Speech and Language Therapist (Special schools and ARP)

Job summary

Main Purpose

To assess children and develop/implement specialist speech and language therapy treatment to ensure that the Council achieves its strategic aims for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.

To work as a member of the Merton Speech and Language Therapy Service and SENDIS and so contribute to building the capacity of Merton Schools to include pupils with SEN and disabilities.

To contribute to the LB Merton policy and approach to raising achievement and establishing provision for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.

Main duties of the job

Assess, diagnose and plan and deliver interventions for pupils in special schools, ARPs and other settings with a range of speech and language needs including: language delay, language disorder; speech delay, speech disorder,, social communication differences and disorders; speech and language difficulties related to hearing impairment, alternative communication, and global delay.

To provide appropriate specialist intervention and evaluated outcomes.

To provide the specialist speech and language therapy report for statutory assessment. These reports would include clinical judgements about the level of provision and appropriate educational setting attached to the pupils statutory assessment

To defend your clinical judgements on behalf of the local authority at tribunal and evaluate and comment at tribunal on the specialist evidence submitted by the opposing party. This may also include professional evaluation of proposed provisions.

To provide advice, training and support to colleagues in a stipulated area of specialism e.g.

Developmental Language Disorder

Social Emotional and Mental Health

Additional, Complex and /or Severe Learning Difficulties

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

To provide a stipulated specialist SLT service to schools and special settings, offering advice and support to colleagues in developing inclusive provision, either formally through consultation and training or through direct work in schools and settings.

About us

At Merton Council, we are Merton UnitedOne Borough, One Team. We are committed to nurturing civic pride, building a sustainable future, and creating a borough where sport and active living are at the heart of our communities.

Merton Council is a friendly and ambitious organisation dedicated to the diverse communities who live here and to creating a healthier future for local people through its joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy. We are looking for people who resonate with the councils values, which can be viewed at Values | Work for Merton | Merton Council

We pride ourselves on creating a workplace that encourages creativity, supports wellbeing, and delivers real, tangible impacts in the community.

Merton Council offers a competitive salary, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, and flexible working arrangements.

There are great transport links to the Civic Centre, with Morden Northern Line Underground Station very close bytravel into central London takes just 25 minutes. We are also a 10-minute walk from Morden Road Tram Stop and both Morden South and South Merton Railway Stations.

Please see our Work for Merton : Working for us | Merton Council page on our website for more information about a great range of benefits that go beyond salary and offer flexibility to suit you: Work for Merton : Working for us | Merton Council.