Children's Speech and Language Therapist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS health organization in Peterborough seeks a speech and language therapist to manage a caseload of children with communication difficulties. The role involves assessments, intervention planning, and collaboration with care teams. Ideal candidates are newly qualified or experienced therapists dedicated to providing high-quality care. This position offers opportunities for professional development and teamwork in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive supervision and support

CPD opportunities

Qualifications

• Newly qualified or experienced band 5 therapist.
• Experience in managing children with speech, language, and communication difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children with communication difficulties.
• Conduct assessments to identify needs.
• Plan and evaluate intervention programmes.
• Maintain case notes and reports.
• Collaborate closely with care teams.

Skills

Independent management of a clinical caseload

Assessment of speech and language needs

Intervention planning and delivery

Collaboration with care teams

Time management and workload prioritization

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified speech and language therapist or an experienced band 5 therapist to work with our innovative and supportive team.

Peterborough speech and language therapy service is a small team based in a diverse city that has convenient transport links.

As a service we pride ourselves on supervision and support, CPD opportunities and the breadth of caseload experience/therapy we enable our therapists.

We have received positive feedback from our current band 5 therapists including “The team were incredibly welcoming and supportive, and I gained and continue to gain a diverse range of skills across all aspects of paediatric speech and language therapy” and “I have developed my confidence and knowledge across many areas of speech, language and communication, but also my ability to remain resilient when facing the many pressures in an NHS role”.

The post holder will be responsible for the independent management of a clinical caseload of pre-school and school-aged children in community settings. This may include community clinics, pre-school settings, mainstream and special schools in and around the area of Peterborough. The client group is children who have a range of difficulties in understanding and/or using speech and language.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

Responsibilities

1. To independently manage a caseload of pre-school and school age children who have speech, language and communication difficulties.
2. To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised.to identify presenting speech, language and communication needs
3. To plan, deliver and evaluate intervention programmes following professional guidelines and agreed service standards
4. As part of that process, to be able to plan appropriate long term and short term goals working towards discharge
5. To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards
6. To manage own time and prioritise workload.
7. To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in children’s care so that the approach to intervention and support is co-ordinated and comprehensive
8. To identify when there is a need for a second opinion, referring to senior colleagues or SLT specialists as appropriate
9. To make onward referral as appropriate
10. To identify any variations to service delivery or demands and inform the Lead Practitioner of the likely impact on the service
11. The post holder may be required to attend meetings, supervision and / or deliver interventions outside of their usual area of work, if necessary, in order to deliver to the countywide service specification

This advert closes on Sunday 9 Nov 2025