Band 5 Speech & Language Therapist - Fixed Term

HCRG Care Group; Redhill; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

AfC terms

My Reward Hub

Wellbeing support

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our Paediatric Therapy Team in Surrey. You will handle a general paediatric caseload, with supervision and opportunities for professional development, and a pathway to autonomous practice.

You’ll work within a multidisciplinary environment, collaborating with families, education staff and health professionals to deliver child-centered care and achieve meaningful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent leading to HCPC registration.
• HCPC Licence to Practice must be current.
• Member of the RCSLT and relevant networks is desirable.
• Experience in managing a paediatric caseload and working with children with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritise a paediatric caseload with high-quality assessment, intervention, review, and discharge planning.
• Develop and evaluate evidence-based therapy programmes for individual children and groups across home, school, and community settings.
• Collaborate with families, education staff, and multidisciplinary teams to agree goals and promote positive outcomes.
• Communicate complex information with empathy and professionalism to families and carers.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary assessment, care planning and referrals for wider needs.
• Produce clear reports and maintain timely clinical records per standards.
• Provide supervision and training to students, parents, and staff, supporting service development.
• Engage in CPD, audit, and quality improvement activities to support growth.
• Manage clinical risk and deputise for senior colleagues when required.

Skills

ASD intervention knowledge

HCPC registration awareness

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Caseload management

Reporting and documentation

Education

SLT degree / MSc/Postgraduate Diploma

HCPC registration eligibility

Tools

Makaton

PECS

SCERTS

ADOS

Job description

As a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist you will be part of our valued Children's Therapy Team in Surrey, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions PLUS 5% fringeMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each yearThe pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our supportive Paediatric Therapy Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work with children and young people who present with a wide range of speech, language, communication, and feeding needs, delivering high-quality, child-centred care within a multidisciplinary environment.

In this role, you will manage a general paediatric caseload, working with children who have varied and complex needs while accessing appropriate support, supervision, and professional development opportunities. Newly qualified therapists are welcomed and will be supported to develop towards autonomous practice through structured supervision, mentoring, and guidance from their line manager and experienced colleagues. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based interventions, devising individualised therapy programmes that place children and families at the centre of care. Through collaborative working with families, education staff, health professionals, and wider agencies, you will help children and young people develop, maintain, and maximise their communication potential and achieve meaningful outcomes.

BaseOur Children’s Community Health Team provision supports our Surrey-wide service, and you will be based at one of our Office Hubs across Surrey with the opportunity for hybrid working.This position is a fixed‑term role for 12 months.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritise a paediatric caseload, delivering high-quality, child‑centred assessment, intervention, review, and discharge planning for children with a range of developmental and complex needs.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate evidence‑based therapy programmes for individual children and groups across home, education, and community settings.
• Work collaboratively with children, families, carers, education staff, and multidisciplinary teams to agree goals, provide specialist advice, and promote positive outcomes.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information with empathy and professionalism, supporting families to understand and engage in their child’s therapy plan.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary assessment, diagnosis, care planning, and referrals to ensure children’s wider needs are identified and addressed.
• Produce clear, accurate reports and maintain timely clinical records in line with professional, legal, and organisational standards.
• Provide clinical support, training, and guidance to students, parents/carers, and education staff, contributing to service development and therapy initiatives.
• Participate in supervision, continuing professional development, audit, research, and quality improvement activities to support personal and service growth.
• Effectively manage clinical risk, use sound clinical reasoning, seek support when required, and deputise for senior colleagues as appropriate.

Ideal Candidate

EssentialRecognised Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent (Post Graduate Diploma or MSc in Speech and Language Therapy leading to registration with HCPC)Knowledge/training in ASD strategies and interventions e.g. PECS, SCERTS, ADOSHealth and Care Professions Council Licence to Practice (HCPC)Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language TherapistsMember of relevant Clinical Excellence NetworkSpecialist knowledge of assessments and interventions for client groupKnowledge of national and local policies and procedures relevant to client group and role.Awareness of policies and procedures relating to Child ProtectionExperience of managing own caseload and to work effectively with a range of client groups

DesirableKnowledge /training in PCI, Hanen strategies.Knowledge/training in educational training packages e.g. ELKLAN, WellCommKnowledge/training in signing e.g. MakatonDemonstrable experience of working in the NHSPrevious experience of working with children in the field of Speech and Language Therapy.Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses relating to the post.Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups/Clinical excellence networksTraining relating to the line management and supervision of assistants and other therapists.Experience of training parents, other therapists and other professionals

Other requirements: the successful applicant will need to a car driverPlease see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.

For further information please contact Lisa on 07867373045.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.