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Speech and Language Therapist

Pay: Salary range £22,110 to £36,544 per annum
Location: Cranleigh Cranleigh United Kingdom
Category: Graduate
Available from: Sep 2017
Finishes on: Ongoing Position
Type of work: Full Time, Indoor
Job reference: E02513656
Charity/Not for Profit/Fundraising, Education 2017-07-26 2017-09-07

Job Description

- About Jigsaw:

A registered charity, the Jigsaw Trust was established in 1999 by a group of parents of children diagnosed with autism. In the same year it raised enough funds to set up the Jigsaw CABAS® School, opening its doors to six children. Today the school has provision for up to 60 pupils, aged 4 to 19 years.

In 2012, the Trust opened Jigsaw+ Centre for Lifelong Learning offering an adult services and social enterprise provision supporting individuals over the age of 18 years with autism, continuing the same highly successful behavioural approach to enable clients to function more independently and create opportunities for them to take part in all aspects of community life and employment opportunities.

Additionally, the Trust has been operating a Social Enterprise; "Café on the Park", offering a café and catering service to tenants and visitors to Dunsfold Park as well as providing a unique environment in which Jigsaw+ clients can undertake a wide variety of work experience tasks within a safe and supportive environment.

Responsible to: Head of Therapy

An opportunity has arisen to join our vibrant and supportive team of therapists. The successful candidate will work closely with pupils and their teachers to provide specialist direct and indirect therapy using a range of creative techniques including PECS, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction Therapy, and Social Stories.

You will also provide professional support to our Jigsaw+ division for young adults with autism when required.

This role may suit a Speech and Language Therapist looking to develop or specialise their clinical skills, or a newly qualified speech and language therapist looking for their first position.

The Clinical work will include: 
- Assessment and diagnosis of a range of paediatric communication disorders. 
- Planning and writing appropriate therapy interventions, making judgements about type and timing of treatment negotiated with parents and school. 
- Writing and/or delivering group and individual therapy as required and integrating therapy into the class rooms and individual curriculums. 
- Integrating therapy programmes with principles of applied behaviour analysis where appropriate.  - Managing own caseload effectively with support from more experienced practitioners as required to manage complex cases 
- Providing advice and therapy programmes to educational staff, parents and other health professionals. 
- Managing parental and/or school anxieties regarding intervention and prognosis. 
- Evaluating treatment outcomes. Transferring and discharging. 
- Assessing and evaluating therapy outcomes and contributing findings to Annual Review meetings via reports or attendance as required.

To view a full job description, please see the careers section on the Jigsaw School website.

Qualifications

  • Required: 

    Recognised SLT degree/qualification 
    HCPC Licence to Practice 
    MRCSLT Registration 
    Evidence of CPD e.g. membership of relevant SIG. (ASD) / evidence of completion of specialist short courses 
    Willingness to take part in the professional development programme

    Desired: 

    MSc or equivalent level training 
    A minimum of 1 years’ experience 
    Experience in PECS 
    Experience in Talk Tools 
    Experience of MDT working
    Experience of ABA
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