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Salary Finance
• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

For further information on this role please refer the Job Description and Person Specification attached. To discuss this role in more detail, please contact: sarah.attwell@ofgl.uk

At Outcomes First Group we are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS.

Job ID: 195794