Highly Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Highly Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapist to join a supportive and dynamic team. The role involves taking a leadership role in developing services for children with language disorders and supervising junior staff. You will manage a diverse paediatric caseload in schools and resource bases, contributing to service evaluation and quality improvement. The position offers professional development opportunities within a multi-agency team.
Key responsibilities
- Take a leadership role to continue to develop our service for children with language disorders
- Supervise junior staff including newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists (SLT)
- Support the evaluation and quality improvement of the SLT service with the support of the clinical team leads
- Manage a diverse and varied paediatric caseload of children who are in schools and resource bases
- Develop your leadership and management skills within the Mainstream Primary Schools SLT including service development
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - License to Practice
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Relevant specialist experience post qualification working as a Speech and Language Therapist
- Experience of operational caseload management for children with an SLCN
- Experience in assessment and intervention of children aged 4-18 years
- Experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of service improvement projects
Desirable criteria
- ADOS competencies
- Experience working with assistants
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen across our Schools Speech and Language Therapy Teams. The team is part of the wider Community Paediatric SLT and Children's Therapies team. This is a supportive and dynamic team with many professional development opportunities.
We pride ourselves on our commitment to creating an equal and inclusive working environment for people of all backgrounds providing an evidence based service for all our children and their families. You will have:
- Knowledge and/or experience of working with, a diverse paediatric caseload
- Experience working with parents of young children
- Experience of supporting the evaluation of service delivery
- Experience in delivering universal and / or targeted level offers to mainstream schools
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-agency team
- Ability to work flexibly and independently where necessary
- Enthusiasm, imagination, and initiative
- Understanding of the neurodiversity framework
The role will encompass supervision and and support of junior speech and language therapists as well as speech and language therapy assistants. The post holder will also support the development and evaluation of service delivery.
Main duties of the job
Within this role you will:
- Take a leadership role to continue to develop our service for children with language disorders
- Supervise junior staff inclu
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