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Highly specialist speech & language therapist - mainstream schools

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London Borough of Hillingdon

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 50,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a passionate speech and language therapist to join their team in mainstream schools. You will provide direct therapy, support school staff, and develop leadership skills. The position focuses on children with speech, language, and communication needs, ensuring the highest quality service and close collaboration with educational professionals. This role offers a supportive environment with opportunities for supervision and training.

Benefits

Regular supervision meetings
Opportunities for remote working
Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

  • Experience working with children in educational settings.
  • Understanding of safeguarding vulnerable children.
  • Ability to train and supervise junior staff.

Responsibilities

  • Provide specialist speech and language therapy to children.
  • Train school staff on therapy implementation.
  • Lead audits and service improvement projects.

Skills

Speech and language assessment
Therapy implementation
Communication with parents
Team collaboration

Education

Relevant degree in speech and language therapy

Job description

A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


Do you want to be part of a friendly and supportive SLT team?

Do you want to be able to offer direct therapy to children in mainstream schools?

Do you want to develop your leadership skills?

0.4 WTE Band 7 role:

We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon mainstream schools team supporting children and young people who have a speech, language or communication need.

You will be offering direct therapy for CYP in schools - working closely with school staff.

You will be part of a supportive band 7 team - and take a lead in developing projects and supervising more junior staff.

Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our wider service.
• To provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech/language/communication need. This role will include primary and secondary schools.
• To be responsible for providing highly specialist assessment & therapy packages into allocated schools.
• To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
• To support schools with the early identification of children with speech/language/communication needs.
• To meet regularly with the SENCO to ensure that the needs of the schools are being met.
• To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
• To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
• To lead on identified audits and service improvement projects for the team/service
• To lead on identified clinical working groups for the service
• To deliver workshops for the wider speech and language therapy team
• To deliver training workshops for parents and school staff
• To offer joint consultations to other members of the team
• To jointly lead on developing the quality of the service provided to schools
• To be responsible for the performance management of identified team members
• To formally and informally support team members
• To support the team leader in the leading and development of the team
• To deputise for the team leader in the day to day management of the team as requested

We can offer you:
• A buddy who will meet with you every week at first to help you settle in and who you can ask lots of questions
• Regular supervision meetings with the team leader every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal and informal support
• Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences
• Regular meetings with the other band 7 mainstream team SLTs to ensure that the workload is being shared and support given
• A busy but manageable caseload across a range of schools
• Opportunities for remote working in school and at home at the end of the day once a week
• Opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists/ leaders, membership of a CEN, training courses - clinical and leadership

We are proud to say that the service has:
• Excellent relationships with schools - 91% of SENCO’s report that they are happy or very happy with the service
• Good relationships with parents - 92.5% of parents report that they are happy or very happy with the service. A parent representative attends all of the mainstream schools meetings and parent feedback is sought for new developments
• A strong track record on innovation and service development in order to provide a high quality service to children, schools and families
• To provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech/language/communication need. This role will include primary and secondary schools.
• To be responsible for providing highly specialist assessment & therapy packages into allocated schools.
• To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
• To support schools with the early identification of children with speech/language/communication needs.
• To meet regularly with the SENCO to ensure that the needs of the schools are being met.
• To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
• To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
• To lead on identified audits and service improvement projects for the team/service
• To lead on identified clinical working groups for the service
• To deliver workshops for the wider speech and language therapy team
• To deliver training workshops for parents and school staff
• To offer joint consultations to other members of the team
• To jointly lead on developing the quality of the service provided to schools
• To be responsible for the performance management of identified team members
• To formally and informally support team members
• To support the team leader in the leading and development of the team
• To deputise for the team leader in the day to day management of the team as requested


This advert closes on Friday 15 Aug 2025

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