Prior's Court was set up by Founding Patron Dame Stephanie Shirley, whose vision of a centre of excellence for children with autism became reality with the opening of Prior's Court School in 1999. We have since grown to support around 90 young people with complex autism aged between 5-25 years.

Since opening, our support team has grown from around 20 to 500 and we have built a reputation as a cutting edge educational, vocational, and residential facility for young people with autism.

Part-Time Speech and Language Therapist

Are you looking for flexible, part time working to support work/life balance, or to develop your professional skills in an Autism Specific environment?

We are looking to recruit a part-time qualified HCPC-registered Speech and Language Therapist, to join our team of Speech and Language Therapists, manage a clinical caseload of young people with autism and complex needs, aged 5-25.

Salary – salary ranging from £27,000 to £38,000 per annum (FTE) depending on experience,

19 hours per week, with flexibility on number of days worked  

Contract type: permanent

The role of Speech & Language Therapist

We are looking to recruit a part-time qualified HCPC-registered Speech and Language Therapist, to join our team of Speech and Language Therapists, to manage a clinical caseload of young people with autism and complex needs, aged 5-25.

You will:

• have experience of using clinical reasoning skills for both assessment and intervention planning (either on student placements or previous SALT role).
• be self-motivated and an autonomous worker who can manage their own time and diary to meet the needs of our young people.
• have knowledge of supporting young people with complex Special Educational Needs. Ideally, this includes experience working in an education and/or residential setting.
• have excellent communication skills.
• As part of your role, you will work within the Prior’s Court Multi-Disciplinary Team (Teachers, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist, Positive Behaviour Support Team, Nurses, and Wellbeing staff) in ensuring consistency of approach. In doing so, you will set and contribute to the goals of each young person. You will also be involved in the development and implementation of training packages (for both professionals and family/carers) in identified communication approaches.

You will be involved in developing and delivering input through use of the Prior’s Court Communication Skills Learning Programme and the Prior Approach, which focuses on the development of functional communication skills to enable our young people to live healthy, happy, independent lives after leaving Prior’s Court.

For the full list of responsibilities, please see the job description.

All positions at the school are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references and receipt of the appropriate Right to Work documents. Prior’s Court Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Prior’s Court is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek and embrace differences in thinking, experience, ethnicity, age, gender, faith, personalities and styles.

The different skills, experiences and backgrounds our employees bring to their roles create a workforce as diverse and individual as the young people we support and makes Prior’s Court a special place to work.

We strive for an inclusive environment where employees feel safe, engaged and supported to make a difference.