Specialist Speech and Language Therapist- Complex Needs
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a fixed-term opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the Children's Community Speech and Language Therapy Service. The role involves working with children with complex eating, drinking, swallowing, and communication needs across various community settings in North Kirklees. You will assess, diagnose, and deliver care independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with families and other professionals. Experience with children with complex needs in this field is essential.
Key responsibilities
- Assess, diagnose and deliver care to children and young people with eating, drinking and swallowing (EDS) and speech, language and communication needs.
- Work independently and as a member of the wider MDT.
- Work collaboratively and provide relevant and child-centred support to families and key colleagues across health, education and social care.
Essential criteria
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- Please refer to the attached person specification document.
Desirable criteria
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Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
SPECIALIST SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST (Children's Expert Team)
Band 6: £39,959 - £48,117 (pro rata)
22.5 Hours per week
Fixed Term - 6 Months - Possibility of extending
Location - North Kirklees (covering Dewsbury, Batley and Spenborough)
Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.
Main duties of the job
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the Children's Community Speech and Language Therapy Service as a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, on a temporary contract. You will be working with children with complex Eating Drinking and Swallowing, and Communication needs across a range of community settings including Child Development Centre, mainstream schools, Special Schools, early year's settings and homes in North Kirklees.
You will assess, diagnose and deliver care to children and young people with eating, drinking and swallowing (EDS) and speech, language and communication needs.
You will work independently and as a member of the wider MDT to work collaboratively and to provide relevant and child-centred support to families and key colleagues across health, education and social care.
Experience of having worked with children with EDS and complex SLCN across a range of settings is cons
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