Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

4 weeks ago


Aylesbury, United Kingdom Buckinghamshire Council Full time

**Reference number**

BUC11607

**Contract type**

Permanent

**Working hours**

Full Time

**Level of DBS check required**

Enhanced with Barred List

**Date posted**

29 Apr 2024, 11 p.m.

**Application deadline**

10 May 2024

**Overview**:
Collectively known as the Vale Federation Special Schools, Booker Park and Stocklake Park are located in Aylesbury, Bucks, and cater for a wide range of students with complex special educational needs across the whole age range. The Vale Federation Schools use the SCERTS framework. A Total Communication Approach is incorporated into classroom practice, and a variety of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) are used extensively across the schools

We employ our own well established, friendly and supportive Speech and Language Therapy Team consisting of 6.5 WTE therapists. Therapists enjoy parity with their teacher colleagues in working term time only with paid school holidays. We are seeking to expand our team by appointing a Speech & Language Therapist to a permanent post, working term time plus two weeks during the holiday periods. This post will include covering
communication needs within the school, and we would also welcome anyone with dysphagia training and experience, or an interest in training in Paediatric Dysphagia.

**Salary Type**:Bucks pay

**Salary details**:Bucks Pay Range 7 £39,646 - £43,759 dependent on experience (NHS Band 6 equivalent)

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Hours**:37 hours per week (Term-time + INSET days + 2 weeks in holidays)

**Closing date**:10/05/2024 17:00

**About us**:
The Vale Federation of Schools incorporates Booker Park Primary Special School and Stocklake Park Secondary Special School, across 2 campuses. Booker Park School currently educates 241 pupils and Stocklake Park School 108 pupils, including a Sixth Form.

Our extensive facilities include a hydrotherapy pool, soft play centre, sensory, swing rooms, rebound trampoline, library audio suite and multiple outdoor activity and learning areas.

Based in Aylesbury, our schools are close to the town centre and local train stations, have excellent bus links and free on-site parking at all sites. We are offering the chance to become part of an amazing team with amazing opportunities.

**About the role**:
The role will include significant opportunities for meaningful direct work with pupils. Within the role, there will be opportunities to work collaboratively with teaching staff in classroom settings to integrate speech and language therapy recommendations (both communication, and eating and drinking) into daily classroom practice; and opportunities to deliver training for staff and parents on a range of topics.

Continuing Professional Development is actively encouraged, and the schools have a proactive attitude to training and development opportunities. Regular clinical supervision is in place for the SaLT team, and there is a committment to evidence-based practice. The Speech and Language Therapy Department is well resourced with it's own budgets for training/CPD, and for equipment and resources. The department is equipped with a comprehensive range of assessments, specialist communication and clinical software, and therapy resources and equipment. The use of electronic and paperbased AAC is established within the school. Therapists are provided with their own laptops and are well supported by the the on-site IT service.

There are many opportunities to work together with the large multi-disciplinary team, which includes Occupational Therapists, School Nurses, Music Therapy, and Physiotherapy.

**About you**:
All applicants must be registered members of both RCSLT and HCPC.

**Other information**:
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit, please contact our school office on 01296 427221

**_ This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:_**
- **_All unspent convictions and conditional cautions_**:

- **_All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020)._**

**_For further information on filtering please refer to _**_Nacro guidance_**_ and the _**_guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice_**_ (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’)._



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