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Band 7 Equivalent, Speech and Language Therapist (Outdoor Learning Focus)

BLOSSOM HOUSE SCHOOL
Posted 4 days ago, valid for 21 days
Location

Leatherhead, Surrey KT24 6DD, England

Salary

Dependent on experience

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role is a permanent, full-time or part-time position requiring a minimum of three days a week from Monday to Friday, with hours from 08:30 am to 17:00 pm.
  • Salary is dependent on experience and skills, with the position set to start in the Autumn Term of 2025.
  • Candidates must have experience working with children or young people with complex social communication difficulties and be comfortable in a hands-on, outdoor learning environment.
  • The ideal applicant will demonstrate initiative, mental and physical resilience, and a passion for supporting young people while working collaboratively within a transdisciplinary team.
  • Applications are encouraged early, with the closing date for submissions on Friday, 7th November 2025.

The role is a Permanent, Full-Time or Part-time role (minimum 3 days a week)

Monday to Friday: (08:30am – 17:00pm).

Salary from: Depending on experience and skills.

To Start: Autumn Term 2025.

Early applications are encouraged.

Provision Address: Stanley Hill Grange, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0DL

We are designing a bespoke learning curriculum based around outdoor learning, which will be hands-on and functional with less of an academic focus. The applicant will need to be comfortable around handling and caring for animals and someone who is a keen to get their hands dirty.

This will be a highly therapeutic environment, where communication support is central to its success. We will follow the SCERTS framework (Social Communication Emotional Regulation Transition Support) to support our assessment, target setting and maintenance of a high quality, communication friendly environment. Close transdisciplinary team work, is one of our core values, and we are very proud of our dynamic team of specialist teachers, therapists and learning support assistants, who work very closely together to ensure our students experience a meaningful, holistic timetable of activities to optimise their independence and emotional well-being.

We are looking for someone who shows initiative, is organised, enjoys the outdoors and believes in our ethos of ensuring our young people are happy, fulfilled and safe. The applicant must be passionate about working with young people with complex social communication difficulties and have experience working within a transdisciplinary team to provide the best support possible for the learners.

The ideal candidate:

Supporting our students can sometimes be challenging, mental and physical resilience are qualities necessary for all our staff. Have direct experience with children/young people with significant social communication needs and be confident implementing and supporting a range of AAC systems. Be someone who enjoys working in a transdisciplinary way, and who can hold a good sense of their role and responsibilities as a Speech and Language Therapist whilst being willing to be collaborative and innovative in designing shared approaches to meet the different areas of need of the pupils. Be someone who has a real focus and love of functional communication and supporting development of skills for independence and functional living skill:, and who can plan and deliver ways of supporting development of skills in real life contexts, and who can plan and support generalisation of skills within the wider community setting. Be someone who loves the outdoors and animals, and who is comfortable with assessing, and managing risks in order to keep students safe whilst also allowing them to try new things and develop independence

HOW TO APPLY

Click on the 'Apply now' button below. You can find the application form in the supporting documents below. Please upload your CV and a completed application form. The closing date for applications is Friday 7th November 2025

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