Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Lewisham And Greenwich Nhs Trust; Grove Park; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust’s Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service is hiring a Band 6 therapist to support school-aged caseloads across special schools and mainstream pathways. You’ll split your week between Watergate Special School and the mainstream core/traded pathway, providing universal, targeted and specialist support.

You will receive comprehensive induction, regular clinical supervision, and a buddy system to support your transition into the team.

Qualifications

• Recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent.
• HCPC Licence to Practice.
• Registration with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Responsibilities

• Accountable to Therapies Manager.
• Contribute to School Aged team development and new ways of working.
• Assess, diagnose, manage and evaluate outcomes for children with speech, language and communication needs.
• Develop a special area of interest within the clinical caseload.
• Create, implement and evaluate specialist teaching packages.

Skills

Experience with SLCN children

Engaging with schools

Collaboration with families

Education

Speech & Language Therapy degree or equivalent

HCPC Licence to Practice

Registration with RC? SLT

Job description

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service are looking for a band 6 therapist to join our large, diverse, and supportive team on the school-aged pathway. We serve the South-East London Borough of Lewisham, as part of the Community Health Service for Children, Young People and Families (CCYP) rated at 'Outstanding' in our last CQC inspection. In this post you will work across our special schools and mainstream core and traded pathways providing universal, targeted and specialist support to your own caseload of schools. With 2 days per week at Watergate Special School for children with severe learning disabilities (primary) and 3 days per week in the mainstream core/traded pathway.

Main duties of the job

We offer a comprehensive and structured induction to all of our new starters followed by regular, high quality clinical supervision. You will also be allocated a 'buddy' to support your transition into the team.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum plus HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 197-RF8885
Closing date: 08 November 2026

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

• Accountable to Therapies Manager
• To contribute to the School Aged team in developing, testing out and implementing new ways of working.
• To ensure that the service provided is integrated (within the relevant multi/uni disciplinary care pathways), evidence based and delivered in accordance with care pathways/protocols and responsive to the needs of the local population.
• To assess, diagnose, manage and evaluate outcomes for children and young people presenting with a range of speech, language, communication difficulties some of which may be highly complex.
• The post holder will hold an area of special interest within the profile of the clinical caseload.
• To develop, implement and evaluate specialist teaching packages within the clinical caseload.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registration as a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Desirable

• Membership of relevant CENs
• Post graduate study relevant to the field or equivalent specialist advanced short courses
• Post graduate training in the area of dysphagia.

Experience

Essential

• Able to demonstrate post-qualification experience working with children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs
• Able to demonstrate experience of working with schools and engaging them in interventions
• Experience of collaborative working with education staff and parents.
• Experience of training others
• Experience of working with children with complex needs including severe learning disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, physical disabilities, sensory difficulties, profound and multiple complex needs

Desirable

• Experience of using SCERTS framework with children with ASD
• Experience working with children with eating and drinking difficulties

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address: Kaleidoscope, 32 Rushey Green, London, SE6 4JF, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Principal Speech and Language Therapist, Alice Gallimore, [e-mail], 07775222737