Speech and Language Therapist

Speech and Language Therapist

24 hours per week, 37 weeks per year

FTE Salary range: £43,732 - £49,822 per annum

(salary includes a £2k market supplement)

Actual Salary: £21,413 - £24,395

The purpose of the role is to work therapeutically with specific or small groups of students of adolescent

age, based on assessments of the student’s support and developmental needs. As a Speech and Language

Therapist with the Trust, you would have the opportunity to

• Deliver appropriate interventions, including informal and formal assessment through observation
• and staff/parent/carer liaison
• Deliver weekly direct (1:1), small group and class-based interventions, including therapy in the
• craft and outdoor space
• Have time to plan individualized, functional, student-centred programs across a variety of
• contexts (school-based, community-based, bakery, craft, land-based at our biodynamic farm –
• depending on the needs of the students).
• Manage your own caseload, ensuring coverage of EHCP targets and student need, nurturing solid
• working relationships with staff and students.
• The opportunity to facilitate meaningful change with hands-on intervention and practice.
• Protected time for reflection and MDT liaison with the therapies team, staff and wider trust as
• well the opportunities to upskill staff to embed practices across the curriculum.

To undertake this position successfully you will have:

• BSc in Clinical Communication Studies or BSc in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent
• A member of the Health and care professions council in the UK
• A member of the Royal College of Speech and Language
• Experience of working with learners with learning difficulties and/ or learning disabilities

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday

allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and

employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to

enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE)

curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc

in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.