Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 395-RR069-25
- Employer
- NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Grove Specialist Community Health Services for Children and Young People
- Town
- Chadwell Heath
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum plus HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Are you a qualified speech and language therapist seeking a new role?
At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.
We are looking for a speech and language therapist to join our diverse Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team in the London borough of Redbridge. Redbridge is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website – www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk.
You will be working as part of a friendly, diverse and supportive team to provide a service for children presenting with a range of speech, language, communication and feeding difficulties within pre-school settings, community clinics and schools. As part of your role, you will provide assessments as well delivering intervention and training to upskill parents, carers and education staff. You will have lots of opportunities to develop and specialise in a number of areas relating to the caseload, including Autism and AAC.
This post will ideally suit an established Band 5 speech and language therapist looking for a new challenge or an experienced Band 6 speech and language therapist ready to diversify their career.
Main duties of the job
Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to our patients.
As a Speech and Language Therapist in our Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will deliver care to service users in the community, clinics and education settings.
The main responsibilities of the post:
· To provide a comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy Service to clients referred with social communication needs and speech and language disorders in a range of settings such as schools, community clinics and the child development centre to include assessment, diagnoses and treatment.
· To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
· To deputise when required in the team managers absence and delegate appropriately to junior colleagues.
· To contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
· To provide feedback and advice to parents/carers, family members, and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding communication needs and strategies to facilitate development.
· To develop and deliver training and support packages.
· To regularly attend supervision and commit to the supervision process as a means for developing reflective and clinical decision-making skills.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941) pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent and professional registration
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of formal and informal assessments and therapeutic interventions
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level working with clients who have a range of speech, language and communication needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
If you require any additional support during the application process please contact [email protected]. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment journey.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anya Clarke
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07590616393
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