Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Austism

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Specialist Autism Team. The role focuses on outreach and inpatient pathways with MDT support and person-centred interventions.

The post offers opportunities to work within a multidisciplinary team, delivering expert assessments and interventions, with flexible working patterns and NHS benefits. We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all backgrounds; training and professional

Qualifications

• Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist with NHS experience.
• Experience working with autistic individuals within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Support the team with duty and assessments and deliver your own specialist interventions.
• Contribute to outreach and inpatient pathways within the Specialist Autism Team.

Skills

Autism

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Austism

Company:

Company: Lancashire Care Foundation Trust

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation)

A Vacancy at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Specialist Autism Team - a unique and continuously developing service which works closely with secondary mental health care services to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions for autistic individuals.

This role is to work within the team supporting the outreach and inpatient pathways with expert knowledge and neuroaffective practice. You will be required to support the team with the whole team tasks, such as duty and assessments, as well as delivering your own specialist interventions. Therefore, this post is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and innovative practitioner with a passion for delivering person-centred care, which is driven by the individuals whom we support.

The Specialist Autism Team adopts a multidisciplinary team approach to working which supports the evolutionary scope of the service. The MDT is made up of Occupational Therapists, Nurses (RMN & RLD), Speech and Language Therapists, Social Workers, Therapy Assistants & Clinical Psychologists.

Through such an approach we are continually learning, developing and findings different ways of working, in order to meet the needs and wishes of the individuals we work with. For this reason, we have regular team development sessions and each team member plays a vital role in sharing knowledge and information.

We work as a tertiary service between the core hours of 9am until 5pm (Monday-Friday), with some flexibility required on occasion to meet individual need and preferences.

If you are a motivated clinician with a keenness to showcase and adapt your transferrable skillset, then please review the attached job description and person specification for further details.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Thursday 15 Oct 2026