Location
Kingston Upon Thames

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£41,334 Per Annum

About the Role
The Speech & Language Therapy Team are passionate about:
- Working collaboratively with curriculum staff to provide a total communication environment throughout the student’s day.
- Ensuring all students can communicate to their potential through the assessment and provision of appropriate AAC.
- Creating capable and enabling environments within a multi-disciplinary Positive Behaviour Support framework.
- Supporting the whole college with hearing the student voice, accessible information, self-advocacy and the promotion of every student’s human rights.
- Ensuring all students are able to eat and drink safely.
- Working collaboratively and creatively with the rest of the Integrated Services team, which comprises Occupational Therapy, Creative Arts therapists, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Positive behaviour support leads.
We are looking for a Speech & Language Therapist who loves working with people with Learning Disabilities in creative, functional and person-centred ways. You will deliver a Speech & Language Therapy service at a universal and/or individual level, as clinically required.
We can offer you:
- 40 days’ annual leave for full time therapists (public/bank holidays off, Christmas closure period).
- Flexible working schemes.
- Enhanced CPD & career progression pathway.
- Workplace research.
- Mental health advocates across all sites.
- Local government pension scheme.
- Comprehensive wellbeing programme including ride2work, electric car & home electronic schemes, counselling referrals and wellbeing sessions.
- Opportunities to engage with internal professional networks.
- Occupational health & wellbeing support initiatives, including EAP.
- Company pension scheme with lump-sum death benefits.
- Family-friendly policies including enhanced parental leave schemes.
- Salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle to Work, season ticket loan.
- Discounted gym membership subscription.

Experience
Experience working with individuals with Learning Disabilities is preferred.

About you
You are a passionate and creative Speech & Language Therapist who enjoys working in a person-centred manner. You thrive in collaborative environments and are committed to promoting effective communication for all students.

Qualifications
A relevant Speech & Language Therapy qualification and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) are required.