Specialist Teacher Children's Therapies inPolegate inPolegate PUBLISHED
MON 27 JAN 2025
The specialist teacher will conduct assessments, develop bespoke communication programs, and train school staff to enhance language and communication support within the educational framework. This role is part of a successful integrated therapy service with a commitment to training and professional growth. Applicants are encouraged to apply promptly due to high interest in the position.
Are you passionate about working with children's language and communication? Would you like a new challenge? Wehave a new role available for a specialist teacher to join our team working alongside our therapists and assistants.
The post-holder will be part of our single point of access team, providing assessment and supporting schools to deliver therapy programmes and advice for children with language and communication needs and building on our existingtraining offer.
You will have experience of working with children with language and communication needs in schools, have a secure understanding of effective approaches to support these needs and be able to evidence this through CPD.
Flexible working, part-time hours and job share applications considered.In choosing to work here you will become part of a highly successful integrated therapy service in an Outstanding Trustwith a strong commitment to training and development and robust supervision and shadowing opportunities.
The post-holder will provide therapy packages for language and communication, supporting schools to integrateprogrammes.
The role will include some language and communication assessment as well as training and development work.oconduct video-based sessions and face to face sessions in schools in the areas of language and communicationsosupport schools to develop bespoke communication programmes for individual childrenoprovide assessment and reports within the scope of their professional qualificationohave delegated responsibility for language and communication training as part of universal and targeted programmes inschools; as a new post, there is scope to develop this responsibility in the future to the universal and targeted offer forsensory and physical needsouse their transferable knowledge to support schools to integrate language and communication work into the child'seducationoinfluence effective delivery of school-based approaches for speech, language and communication support in schoolsobe involved in some day to day planning
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