Senior Speech & Language Therapist

At Ambitious about Autism, we stand with autistic children and young people, champion their rights and create opportunities. This is a great time to join Team Ambitious, as we continue to progress our innovative and exciting plans laid out in our Time for Ambition strategy.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Speech and Language Therapist, (S<) who shares our vision. As a Senior Speech and Language Therapist, you will provide line management and supervision to the S<s within TreeHouse School, ensuring that they are well supported and make a positive impact on the quality of lives of the children and young people they work.

You will carry a clinical caseload whereby you will work with the transdisciplinary team to improve outcomes for children and young people through the application of expertise in speech and language therapy. You will achieve this through providing high-quality speech and language therapy advice and support across the three tiers of support (universal, targeted and specialist)., Please note we're not responsible for the content of job ads, as they're posted by the recruiter. We'll aim to resolve the reported issue and we'll use your feedback to improve the quality of our ads.

• Experience of effective line leadership


• Experience of using clinical reasoning skills and setting appropriate goals in complex cases


• Effectively applies specialist speech and language therapy skills and knowledge with children and /or young people who have autism and other co-occurring conditions to improve outcomes


• Applies the latest research evidence and evaluative thinking to practice


• Manages a complex caseload and prioritises and delegates effectively.
  
  £49,000 - £50,514 (Depending on skills and experience) Plus Welcome Bonus £3,500 - £4,000 T&C apply

Full-time
Permanent

Actively Interviewing, In return, we offer excellent benefits including flexible working, very generous holiday allowances, access to professional development, membership fees paid, welcome bonus and more.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to young people we work with

If you would like more information about the role or would like an informal, confidential discussion please contact Stephen Vickers.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.