Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job Title: Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job Location: Acorn School, Winkleigh (EX19)

Salary: The full-time equivalent salary for this role is between £38,000 and £45,000 per annum. However, this position is term-time only, working 42 weeks per year.

Contract Type: Permanent – Term Time only

Join us at Acorn School, Winkleigh, nestled in stunning rural surroundings, where you’ll work alongside an experienced integrated therapy team dedicated to supporting children and young people with Social, Emotional, or Mental Health difficulties, making a difference in their everyday life.

Each day begins with a morning briefing, where you’ll share insights and receive updates on the remarkable progress of our team. You’ll be conducting 1:1 sessions with pupils, leading group activities, or collaborating in classroom settings. Every interaction you have will be an opportunity to transform the lives of children and young people who have experienced trauma, or may be Autistic, or have ADHD.

You’ll play a key role in supporting and supervising our less experienced speech and language therapists. Share your expertise with university students and contribute to developing training materials for our wider teams. You’ll have protected time for your own clinical and mentoring development whilst still receiving your own clinical supervisions.

Don’t worry about being overwhelmed with paperwork! While it is a part of the role, you’ll manage your daily workload and dairy giving you the opportunity to focus your in-school time on the children and young people we support.

A day in the life of a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist will involve:

• Taking a trauma informed approach to clinical work. You’ll work with a small caseload of pupils who will have varying Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs, Learning disabilities and Autism. You’ll be able to do this through 1:1 support, classroom work and group sessions.
• Taking an active role in the admissions process for new pupils, including helping to write pen portraits.
• Working with the wider team to offer the best support to our pupils, including our onsite creative art therapists, teachers, and teaching assistants, and taking part in Multidisciplinary team meetings. This work may include supervisions, training, or taking part in projects related to the work we do.
• Administration. Whilst doing all your great work with the pupils, we’ll need you to keep their records up to date and carry out all the administrative tasks you’d expect to come with this role. Don’t worry though, during the school holidays you can work from home so that you have the space to do this without it impacting the time you spend with the pupils.

To be a successful Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, you’ll need:

• A recognised Degree in Speech and Language Therapy, along with HCPC Registration and membership with the Royal College of Speech and Language.
• Great experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• The desire and confidence to run supervisions and offer training and support to other speech and language therapists.
• Good IT skills – We’ll train you on how to use our systems, but it would help if you had a working understanding of using Microsoft packages like Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams.
• A full driving licence. Whilst this role is based in a single location, there will be times that you need to attend meetings offsite which would require the use of a vehicle.

If you have experience working within the NHS, the best way for us to describe the level of experience needed for this role would be to consider it a “Band 6” position.

In return for your time, you’ll get:

• Holidays – You’ll work 42 weeks of the year during term time, but you’ll be paid annual leave to cover the remaining 5.6 weeks.
• Pension scheme– Our pension scheme is based on you paying in 5%, and us adding 3%.
• Learning & Development Opportunities – We provide comprehensive learning opportunities for team members to develop themselves.
• Discounts – You’ll have access to brilliant discounts through the Blue Light Card and our own employee benefits platform.
• Wellbeing Support – Your wellbeing is always our priority. You’ll have access to mental health and wellbeing support. On top of this, our therapies team offers a monthly confidential check in clinic, and group reflective practice sessions.
• Cycle2Work -The cycle to work scheme enables you to buy a bicycle at a discounted rate.
• DBS – As this role required you to have an enhanced DBS carried out, we will cover this cost.

After 12 months service you’ll also be eligible for our Medicash scheme which covers a wide range of medical, health and wellbeing expenses (Including immediate access to a GP!). You’ll get life assurance paid at x2 your annual salary.

Please note that as part of our safer recruitment processes, successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check, and online and social media checks, and reference validation.

At Phoenix Learning and Care, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our team members. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination.