Speech & Language Therapist

Job Title: Speech and Language Therapist

Location: Britannia Village Primary School, West Silvertown, London E16 2AW

Hours: Full time – Term Time Only

Annual Salary: £32,000 min Pro Rata-Term Time

You will report direct to the Senco/Senior Leader in this full time and permanent position.

Britannia Education Trust is currently a single school MAT, with growth planned over the next 2 years. 

Britannia Village Primary School is a thriving, exciting, forward thinking, mainstream community primary school in a dynamic location beside Royal Victoria Dock and we are looking to recruit an experienced Speech and Language Therapist.

The key purpose of this role is to provide a specialist speech and language assessment, support and intervention service for a caseload of primary school children between the ages of 4-11 with specific speech and language disorders or Autism Spectrum Disorders. You will work in close collaboration with teachers, teaching assistants, parents and other agencies/services. You will take full responsibility for all decisions made. You will act independently within the team as a specialist resource and advisor. You will be required work closely with the Inclusion Manager and teachers to actively promote inclusive education. You will also co-ordinate objectives and lead on developments in specific designated areas of work of the inclusion team.

Other duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

• To provide and analyse data about outcomes for pupils and prepare reports as appropriate
• To assess , design , deliver, model and evaluate a range of specialist programmes of support and intervention for identified pupils
• Liaise closely with teaching staff in curriculum planning, target setting and the development of resources
• To provide advice, support and modelling for parents , carers and other family members
• Together with the inclusion team you will devise , implement and review procedures and quality management systems
• Make independent decisions about the timings and model of support appropriate to pupils needs and to take responsibility for co-ordinating  and /or providing specialist advice and information on then management of individual needs of pupils
• Maintain a system of caseload administration, documentation and record keeping in accordance with specified guidelines
• To work in both classrooms and with small groups and 1:1 in the school context

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Appropriate degree and be HCPC registered
• Eligible for registration with RCSLT
• 2 years minimum of post qualification experience, some of which must have been in a mainstream school environment
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant social, education and SEN legislation and guidance and its application
• Knowledge of a range of intervention and assessment techniques appropriate to the school, classroom and curriculum context
• Understanding of how schools wok as systems and organisations and of the learning and teaching process within a classroom setting
• Experience of working with a wide range of children with varied speech and language disorders, associated learning difficulties or ASD
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work within a multi agency team and with families
• Experience of measuring outcomes and evaluating effectiveness and impact

Closing Date for Applications:    21st Sept 2018                                          No Agencies Please

Interviews: 1.10.18-12.10.18 

Applicants: We will not contact unsuccessful applicants. If you have not heard from us by 8th October on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, but we thank you for your application.

Please apply online below.

Britannia Education Trust
Rachael Thackery, School Business Manager
Britannia Village Primary School, Westwood Road, West Silvertown, London, E16 2AW.
Tel: 0207 511 5412 (school will be closed for summer break until 4th September)