Speech and Language Therapist

As a College we believe that young adults should be respected and have their individual choices, needs and aspirations reflected in the educational opportunities made available to them. We encourage independence in all our learners and support them to achieve their full potential through a high-quality curriculum to develop skills in living, work, community and communication. These skills planned to reflect the individual leaners Educational and Health Care Plan target outcomes.The therapy department at South Thames College Group embraces a neurodiversity affirming, strength-based approach, rather than an impairment-based and medical model approach. This means that we accept, validate and learn from a student''s developmental differences and aim to provide support and accommodations that affirm their neurodivergent identity, rather than thinking that the individual needs to be fixed or cured of their neurotype.As our Speech and Language Therapist, you will play a vital role in supporting learners to access the curriculum of their choice. You will be supporting students and the teaching teams to manage their communication, social and behavioural strengths and needs in a range of different environmental settings.You will carry out holistic Speech and Language Therapy assessments and person-centred interventions that will support learners to access and develop their functional skills across the curriculum. You will understand the impact of communication difficulties on a ..... full job details .....