SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST

Band 5 - £28,407 per annum Plus Outer London Weighting

Full time – 37.5 hours per week

(working term-time for each academic year - 39 weeks per year but paid 52 weeks)

    Our School

Trinity School is a special school for students aged 3-19 with SLD, PMLD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. We are committed to the development of quality learning and communication opportunities. This is an ideal opportunity for you to develop your skills in working with children with a range of learning disabilities with associated complex needs. You will work alongside experienced therapists with to deliver input via a consultative model of Speech and Language Therapy. Our dynamic and enthusiastic communication team works as an integral part of the whole school and is seeking a new team member. 

You should be prepared to work as part of the whole school team, be innovative, flexible and passionate about this area of work.

Band 5

We are looking for a confident and skilled professional with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work in a School which is committed to enhancing language and communication skills throughout the curriculum. You will ideally have some experience working with children with a range of difficulties, including learning disabilities with associated complex needs and Autistic Spectrum Disorder preferably in an educational setting.

You will:

• assess communication and language abilities of pupils on your caseload and offer advice and recommendations to staff and parents

• work collaboratively with teachers to plan, deliver and evaluate language and communication 

activities across a number of curriculum areas

• be involved in training staff in aspects of language and communication development

• work collaboratively with other SLTs and SLT assistant as required  

We can offer professional supervision, a highly supportive team of teachers and classroom assistants, an environment that values language and communication skills and the expertise of our SLTs, training and development opportunities and a pension scheme. 

Visits to the school are strongly recommended before applying. Please call the main office to arrange. 

All applications should be made on the Trinity School application form available from the school website on https://www.trinityschooldagenham.org.uk/Vacancies-1/  CVs will not be accepted and should not be submitted.

Completed applications must be sent to hradmin@trinity.bardaglea.org.uk  

For further details please contact Human Resources on the above email or call 020 3435 5958

Closing date: Wednesday 14th June 2023, 12 noon

Trinity School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal record check via the DBS will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a comprehensive screening process, including a disclosure check will be undertaken on all applicants.