Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

About the Role and Our Ideal Candidate

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 expanding the size of our therapies team by recruiting speech and language therapists to support the rise of statutory speech and language therapy provision and SEND Support services across the London Borough of Sutton.

Cognus Therapies are a thriving multidisciplinary team of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, teachers, practitioners and therapy assistants who support children and young people aged 4–25 years in mainstream schools, colleges, and specialist settings within the London Borough of Sutton and surrounding boroughs.

We work with children and young people with a variety of special educational needs, e.g. Autism, Deafness, Down Syndrome, Developmental Language Disorder, PMLD, MLD, Dyslexia and many more and encourage all our therapists to gain experience and expertise across a range of specialisms.

We are seeking enthusiastic speech and language therapists to join our friendly and supportive team. Collaborative working is an important part of the role. 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.

Cognus Therapies provides a robust supervision framework with all posts receiving Managerial and Clinical Supervision. Regular time is allocated for Continuing Professional Development.

All applicants are required to hold a registration with the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).

Own transport an advantage but not essential.

If you are interested and would like to be considered for this role, please apply to recruitment@cognus.org.uk with the completed application form and a covering note (no more than two sides) outlining your suitability.

For further information about the role, please see the attached Job Description.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Tamara Rainsley, Principal Speech and Language Therapist, at tamara.rainsley@cognus.org.uk.