Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Children's Trust; Tadworth; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site nursery

Free eye tests

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Staff shuttle service

Job summary

The Children’s Trust in Tadworth, Surrey, is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the School Therapy Team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based SLT assessments and interventions for children with neurodisabilities in a multidisciplinary setting, including school and home visits, with London weighting applied.

You will lead SLT provision within the School, collaborate with Education services and MDT colleagues, and support

Qualifications

• Provide high quality, evidence-based SLT interventions for children and young people.
• Lead SLT provision for school and MDT collaboration.
• Support with tracheostomy management and complex needs assessments.
• Develop individual SLT plans aligned with daily routines and family involvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality SLT interventions for children and young people attending The Children’s Trust.
• Lead the provision of SLT for the School in partnership with MDT/Education services.
• Assess and manage complex cases, including tracheostomy impact on speech and swallow.
• Develop and implement individual SLT plans within daily routines; autonomous practitioner.

Skills

Speech and language therapy

Autonomous practitioner

Interpersonal skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Assessment and planning

Job description

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist School Therapy Team

12m FTC

£53,751 - £60,651 per annum dependent upon experience & inclusive of London weighting

37.5 hours

Tadworth, Surrey

Interview date: TBC

You will provide high quality, evidence-based speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people with neurodisabilities and neurodevelopmental concerns, within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency setting.

Our service delivery aims to promote outcome focussed interventions, safe care, function and participation of children and young people accessing home, school, and community life. You will support children and young people with communication needs, speech, and language difficulties, eating and drinking and tracheostomy care at a highly specialist level, working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency setting

With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.

Role Requirements

Clinical Skills and Responsibilities:

• Provide high quality, evidence based and equitable speech and language therapy interventions for children and young people attending The Children’s Trust.
• Lead the provision of high quality, evidence based speech and language therapy provision for children and young people attending The Children’s Trust School in partnership with other members of the Multidisciplinary Team and Education services.
• Support the Multidisciplinary Team regarding the impact of tracheostomies, on speaking and swallowing following assessment of laryngeal integrity, secretion management and swallow.
• Undertake specialist speech and language therapy assessments of children with highly complex needs e.g. multiple co-morbidities, neurodisabilities and chronic conditions, through standardised and non-standardised assessments and clinical observations.
• Devise suitable, individual, speech and language therapy plan that fit within the child’s daily routine, whether to be carried out by parents or members of the Multidisciplinary team; these
• Be an autonomous practitioner with responsibility for assessment, treatment, and planning for an allocated caseload of children/young people.
• Be a key point of support and advice for the speech and language therapy team and Multidisciplinary team.
• Work closely with all members of the Multidisciplinary team, as well as the child and family, to provide a fully integrated approach to the overall management of the child. This will include any home/school visits, professional child related meetings and / or appointments, as required.
• Liaise with all appropriate medical staff, whether employed by The Children’s Trust, visiting consultants or at off-site clinics, and attend clinics with the child as required.
• Contribute to the assessment and discussion of new referrals to The Children’s Trust, carrying out off site referral assessments around the United Kingdom, as required.
• Contribute to child related reports, including looked after children and annual review reports as required, and assist with the collation of these as and when required, in a timely manner and in line with organisational targets.
• Utilise patient reported and standardised outcome measures for each allocated child/young person and complete in a timely manner.
• Assess, evaluate, and recommend discharge/transition plans for children/young people within the multidisciplinary team framework.

Interview Date: Thursday 20th August 2026

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary,

• staff flexible benefits platform
• on-site nursery
• free eye tests
• enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms
• time off for gender reassignment
• We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
• free on-site parking
• staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court
• subsidised cafeteria
• on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability)
• the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable)
• Teacher’s pension (where applicable)
• the opportunity to join an alternative scheme
• the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment

About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background.

Online Searches

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.