Speech and Language Therapist - Heritage House School
Location: Chesham
Overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our outstanding team. Working collaboratively within our multi-disciplinary team of therapists, the role involves working closely with education staff to integrate therapy and learning throughout the school day. The school strives to place the learner at the heart of our multi-disciplinary provision, and to work with and support families and learners to meet their individual needs.
Term time only: Yes
Salary Details: Bucks pay range 6-8 (depending on qualifications and experience)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time/Part-time
Closing date: 31/10/2026
Interviews to be held: Interviews to be arranged on receipt of application
About us
Heritage House School is a special school for learners aged 2-19 years with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and sensory/multi-sensory impairments. Our aim at Heritage House School is to enable children and young people to learn and achieve within an enriching, relevant, stimulating and enjoyable curriculum. In doing so we will ensure our children and young people enjoy educational and social experiences which will prepare them for life beyond Heritage House.
Website: https://www.heritage-house-school.co.uk/
About the role
Our Speech and Language Therapists work as part of a team, supporting learners in accessing all aspects of the curriculum, as well as liaising with parents/carers and other external professionals and agencies. Working closely with education staff, you will advise and support staff in delivering therapy programmes, the use of specialised equipment and approaches.
The role would involve:
- Working directly with individual learners and with small groups
- Assessing, advising and programme planning for individual learners in speech, language and the social use of communication.
- Working collaboratively within the classroom and with the wider education and therapy team
- Monitoring and reviewing learners progress, maintaining notes and reports to a high standard
- Keeping learners parents and carers up to date with their programmes and progress, and contributing to the Annual Review report process
- Providing training and advice to school staff
"Teaching is highly effective because teachers, support staff and therapists work together in a coherent way to meet pupils' individual needs", Ofsted report, June 2019.
Please see attached Job description for further information.
About you
The successful candidate will be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with experience of learners with additional needs. They will be organised, motivated and ambitious to be part of high-quality provision, working both strategically and responsively.
Dysphagia training would be desirable but not essential.
Please see attached Person specification for further information.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 771445
Email: [email protected]
Heritage House School take its' responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and child protection very seriously. All appointments to the school are subject to Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service and comprehensive pre-employment checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
