Cognus Limited
Job summary
Cognus Limited is a Local Authority Traded Company, which is commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton to provide education services to early years providers, mainstream schools and specialist education settings in Sutton. Wholly owned by the local authority, we deliver a wide range of high-quality services to deliver excellent practice that improve the lives of children, young people, and families in Sutton and beyond.
We are currently recruiting speech and language therapists to support the delivery of statutory speech and language therapy provision at Sherwood Foundation School, as part of our Transdisciplinary Team, working with dedicated teaching staff, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and wellbeing practitioners, helping children aged 4-19 years with complex needs.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic team providing innovative therapy interventions following evidence-based practise and an embedded model of therapy in order to best support the pupils needs.
Sherwood Foundation consists of 3 campuses in Sutton providing education for children and young people with complex physical and severe learning disabilities, autistic pupils and moderate learning difficulties.
Cognus Therapies provides a robust supervision framework with all posts receiving Managerial and Clinical Supervision. Regular time is allocated for Continuing Professional Development.
Main duties of the job
To advise and
support school staff and other therapists on the education and therapeutic
interventions of children and young people with SLCN including
Completion of
baseline and transition assessments to identify the strengths, needs, outcomes
and provision for students with complex communication profiles
Providing
reports to referrers and other agencies involved in the child/young persons
care and advice on appropriate differentiation of and access to the curriculum.
Plan,
create and deliver a wide range of tailored interventions and/ or therapy
programmes where direct SaLT input is indicated and effectively hand over
prescribed programmes through training and modelling with teaching staff,
parents and carers.
To
monitor and record child or young persons
progress and effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome
measurement and evaluation of practice and to communicate these with key
stakeholders.
To be aware of
changing trends in treatment and promote Evidence Based Practice; embedding
this into own specialist area of work in order to provide the highest standard
of care to service users.
To participate
in clinical audit, service development activities and research programmes as
required.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a paediatric Speech and Language Therapist
- Relevant qualifications including registration with HCPC
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and deliver results to high standards.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Leads others by setting a positive example in line with company values and acts as a role model.
- Experience as a paediatric speech and language therapist
- Adherence to RCSLT and HCPC policies and procedures
- Is decisive with problem-solving skills.
- Is committed to safeguarding and protection of children.
- Honours and upholds the Companys Equal Opportunity Policy, Dignity at Work Policy, Safeguarding and Protection of Children, Health and Safety and Data Protection Policy at all times.
Closing Date: 25 October 2026
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