Speech and Language Therapist
Based in Sheffield
Speech and Language Therapist
16 Hours per week, 37 weeks per year
FTE Salary – £43,732 - £45,404
Actual Salary for 16 hour, 37 weeks – £14,275 - £14,821
(salary includes a £2k market supplement)
16 Hours per week, 37 weeks per year
Working collaboratively with our other SaLT as well as across the whole college, you will deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for our students with a range of learning and communication needs, including developmental trauma, autism, ADHD, PDA, ASD, anxiety and complex SEMH needs. You may be newly qualified and looking for your first role, or an experienced Speech and Language Therapist who is keen to embrace a new challenge working within a therapeutic educational setting.
The purpose of the role is to work therapeutically with specific or small groups of students of adolescent age, based on assessments of the student’s support and developmental needs. As a Speech and Language Therapist with the Trust, you would have the opportunity to
- Work collaboratively with the College to promote, and further embed, the Total Communication initiative, supporting our students in accessing a range of communication methods. To include high and low tech AAC (Augmentatve and Alternative communication
- Deliver appropriate interventions, including informal and formal assessment through observation and staff/parent/carer liaison
- Deliver weekly direct (1:1), small group and class-based interventions, including therapy in the craft and outdoor space
- The opportunity to facilitate meaningful change with hands-on intervention and practice.
- Have time to plan individualized, functional, student-centred programs across a variety of contexts (school-based, community-based, bakery, craft, land-based at our biodynamic farm – depending on the needs of the students).
- Support and encourage the use of Zones of Regulation across our educational setting
- Manage your own caseload, ensuring coverage of EHCP targets and student need, nurturing solid working relationships with staff and students.
- The opportunity to facilitate meaningful change with hands-on intervention and practice.
- Protected time for reflection and MDT liaison with the therapies team, staff and wider trust as well the opportunities to upskill staff to embed practices across the curriculum.
To undertake this position successfully you will have:
- BSc in Clinical Communication Studies or BSc in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent
- Membership of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) in the UK and be a fully certified member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
- Experience of working with learners with autism, learning difficulties and/ or learning disabilities social-emotional behaviour.
You would also be provided with financial support toward the cost of clinical supervisions.
Freeman College found its home in a former cutlery works in the heart of Sheffield. The curriculum focuses on craft activities including the hand forging of cutlery. Textiles, copper spinning, pewter work, jewellery, Iron Age forge and green woodwork are also offered. Freeman College is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.
Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales.
We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.
Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries and an auto-enrolment pension scheme. In addition, staff receive;
- A comprehensive and interactive induction, extensive training and personal development with an opportunity to study a MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education
- Lunch provided during term time eaten as a team with the students
- Health cash plan & Employee Assistance Programme via Medicash
- Cycle to work scheme
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.
We recommend applying earlier as we may review applications as they are received and therefore may close the vacancy if filled before the advertised closing date.
