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Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Term Time

Rivermead Inclusive Trust

  • Ref:KCC-F80-54-S
  • Posted:25/04/2024
  • Pay:Salary: C1 – 6 – 19 (FTE £23893 - £29777)
  • Start Date:TBC
  • App Close Date:10/05/2024 at 12:00
  • Interviews:Week commencing 13th May 2024

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Are you an experienced TA or HLTA looking for career progression?

Salary: C1 – 6 – 19 FTE £23893 - £29777

Pro rata salary - £19439.84 - £24227.19

Hours:  35 hrs per week, 39 weeks per year

Location: Schools in Rivermead Inclusive Trust

We are seeking to appoint a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to support the work of the therapy team. The therapy assistant will work under the direction of the Therapy Lead and therapists to ensure learners are offered consistent, high quality therapeutic support.

You will be required to work across different mainstream and specialist settings. You will support in reducing barriers to education for learners with SEND, e.g. Speech, Language and Communication Needs, Autism Spectrum Conditions, ADHD and SEMH needs.

Training will be provided to the right candidate, however the following are desirable:

Knowledge:

  • Some knowledge about what different types of therapy offer
  • Knowledge of a range of special educational needs and disabilities
  • Knowledge of speech and language strategies/interventions

Skills:

  • Able to communicate effectively with professionals, parents/carers and the young people themselves
  • Proactive – able to work flexibly, show initiative and manage own workload
  • Able to follow the direction of a qualified therapist by adhering to therapy programmes and seeking support when required
  • A level of literacy skills which would enable you to write coherent therapy notes
  • Ability to work within a team
  • A positive work ethic
  • Able to motivate and inspire children and young people

Experience:

  • Experience working in an education or therapy environment
  • It is desirable to have experience working with children with Autism and/or other Special Educational Needs

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Work under the direction of a therapist to meet the therapeutic needs of learners
  • Work flexibly across schools
  • Keep accurate, timely records of therapy sessions
  • Notify the therapist when expected progress is not being made
  • Work effectively with children to help them engage in sessions
  • Attend and contribute to therapy meetings
  • Liaise with other professionals, e.g. NHS
  • Run individual/group interventions and provide short review reports
  • Ensure NHS therapy reports are filed appropriately and shared with class staff
  • Support class staff in meeting learner’s therapy needs in class

Please note, the post-holder must be able to travel between schools so access to a car is essential.

If you are an internal candidate, please address a letter of interest to Jenna Pilcher (Therapy Lead) outlining how you meet the role/responsibilities and what skills you have to be successful in this role: jpilcher@r-i-t.org

If you are an external candidate, please contact Deborah Stammers on dstammers@r-i-t.org for an application pack.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. All postholders are subject to enhanced DBS check, Health Declaration and satisfactory references.

 

 

Information about the federation

Hoo St Werburgh Primary School & The Marlborough share the inclusive ethos of the Rivermead Inclusive Trust. We firmly believe that every child has a right to an education, no matter what barriers they have to learning. We have a fantastic inclusions and pastoral team that support us with this drive. We aim to instil in our pupils an enthusiasm for learning and an interest in the world around them. We have high expectations of our pupils and staff and strive to provide a learning environment that ensures our pupils are challenged and make good or better progress in all aspects of their school life. We celebrate every aspect of our pupils’ learning from their social and emotional development and life skills acquisition to the national curriculum subjects of reading, writing, maths and more. We are also fortunate enough to have an in- school Forest School which all of our children have access to as part of our curriculum. There are over 480 children on roll in the main school, with two classes per year group in the main school. We also have an established nursery class attached to the school which offers fantastic provision to two, three and four olds from the Hoo area. The Marlborough caters for 85 children within their specialist setting. As you can see, Hoo St Werburgh is an exciting place to work and one where the needs of the child sits at the centre of everything we do. We are looking for special people with the same vision as us to help our school continue on its “ever-improving” journey.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Trust Office
  • Address:Long Catlis Road,
    Gillingham,
    Kent,
    ME8 9TX
  • Telephone: 01634 961080
  • Email: dstammers@r-i-t.org

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.