Job Description
2 positions available:
NHS band 5/6 equivalent speech & language therapist
Clinical Lead (Education) and Clinical Specialist (NHS B7 equivalent), Speech & Language Therapist or Occupational Therapist
CLOSING DATE: Friday 17th February
Therapy Links UK C.I.C (TLUK) is a not-for-profit multi-disciplinary therapy company supporting children and young people aged 0-25, with vacancies in South London. We are a social enterprise and are one of the only independent therapy companies to offer a “pay what you can afford” service to families ensuring our services are open to all irrespective of their financial circumstances.
We currently have posts available within our education team which provides services to a range of specialist and mainstream school and college settings.
Post 1: NQT / NHS Band 6 therapists: We are looking for either newly qualified therapists looking for a well-supported first job, or alternatively those who already have a few years’ experience and are looking to take on some more responsibility. This post will be based in both specialist settings (e.g. complex needs, ASD, SEMH settings) and mainstream settings and lots of support and CPD will be provided. Clinical session in Bexley / Bromley, South London, and Surrey.
Post 2: Clinical Lead Therapist: We are recruiting into this exciting new role within our Education team and are looking for an experienced therapist to join us. You would work with the other Clinical Lead therapists within TLUK to provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to the TLUK team, and work with the senior leadership team to develop the quality and impact of our services. This is an exciting role that has scope to grow and develop and would initial focus on setting up services within an academy trust across a range of SEMH provisions and mainstream settings. The successful therapist would work jointly with our other Clinical Lead for Education to oversee commissioned input to our schools and colleges across London and the southeast.
Feeling like you need a change or challenge? Here are some of the reasons to think about working for TLUK:
· you believe in our values of equality, fairness and community responsibility
· you like the idea of working for a not-for-profit organisation
· you want your work to have impact
· you want to work for an organisation that looks for possibilities not barriers, and is striving for excellence and new ways of doing things
· you’d like flexible working options that work around your life including part time, term time only and home working
· you want to work for an organisation that supports wellbeing and work-life balance
We are committed to supporting our staff through robust supervision, a shared commitment to CPD, access to a laptop, paid time off for wellbeing, and lots of team support and collaboration.
If this sounds like an organisation whose values align with yours, please visit our website www.therapy-links.co.
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Therapy Links UK C.I.C. (TLUK) is a not-for-profit multi-disciplinary therapy company that provides fair access to therapy for everyone.
We are a unique organisation that supports schools, colleges and individual families to access therapy support that is flexible, innovative and needs led and are one of the only independent therapy companies in London and the South East to follow a “pay what you can afford” model. We have been operating for just over 3 years, and in that time have provided over £23,000 of free or heavily discounted therapy to families who otherwise would be unable to access it. And we want to do more.
Our key values are fairness, integrity, collaboration and quality – these values are more than a strapline, they are behaviours that we as a team practise in our day-to-day work, they are how we make decisions and how we measure our success.
As an employee with TLUK you will have your skills invested in with opportunities to try new things, you’ll have access to a strong support network and joint working opportunities. At TLUK we recognise people have lives outside of work and support flexible working including home working where possible – we also offer all our employees paid time off for wellbeing.
Why work for us? We asked our team, and this is what they said:
“I love working at Therapy Links because I feel comfortable to be unequivocally myself while being challenged to grow and learn continuously”
“I’ve worked with TLUK for a year, and I’ve had more exciting opportunities for new roles, career progression and CPD in that one year, than over the previous three years put together”
“This is a fantastic, forward thinking and supportive team striving to make a difference”
“I’ve never felt this well supported in terms of flexible working”
“We are a newer organisation, which means there is plenty of opportunity for discussion and inputting into how things work – I find this super exciting!”
“There is a lovely culture of asking for support and sharing knowledge”
“I love working at Therapy Links for the vast access to knowledge and experience this team shares with one another”
“I love working in a team where we all share the same values. Supervision is regular and I always feel valued”.
“It is understood that we are all trying our best, and our wellbeing is very important”
“We have a wide range of disciplines and experience within the team, which means there’s always the chance to learn from others and develop clinical skills”.
“The organisation is flexible and accommodating, so is a good fit for those seeking part-time employment or alternative working arrangements”
“I love telling people about TLUK!”
“Come and join our team!”
