Speech and Language Therapist (maternity cover)
Abbot's Lea School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 6EEThis job expired on 16 February 2023
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
16 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4pm term time only.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until May 2024
Pay scale
- NJC Grade 7
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a suitably qualified, experienced and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to cover a period of maternity leave (until the end of May 2024), joining a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and support team, Child Psychotherapist and Occupational Therapist.
You will need to be a dedicated and innovative practitioner committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for our students. This is an exciting opportunity for you to bring your knowledge, experience, enthusiasm and initiative to a specialist school setting. You will have the opportunity to assess and support students on their journey through the school and witness their growth and development first hand.
Operating using a tiered approach you will support our class teams with the development of the skills needed to support our students, and provided specialist and targeted support to individual students.
All support and guidance will be available to the successful candidate.
For the posts advertised, you must:
- Have experience working with students and young people with autism of a variety of ages
- Experienced with AAC
Desirable skills and experience:
- SCERTS training and experience
- Used Socially Thinking
What the school offers its staff
Abbot’s Lea School is a large and highly successful special school educating nearly 300 students age 3-19, who, in order to thrive and achieve their full potential, due to their Autism and associated complex learning differences, require a highly personalised teaching and a significant degree of multidisciplinary specialist support.
The school’s vision is to be the International Centre of Excellence for Autism Education, Research and Professional Development.
We ensure outstanding outcomes for all of our students through our unique Philosophy of Education – The ASD Model © which focuses equally on:
A – Academic progress
S – Specialist support
D – Development of life skills
Our Code of Conduct: The Golden Rules © expects us all to:
- Be here, every day
- Work hard and be nice
- Never give up on yourself or others
- Stay positive and be happy!
We also operate a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) approach to all behaviours, which means that:
- All behaviours happen for a reason
- There are four basic functions of behaviour
- Appropriate behaviour requires skills; we teach those skills
- We never give up on our students
We are currently recruiting for a Speech and Language Therapist to cover a period of maternity leave.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Abbot's Lea School
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 271 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Abbot's Lea School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@abbotsleaschool.co.uk
Abbot’s Lea School is a large and highly successful special school educating nearly 300 students aged 3-19, who, due to their Autism and associated learning differences, require significant specialist support to succeed academically and achieve their full potential.
The school’s mission statement is to be the International Centre of Excellence for Autism.
We ensure outstanding outcomes for all of our students through our unique Philosophy of Education – The ASD Model © which underpins our promotion of:
A – academic progress
S – specialist support
D – development of life skills
We are already an outstanding school (Ofsted, 2016) and now we wish to be the best!
Arranging a visit to Abbot's Lea School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@abbotsleaschool.co.uk.
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