Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed term with a view of extending to 12 Months)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-INNER-7699313
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Medical Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Speech and Language Therapist
Band 5
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
Biborough SLT Education Team - Westminster, and Kensington & Chelsea
Are you looking to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people? Come and join the CLCH SLT education team!
We have the opportunity for an NQP or experienced Band 5 therapist to join the Biborough SLT education team. The post includes working with a varied caseload across schools in the inner London boroughs of Westminster, and Kensington & Chelsea.
We are looking for someone with enthusiasm, excellent interpersonal and team-working skills, and an interest and experience of working with school-aged children and young people.
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
- To manage and prioritise own caseload independently, generating appropriate strategies for caseload management.
- To assess the need for, develop, and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children referred within locality, and provide advice to others regarding the management and care of children with communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties as required within the role.
- To assess children’s language and communication needs, and provide professional advice to contribute to statutory assessments (Education Health and Care Plan Needs Assessments) and the annual review process for individual children in line with the Children and Families Act 2014.
- To deliver Speech and Language Therapy provision to children as specified in Education Health and Care Plans in line with the Children and Families Act 2014.
- To analyse auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of children’s communication, and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in relevant setting.
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 or equivalent and Licence to Practice – Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working with children in school based settings
Desirable criteria
- Experience Training others
- Working with multi-cultural client groups
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills both verbal, non-verbal and written
- Ability to adapt communication skills to meet the needs of others, • To be able to demonstrate empathy and sensitivity and awareness of the needs of others
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment diagnosis and treatment of children with a broad range of speech, language and communication difficulties
- Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
- Manual dexterity sufficient to carry out swallowing assessment and use of high and low technical assessment equipment
- Understanding of child development including Speech and Language, Play and other milestones
- Knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for children with Speech, Language and Communication needs and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual children
- Awareness of national policies and procedures (relevant to school aged children) including education practice and policy
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of principles and models of Adult-Child Interaction
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 James-D'Silva
- Job title
- SLT Education Locality Biborough Mainstream Sch
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07443 354181
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