White Lodge
Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist
Chertsey, Surrey
About Us
White Lodge enables those with disabilities, their families, and their carers to lead fulfilling lives.
Supporting over 2,500 individuals across the country, we offer a diverse range of services for all ages and abilities.
Our wonderful site in Chertsey houses three specialist buildings, each with great facilities and services. These include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, a specialist nursery, hydrotherapy, holiday clubs, personal support in the home, short breaks, fitness and rehabilitation. We also offer many activities such as trips out, art, baking, swimming, and much more!
We are now looking for a Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join us on a permanent, part-time basis, working 12-16 hours per week.
The Benefits
– Salary of £38,213.24 per annum (pro rata)
– A culture of progression and development
– 38 days’ annual leave pro rata (including Bank Holidays) to support a healthy work/life balance
This is a wonderful opportunity for a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the Health & Care Professionals Council to join our committed organisation.
Joining our dedicated team, you’ll enable us to achieve our vision of a world which is inclusive to all, regardless of ability, making a difference to countless lives across the country.
We boast a comprehensive array of values that ENABLE our teams, stakeholders and services through Encouraging, Nurturing, Alliances, Believing, Listening and Excellence.
What’s more, we pride ourselves on our employee experience, many of our staff have exceptional lengths of service. We are committed to inclusivity and over the years we have had many employees working for us who were previously attending our nursery and therapy services.
So, if you’re ready to advance your career and join the team, we’d love to hear from you!
The Role
As a Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will provide specialist speech and language therapy to babies and children aged 0-5 with Cerebral Palsy and similar neuro-developmental conditions.
Delivering sessions within White Lodge, White Lodge nursery and community-based locations, you will provide a child-centred, family focused approach to enable children to reach their full potential and actively participate in their everyday activities.
You will undertake assessments of the child and their family’s communication and dysphagia needs, ensuring their personal goals and priorities are taken into consideration, with an emphasis on current and future participation in all areas of their daily life.
Additionally, you will:
– Manage therapy assistants, volunteers and students
– Attend videofluoroscopy (VFSS) appointments at tertiary centres
– Participate in relevant assessments of therapy equipment
– Set up and adapt communication and feeding equipment
– Provide written reports for the child’s Education & Health Care Plan
Please note, due to our open and collaborative working environment and the nature of our work with children and adults with disabilities, all our office-based roles can experience periods of elevated noise levels and some elements of disruption.
About You
To be considered as a Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will need:
– Experience using a range of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) modes including Makaton, symbols, high & low tech AAC devices
– The emotional capability to be able to cope with potentially distressing situations
– A good level of IT literacy
– To be registered with the Health & Care Professionals Council
– A BSc or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
– A Paediatric Dysphagia post graduate qualification
– A full, valid driving licence
Other organisations may call this role Speech Therapist, Language Therapist, Speech and Language Specialist, Speech and Language Consultant, Speech and Language Therapy Consultant, Speech and Language Therapy Specialist, Child Speech and Language Therapist, Clinical Speech and Language Specialist, or Clinical Speech and Language Therapist.
Webrecruit and White Lodge Centre are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
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