Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-INNER-7459547-A
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- QEII School
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist (1.0 WTE) Special Schools and ARPs team – Westminster
Are you looking to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people? Are you passionate about reducing inequalities and want to belong to a service with an active diversity and inclusion ethos?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our Speech and Language Therapy Special Schools & Additional Resource Provision (ARP) team to work across 2 provisions with both primary and secondary aged children and young people, in the borough of Westminster.
The post includes the opportunity to work with a neurodivergent caseload and with children and young people with a variety of profiles including supporting young people with severe learning difficulties including profound and multiple learning difficulties.
The post provides the opportunity to implement a wide range of therapeutic approaches and interventions in collaboration with education partners. Through joint planning and delivery of interventions in the classroom and through support to families you will ensure that SLT input has a functional impact for the pupils you support.
We welcome applications from from band 5s looking to progress into a band 6 role or existing band 6s wishing to develop their skill sets.
Take a look at our recruitment video to find out more about working in our teams: CLCH S&L Recruitment - YouTube
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Providing a specialist service to children with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties, and a resource provision for pupils with Speech/Language and communication needs (SLCN).
- Work closely with parents/carers, and staff to enable the pupils to develop their speech, language and communication skills and to access the curriculum
- To assess the needs for, develop and implement specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children referred to the SLT Education service (ARP/special schools).
- To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of children with communication difficulties
- To be accountable for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice from senior colleagues as appropriate
- Provide some day-to-day supervision and peer review support to less experienced colleagues and students, including second opinions when necessary.
- Run appropriate in-service training independently for school and other staff.
- The post holder will have well developed specialist skills in a specialist area of SLCN within the broad range of speech, language and communication needs encountered within the caseload of school aged CYP including the use of AAC
- The post holder will liaise with other colleagues across a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree and Licence to Practise from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of supporting CYP, families and schools in line with the Children and Families Act 2014 including contribution to statutory assessments (Education Health and Care Plan Needs Assessments), contribution to the annual review process and delivery of SLT provision as specified in Education health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
- Collaborative work with parents and other professionals
- Experience Training others
Desirable criteria
- Interest to develop clinical specialism in education
- Training/experience of supporting students and more junior qualified therapists including provision of supervision and line management
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication /presentation skills verbal and written
- Understanding of typical child development Speech and Language, Play and other milestones
- Good working knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for school aged CYP with Speech, Language and Communication needs and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual CYP
- Understanding and application of Education Practice and Policy including the Children and Families Act 2014
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Liz Lowton
- Job title
- Locality Lead Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919305837
- Additional information
Bryony Schnadhorst [email protected]
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