Speech & Language Therapist – East London

Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Do you have a passion and talent for supporting children and young people with additional learning needs and brain injuries?

Are you keen to make a difference to the lives of children and young people whilst building your experience and furthering your career in SEND/therapy?

Are you pursuing a career as a Speech and Language Therapist?

We are supporting the development of a SEND school’s therapeutic offer and have exciting opportunities for a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant looking for practical experience to build on their career in therapy. This is an established and well facilitated SEND school located in London, easily accessed via a number of public transport links. Alternatively, parking is available for drivers. We are actively seeking an engaging and passionate Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to add to their friendly and talented SEND staff team. The school provides education to children with a range of needs including, MLD, SLD, PMLD, PD, neurological conditions and brain injuries. We are looking to speak to professional and committed support staff who are passionate about therapeutic intervention, even if your experience is informal/voluntary, we want to hear from you!

Speech and Language Therapy Assistant requirements

• Essential – Passion for working with young people who require additional support in order to access education and social development
• Essential – Experience of working with Autism, ADHD, sensory processing difficulties and learning difficulties, or experience with SEMH, trauma, sensory processing, social communication
• Essential – Ability to build strong and meaningful relationships
• Beneficial – Experience in neurological rehabilitation
• Beneficial – Experience in therapy support/interventions

What you can expect as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

• These opportunities have a lot of scope and can suit applicants of all experience levels and disciplines.
• The roles and duties will vary depending on where your experience best fits within the school.
• For aspiring Speech and Language Therapists, this position will offer relevant and vital experience for your chosen path
• Continued Professional Development – this is a learning environment for staff too and the school is continually training their staff to help them support their children’s needs, you will become an expert in your field
• You will have an opportunity to make a huge social impact, in this role you will be shaping the future of

If this role is for you, please click on Apply!

At Career Teachers we are fully compliant with Agency Worker Regulations, ensuring you receive equal treatment for pay and conditions after a 12 week qualifying period. Please ask for further details.

All quoted rates are inclusive of 12.07% holiday pay.

Benefits of working with Career Teachers

Free CPD

Access to Skills Network

Refer a friend scheme

Recognition programme

Affinity Extra – Thousands of discounts on multiple high street shops including coffee and cinemas, plus other benefits and a Health & Wellbeing portal.

These benefits are applicable to those who are working with Career Teachers. You will gain access to the Affinity Extra this portal once you start working with us.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to:

– Attend an interview in person;

– Give details for us to complete Reference checks;

– Provide an Enhanced DBS disclosure

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.