Speech and Language Therapist

Speech and Language Therapist – Aurora Boveridge College
Location: Cranborne, Dorset
Salary: £32,302.40 - £47,174.40 (depending on qualifications and experience)
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 a Speech and Language Therapist as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the therapy service based at Aurora Boveridge College. With support, 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.

We would be happy to receive applications from newly qualified therapists.

Key Duties:

With support:

• 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 see the link below:

SALT - Boveridge College

Skills & Qualifications

• To be a registered member of RCSLT and HCPC.
• To hold a professional Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent.
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to continued professional development.
• Previous experience in supporting students with social communication difficulties using a Social Thinking framework (or similar) is desirable but not essential.
• Experience in working with young people with autistic spectrum conditions including Asperger’s syndrome, social and emotional difficulties, anxiety disorders and mental health needs is desirable but not essential.
• Experience in implementing a wide range of approaches in supporting young people with social communication difficulties is desirable but not essential.

Benefits & Additional Information

What’s on offer?

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

• Competitive Pension and life assurance
• 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.
• Access to our beautiful listed gardens.

What our therapy team says about life at Boveridge College and The Beeches School:

• I always feel valued and that my voice is heard.  I am encouraged to give my opinion relating to issues which will impact me, and this is considered in the decision-making process.
• When I have contributed to a process, I receive recognition of this.
• During my work role, time and space is allowed for wellbeing, humour, and de-stressing.  I am encouraged to engage in activities which promote staff wellbeing. 
• My team and management are supportive of me and my wellbeing.  We check in with each other to ensure that we have the things that we need to be successful and to ensure that no one is beginning to feel burnt out.  Where this is the case, adaptations are made to ensure that the staff member is supported.
• My workload and stress is monitored weekly in my supervision, and in regular conversations with other members of the team.  It has been rare that I have felt my caseload is becoming unmanageable, but when this has occurred, steps have been taken to rectify the situation.
• There have been multiple occasions when my personal wellbeing has been prioritised.  There is constant support to ensure that I am mentally in the right place to carry out my best work to support our cohort and to perform my job well. 
• There are sufficient supportive measures in place to ensure that I am always able to go home without continuing to have work issues on my mind. 
• I love working at Boveridge College and The Beeches School.  It has given me new opportunities and friendships, increased my skill base and enabled me to progress my career and salary. 
• I always feel relaxed, safe, and protected in my professional role.

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 carl.standidge@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.