Speech and Language Therapist

Speech and Language Therapist

Location: Cranborne, Dorset

Salary: £45,594.00 - £51,896.00

Hours: 40 hours per week – 52 weeks a year

Boveridge College is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, sitting in 16 acres of listed gardens and a wider 50 acre campus - it is a truly spectacular place to work. The staff pull together to achieve a common goal of empowering their young people through learning, they strive to exceed expectations wherever possible.

To take a virtual tour around our site, click here; Boveridge Virtual Tour

The main purpose of the role: 

To work as an Speech and Language Therapist as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the therapy service based at Aurora Boveridge College. The post holder is required to provide a high standard of speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people, including advice and training to relevant parents, carers and professionals in line with proposed treatment plans.

Key Duties:

• To undertake autonomous assessment of young people with a wide range of additional communication needs attending the college.
• To analyse and interpret assessments to recommend and deliver the best course of intervention for each child.
• To formulate, evaluate and review individualised speech and language therapy treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment options to formulate a specialised programme of care.
• Provide speech and language therapy training, support and advice to members of the multidisciplinary teams.
• Delivery of both direct and indirect speech and language therapy interventions.

For the full job description, please contact Kirsty from the recruitment team kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com

• To be a registered member of RCSLT and HCPC.
• To hold a professional Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent.
• Previous experience in supporting students with social communication difficulties using a Social Thinking framework (or similar)
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to continued professional development.
• Experience in working with young people with autistic spectrum conditions including Asperger’s syndrome, social and emotional difficulties, anxiety disorders and mental health needs.
• Experience in implementing a wide range of approaches in supporting young people with social communication difficulties.

What’s on offer?

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

#Reed FTE: £45,594.00 - £51,896.00