Head of Integrated Services & Therapy

St Dominic’s School is part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and 7 College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex.  We are a special school in Surrey and provide education for pupils and students aged 7-19, typically with a primary diagnosis of Autism or social communication difficulties. Our school is located in the beautiful village of Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming. We have views of the Surrey hills and plenty of outdoor space, including access to the common and a Forest School site. Please visit https://stdominicsschool.org.uk/ for a virtual tour of our school. 

We are looking for someone with drive and creativity to contribute to the overall strategic leadership of the school, with lead accountability for Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy, counselling, careers guidance, interventions (such as Forest School) as well as medical and care services for pupils and students with complex needs including learning difficulties and disabilities, social emotional and mental health needs and challenging behaviour.  The applicant will also have lead accountability for staff CPD and whole school training.

The applicant must:

• be a highly capable leader with a clear sense of vision, strategic thinking and purpose who has excellent leadership and management skills in order to further develop St Dominic’s and work towards outstanding status; 
• be a registered member of the Health Professional Council (HPC), or have a recognised appropriate advanced qualification in counselling, or a recognised appropriate advance qualification in psychotherapy and be able to evidence further training/ qualifications in working with pupils and students who have learning difficulties;
• have an understanding of multi-disciplinary working and how to provide a total package of care and education based on a child-centred approach; and 
• have a thorough understanding of therapy practices and their value in supporting pupils and students with special needs.

Benefits include: free car parking, lunch provided on site, Employee Assistance Programme and membership to Perkbox.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Dr Kirsty Glaysher, Vice Principal at kglaysher@stdominicsschool.org.uk  

To apply for the role please use the quick apply option to submit an application. If you have any queries, please contact jobs@orchardhill.ac.uk. 

Please note that CV applications will not be considered.

Closing date: 12 noon, 16 December 2021

St Dominic’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.