Speech and Language Therapist
Who we are
Radlett Lodge School is a friendly caring community where you would be part of an energetic, enthusiastic, hard-working team, passionate about improving standards and creating the best outcomes possible for our 50+ pupils and their families.
We are a small NAS Independent School, for autistic pupils aged 5 – 19 years, situated between the town of Radlett and St. Albans, in Hertfordshire. We provide a stimulating, high quality education that helps each child reach their full potential.
Our cohort is autistic pupils who have associated and significant communication needs. Therapeutic services are embedded across our school day and our curriculum is designed to promote the highest level of educational experiences to ensure the best outcomes for every pupil. If you are committed to planning and delivering high quality small group and individual therapy, are enthusiastic about improving the lives of autistic people, and have excellent communication skills, then this could be the perfect role for you.
Who we are looking for
We are seeking a Speech & Language Therapists to work with our warm and welcoming trans-disciplinary team (TDT). This is an exciting opportunity to work within a child centred education setting and our TDT model ensures you work alongside Teachers, an Educational Psychologist, an Occupational Therapist, our Positive Behaviour Support Team, the Senior Leadership Team and Learning Support Assistants.
In collaboration with other professionals across the school, you will provide specialist assessment and interventions for our children and young adults. Assessment and intervention across the school utilises the SCERTS© approach. The desired candidate will have knowledge of a range of AAC systems and intervention approaches.
Your role will include providing direct therapy to promote each young person’s development and support their access to education. Therapy sessions are most frequently delivered within the classroom environment in order to support collaboration with teachers and promote generalisation of skills. Collaborative planning and delivery of sessions with teachers is encouraged. In addition to this, you will deliver staff and parent training, support environmental modifications across the school, and represent Speech & Language Therapy within annual reviews and team meetings.
Communication development is so important to our pupils; as a small provision we can make our curriculum personable and bespoke with communication at the heart of everything we do. We believe it is a fundamental prerequisite to any academic, social and personal progress.
We need you to be resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of our autistic pupils. You must hold a recognised speech and language therapy qualification and be registered with the HCPC.
Along with a host of benefits; from a 24-hour employee assistance programme to season ticket loans and a pension scheme, we’ll make sure you get excellent autism specific training to help further develop your own career.
For further information please read the Job Description.
The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.
You can view the Safeguarding Children Policy.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
