Job Title: Therapy Assistant - Speech & Language or Occupational Therapies Location: Shepherds Bush, London Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time Salary: £19,000 - £26,000 Start Date: ASAP MLK Search is supporting this Outstanding Specialist ASD School in appointing a Therapy Assistant to work across the school and alongside our multi-professional therapy team; mainly with Speech & Language and Occupational Therapy.
You will be integral to the delivery of daily programmes and supporting the work of the Speech and Language or Occupational Therapy teams, in addition to promoting school improvement projects around communication and pupil voice.
You will be able to develop your main practice whilst also developing a knowledge of other disciplines (Speech & Language, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Creative Therapies, Sensory Impairment).
This will enable you to seemingly integrate your daily work alongside other professionals, as well as maximise the impact of your own work by ensuring pupils are positioned correctly, ready to engage and able to best focus with the resources you use.
The school has two provisions supporting Primary and Secondary aged students between 5 and 16, most of whom have EHCPs for specialist language or communication needs.
It is an ideal opportunity for creative and diligent person who can engage and build rapport with children with Autism quickly.
You will show an ability to reflect carefully on the support you give others, how this can be most effective for learners with SEND and understand why this might be.
This is an exciting and varied role with potential for future career and professional development.
The successful applicant will receive a comprehensive and bespoke induction programme and the support of a large and caring school and therapeutic team.
You will also have the opportunity to access funding, or part-funding, towards your therapeutic studies and continued development, both personally and professionally.
If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people with specialist and complex needs and enabling them to shape their own future, then APPLY NOW!
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