Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Schools | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join their team in Waltham Forest. The role involves delivering care to school-aged children and supporting school staff through assessments and training. The organization values flexible working arrangements to accommodate personal circumstances. The position offers a High Cost Area Supplement specific to London.

Benefits

High Cost Area Supplement

Comprehensive induction program

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist.
• Experience working in schools or with children is essential.
• Familiarity with EHCPs and assessments required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care to children and families in various settings.
• Provide assessments and interventions in schools.
• Support school staff through training.

Skills

Experience with children and young people

Knowledge of EHCPs

Assessment skills

Training abilities

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Overview

Are you a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new role? At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.

We are looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our schools team in Waltham Forest, there will also be opportunities to support with our home school caseload. There will also be a focus on supporting with EHCP's with oversight of these in the team.

What you’ll do

• Deliver care to children, young people and their families in the community, schools and within the clinic setting at Wood Street Health Centre.
• In schools you will provide assessments including EHCP’s as well delivering intervention and training to upskill school staff.
• This role is working with school aged children and young people, spanning primary and secondary schools. We have opportunities within our home school and pre-school depending on experience and preference.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 per annum, pro rata).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.

Application and references

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role can be discussed at the interview stage.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025