Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Mainstream Schools

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; London Borough of Hillingdon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local NHS Trust is seeking a passionate speech and language therapist to join their team in London. The role involves providing therapy to children in mainstream schools, supporting educational staff and parents, and ensuring the effective delivery of services to enhance children's communication skills. The position offers supervision, peer support, and opportunities for professional development in a collaborative environment. Applications are encouraged from individuals committed to safeguarding children while promoting a high-quality service.

Benefits

Regular supervision meetings

Opportunities for remote working

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Passion for working with children and young people.
• Experience in providing therapy services.
• Ability to work collaboratively with schools.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist speech and language therapy to children in schools.
• Train and support school staff and parents.
• Conduct assessments and therapy packages.

Skills

Specialist assessment

Therapy for communication needs

Training support for staff

Report writing

Safeguarding

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?

0.8 band 6 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 Hillingdon EHCP but who are attending a mainstream school outside of Hillingdon or are Electively Home Educated.

You will have the opportunity to work both directly with CYP and staff in schools - as well as making use of some online therapy where this meets the CYP's needs.

Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our wider service
• To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools with a Hillingdon EHCP who are attending out of borough mainstream schools and who have an identified speech, language, communication need.
• To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children with a Hillingdon EHCP who are being electively home educated (and who have a mainstream profile)
• To be responsible for providing specialist assessment, diagnosis & therapy packages into schools for these identified children.
• To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
• To provide face to face and remote support as needed – and to explore new ways of delivering remote therapy
• To write updated annual review reports in a timely manner
• To ensure that the needs of the children as specified in their EHCP are delivered
• 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 take part in/lead on audits and projects for the team/service
• To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
• To provide buddying and informal support for less experienced staff
• To provide formal supervision for less experienced staff, as needed







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 a senior therapist every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal
• Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences
• 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
• Frequent opportunities to come back to the office for informal support from the team
• Opportunities to develop your clinical skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a CEN, training courses and opportunities to invite a senior therapist for a joint consultation

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
• An annual service improvement plan in order to ensure that the service is continually evolving and developing
• 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 specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech, language, communication need.
• To be responsible for providing specialist assessment, diagnosis & 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 and communication needs.
• 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 take part in/lead on audits and projects for the team/service
• To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
• To provide buddying and informal support for less experienced staff
• To provide formal supervision for less experienced staff, as needed

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025