Speech and Language Therapist

**At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy**

**Job Title:

- Speech and Language Therapist**

**Location:

- Wessex Lodge School**

**Salary:

- £27,000 - £50,000 per annum dependent on experience**

**Hours:

- 37.5 per week, 9am - 5pm**

**Contract:

Permanent, Term Time Only**

**We understand the value of helping our employees to achieve their Continued Professional Development goals, and offer a £2,000 training allowance to allow you to complete role specific training tailored to your individual requirements.**

**About the role**

We are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our in-house Clinical Team, covering multiple sites across residential care and education in Frome. Working collaboratively with the sites, you will deliver bespoke assessment and interventionplans for our children and young people with developmental trauma, autism, ADHD, complex and SEMH needs.

You will be responsible for holding the speech and language therapy caseload at Wessex Lodge school. With the full support of our well-established and knowledgeable Clinical Team, you will also contribute to staff training, consultation and reflective practice.Both a challenging and rewarding role, this position would suit a resilient and enthusiastic individual, with a therapeutic approach and the ability to make decisions, as well as manage their own workload.

Our well-established Clinical Team, maintain a nurturing and loving environment where our children can flourish. Always putting our children and young people at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture,and our children and young people are heard, respected and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible.

When it comes to looking after our children, we strive for excellence, which is why we are the leading children services provider in the UK.With this in mind, we are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist who shares our vision; to build incrediblefutures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.

**Location**:Wessex Lodge School Nunney Road, Frome BA11 4LA

Wessex Lodge School offers high-quality person-centred education for children and young people from the age of 8 - 18 years. We are co-educational and are the preferred provider for many leading authorities.

**About the Group**

Outcomes First Group is the largest independent provider of high-quality foster care and special needs education and care. We are a vital part of local communities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland with a renowned reputation for quality andpositive outcomes for the people we educate and care for.

We are really proud to say that in October 2021, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the third year running.

Our divisional brands include Acorn Education and Care, National Fostering Group and Options Autism.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Recognised Speech & Language Therapy degree
- Valid and up to date HCPC Registration
- Registered member of RCSLT
- Previous experience of paid or voluntary work within a trauma or complex needs setting
- Clear and concise report writing relating to clinical and research activities
- Hold a full UK driving licence, with access to a car
- Experience within the specialist client group. (complex communication issues relating to autism, including language disorder, dyspraxia, sensory impairment, learning disabilities/difficulties and associated challenging behaviour)
- Ability to work independently

**Why work for us?**

Alongside working with a network of clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development, Outcomes First Group offer an array of flexible benefit options

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- £2000 training allowance
- Life Assurance
Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

**And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the livesof others.**

**Job ID:174819