Bank Speech & Language Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/10/2026
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Role summary
Join Kingston Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service, part of Your Healthcare, to help children and young people with communication needs. This bank role offers the chance to work with a dynamic team, supporting children up to age 19 across various settings in Kingston. You will contribute to empowering children to develop essential skills and confidence. There is a good track record of bank therapists transitioning to permanent positions.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates ability to blend and participate with team member and assume leadership responsibilities
- Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development, sharing knowledge and supporting the learning and development of colleagues across the team.
- Committed and motivated
- Can do attitude
- In depth experience of working with children who experience a wide range of communication difficulties Providing second opinions and subject expertise to colleagues
- Working with parents/carers in emotionally distressing situations relating to complex clinical issues and their consequences
- Working collaboratively with a range of professionals
- Resolution and negotiation of conflict including dealing with complaints
- Implementation of a range of communication programmes/approaches
- Previous experience of supervision/ mentoring other SALTs
- Contributing own specialist knowledge to the development and implementation of clinical governance, research and audit procedures within the SLT team
Desirable criteria
- An understanding and appreciation of costing and resourcing involved in the delivery of pieces of work, as per an agreed contract
- Project Management
- Of a range of speech & language therapy assessments relevant to pre school/ school age children with a range of learning disabilities & /or physical disabilities and associated conditions such as autism.
- Of applying assessment information to current theories in communication to formulate diagnoses and devise intervention / care plans
- Of a wide range of approaches to support children with SLCN
- Of clinical decision making for priorities in an inter- disciplinary context for planning and monitoring and of supporting others in clinical decision making in their own work with children and young people who experience SLCN
- Outcome measurements, particularly Therapy Outcome Measures and planning and monitoring for Education, Health and Care Plans and children at SEN
- Of legal requirements around the provision of speech and language therapy in education, National Curriculum and SEND Code of Practice including the SEN reforms; Every child Achieving and Thriving.
- Of delivering specialist clinical expertise in speech, language and communication, to be able to provide a second opinion on cases of clinical complexity
- Of applying visual systems to support communication e.g. TEACCH, Makaton signs and symbols, cued articulation
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping
- Of models of supervision
- Of working with and developing Speech and Language Therapists
- An understanding and appreciation of costing and resourcing involved in the delivery of pieces of work, as per an agreed contract
- Project Management
- Skills & Abilities
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Highly developed Negotiation and Problem-solving Skills
- Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
- Well-developed concentration skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational skills
- Prioritisation skills
- Delegation skills
- Ability to lead on pieces of work and work in a team
- Excellent time and resource management skills
- Good at using IT software such as MS Teams / Office 365
- Ability to contribute to service development, research, quality improvement, and innovation, using evidence, outcomes data, and feedback to improve service delivery and outcomes for children and young people.
- Strategic / operational experience
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
- Health Professions Council Licence to Practice
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to post graduate equivalent
- Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks
- Leadership qualifications
- Telehealth experience
- Makaton
- TEACCH
- ADOS
- Early Bird
- SCERTS
- Demonstrates ability to blend and participate with team member and assume leadership responsibilities
- Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development, sharing knowledge and supporting the learning and development of colleagues across the team.
- Committed and motivated
- Can do attitude
- In depth experience of working with children who experience a wide range of communication difficulties Providing second opinions and subject expertise to colleagues
- Working with parents/carers in emotionally distressing situations relating to complex clinical issues and their consequences
- Working collaboratively with a range of professionals
- Resolution and negotiation of conflict including dealing with complaints
- Implementation of a range of communication programmes/approaches
- Previous experience of supervision/ mentoring other SALTs
- Contributing own specialist knowledge to the development and implementation of clinical governance, research and audit proced
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Your Healthcare CIC
Bank Speech & Language Therapist
The closing date is 23 October 2026
Job summary
Are you inspired by helping children find their voice and reach their potential?
Kingston Children's Speech and Language
Therapy Service is part of Your Healthcare, not-for-profit
social enterprise delivering high-quality NHS community services. Working
within our friendly and supportive team, you'll help children and young people
with speech, language and communication needs develop the skills, confidence
and independence to thrive.
We are looking for qualified Speech
& Language Therapists to join our bank and work with us in our
Childrens Service during periods of high demand.You would be part of a well-established
dynamic team and would gain invaluable knowledge; skills and experience.
We have a good track record of
Therapists joining us on the bank and later gaining a permanent position with
us.
Your Healthcares SLT service consists
of Speech and Language Therapists and Assistants based together at Hollyfield
House working in partnership with colleagues from health, education, social
services and the private and voluntary sector.
We work with children and young people
up to age 19 in all settings across Royal Borough of Kingston; nurseries,
playgroups, mainstream and specialist schools, health centres, Child
Development centre and homes.
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