Speech and Language Therapist, Orchard Hill College – Southwark
| Posting date: | 09 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £43,132 to £51,148 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Band 6: Spine Point 25 – 30, FTE salary £43,132 - £51,148 per annum. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 August 2025 |
| Location: | Southwark, South East London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Orchard Hill College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The Speech & Language Therapy Team are passionate about:
• Working collaboratively with curriculum staff to provide a total communication environment throughout the student’s day
• Ensuring all students can communicate to their potential through the assessment and provision of appropriate AAC
• Creating capable and enabling environments within a multi-disciplinary Positive Behaviour Support framework
• Supporting the whole college with hearing the student voice, accessible information, self-advocacy and the promotion of every student’s human rights
• Ensuring all students are able to eat and drink safely
• Working collaboratively and creatively with the rest of the Integrated Services team, which comprises Occupational Therapy, Creative Arts therapists, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Positive behaviour support leads.
We are looking for a Speech & Language Therapist who loves working with people with Learning Disabilities in creative, functional and person-centred ways. You will deliver a Speech & Language Therapy service at a universal and / or individual level, as clinically required.
We can offer you:
• 40 days’ annual leave for full time therapists (public/bank holidays off, Christmas closure period)
• Flexible working schemes
• Enhanced CPD & career progression pathway
• Workplace research
• Mental health advocates across all sites
• Local government pension scheme
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme including ride2work, electric car & home electronic schemes, counselling referrals and wellbeing sessions.
• Opportunities to engage with internal professional networks.
• Occupational health & wellbeing support initiatives, including EAP.
• Company pension scheme with lump-sum death benefits.
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced parental leave schemes.
• Salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle to Work, season ticket loan.
• Discounted gym membership subscription.
Please see the attached job descriptions and person specifications for full details on the roles and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.
• Working collaboratively with curriculum staff to provide a total communication environment throughout the student’s day
• Ensuring all students can communicate to their potential through the assessment and provision of appropriate AAC
• Creating capable and enabling environments within a multi-disciplinary Positive Behaviour Support framework
• Supporting the whole college with hearing the student voice, accessible information, self-advocacy and the promotion of every student’s human rights
• Ensuring all students are able to eat and drink safely
• Working collaboratively and creatively with the rest of the Integrated Services team, which comprises Occupational Therapy, Creative Arts therapists, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Positive behaviour support leads.
We are looking for a Speech & Language Therapist who loves working with people with Learning Disabilities in creative, functional and person-centred ways. You will deliver a Speech & Language Therapy service at a universal and / or individual level, as clinically required.
We can offer you:
• 40 days’ annual leave for full time therapists (public/bank holidays off, Christmas closure period)
• Flexible working schemes
• Enhanced CPD & career progression pathway
• Workplace research
• Mental health advocates across all sites
• Local government pension scheme
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme including ride2work, electric car & home electronic schemes, counselling referrals and wellbeing sessions.
• Opportunities to engage with internal professional networks.
• Occupational health & wellbeing support initiatives, including EAP.
• Company pension scheme with lump-sum death benefits.
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced parental leave schemes.
• Salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle to Work, season ticket loan.
• Discounted gym membership subscription.
Please see the attached job descriptions and person specifications for full details on the roles and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.
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