Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Speech and Language Therapy Technician to work full-time in a children's residential setting. The salary for this permanent position is £22,000 - £25,000 per annum.
The Role:
Horizon Care and Education provides high-quality residential care and educational experiences for young people across the UK. The homes and schools meet the needs of young people with a range of needs, including attachment and trauma histories, social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs, speech, language and communication difficulties, and neurodiversity.
Working alongside other Therapists and Psychologists, the post-holder will ensure that the therapeutic needs of children and young people who attend a Horizon school are understood, and interventions are planned and delivered to support these identified needs. They will provide a therapeutic understanding of the young people to the wider team around the child, including Teachers and TAs, through consultation and training opportunities.
Main Duties:
To deliver evidence based therapeutic and psychologically led care which conforms to their own ethical standards and is in line with Horizon’s Values and SHINE Therapeutic Model of Care.
To undertake secondary assessments of young people to identify individual needs and develop and deliver individualised and group-based intervention programmes.
To provide SALT advice and guidance to young people’s plans, including Therapeutic Plans, teaching plans, risk assessments and EHCPs.
To develop and contribute to the development, delivery, and evaluation of therapeutic and psychological training to all staff in the organisation.
To use outcome and evaluation tools to measure the effectiveness of services and to report this data back to the Therapeutic Services Manager/Therapy Lead.
To manage a caseload under the supervision of a registered therapist for individual intervention, providing SALT input to young people and teams in educational settings.
To contribute to the development of a therapeutically informed service across education teams.
To provide knowledge of SALT principles and techniques through consultation and guidance to other colleagues within Horizon
To liaise with external agencies, e.g., Local Authorities, voluntary agencies, and CAMHS, to ensure that the needs of the young person are recognised, and intervention(s) that are being undertaken are the most appropriate plans for the young person.
Responsibilities:
To engage flexibly with children/young people and colleagues to promote constructive working relationships.
To provide support, and guidance to colleagues to develop therapeutically informed relationships with young people and to develop appropriate behaviour support and care planning strategies.
To continually evaluate progress against agreed goals, to review and adapt the intervention plans if needed.
To represent Therapeutic Services at requested meetings, such as review meetings and MDT meetings, to ensure the delivery of a coordinated MDT approach and integrated therapeutic service.
To be responsible for maintaining competency to practice through CPD activities and supervision. To ensure CPD records are kept up to date to evidence ongoing development.
To carry out intervention with young people in line with ethical standards, including gaining valid informed consent from young people
Knowledge and Skills:
Skills in the use of SALT assessment and intervention
Experience working with Children and Young People or relevant demonstrable transferable skills.
Experience in teaching or training
Knowledge of legislation about trauma, young people, mental health, or Looking after Children.
Understanding of Ofsted regulations for Independent Schools.
Ability to engage individuals in the consultancy or therapeutic process.
Education and Training:
Qualifications about Speech and Language therapy or relevant topics
NVQ in therapeutic support
Training in sensory approaches
Full UK Driving Licence and use of your vehicle.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself disabled or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this as soon as possible. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
Contact:
This job is advertised by Maisy Price; if you are interested in this position, please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more, as we might have other roles applicable to you.
Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, we are regretfully only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates reflects the clients that candidates will support within their roles. This very much played a significant part in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care at the Recruiter Awards, as well as being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).
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