Speech & Language Therapist

瑓杣; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave (27 days)

Christmas/New Year additional days

Wellbeing leave (5 days)

Pension scheme

Subsidised sports facilities

Professional development and training

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

South Thames Colleges Group is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to support learners in accessing curriculum and developing communication skills across environments.

You will conduct holistic SLT assessments, devise person-centred interventions, and work with teaching teams to transfer skills to home and community settings. Travel to other STCG sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Holds a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and registered with HCPC.
• Experience assessing learners with Learning Disabilities and Autism.
• Experience devising and implementing evidence-based interventions.
• Comfortable writing reports and support plans / communication guidelines.
• Knowledge of AAC and communication/learning strategies.
• Membership of RCST desirable; awareness of Positive Behaviour Support.

Responsibilities

• Carry out holistic Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions.
• Support learners to access the curriculum across settings.
• Assist teaching teams to transfer skills to home/community/work.
• Travel to and work from other STCG sites as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Report writing

Assessment

AAC knowledge

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Carshalton College & Merton College
24/08/2026
£40,972 - £49,191 per annum (& up to £3,000 market supplement)

As a College we believe that young adults should be respected and have their individual choices, needs and aspirations reflected in the educational opportunities made available to them. We encourage independence in all our learners and support them to achieve their full potential through a high-quality curriculum to develop skills in living, work, community and communication. These skills planned to reflect the individual leaners Educational and Health Care Plan target outcomes.

The therapy department at South Thames College Group embraces a neurodiversity affirming, strength-based approach, rather than an impairment-based and medical model approach. This means that we accept, validate and learn from a student’s developmental differences and aim to provide support and accommodations that affirm their neurodivergent identity, rather than thinking that the individual needs to be fixed or cured of their neurotype.

As our Speech and Language Therapist, you will play a vital role in supporting learners to access the curriculum of their choice. You will be supporting students and the teaching teams to manage their communication, social and behavioural strengths and needs in a range of different environmental settings.

You will carry out holistic Speech and Language Therapy assessments and person-centred interventions that will support learners to access and develop their functional skills across the curriculum. You will understand the impact of communication difficulties on a person’s function and behaviour and support learners teaching teams, to transfer skills developed at the college to the learners’ home environment and community / work settings.

We’d like our Speech and Language Therapist to hold a degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with the Health Professions Council. We’d like you to have experience of assessing learners with Learning Disabilities and Autism, both formally and informally and have experience of devising and implementing evidence-based intervention for learners with different communication profiles.

You’ll be comfortable with writing reports and support plans / communication guidelines for a range of audiences and needs and have some knowledge of AAC and communication / learning strategies for this client group. Membership of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists is desirable, as is an awareness of the principles of Positive Behaviour Support.

The post is based primarily at Carshalton and Merton College however you may be required to travel to and work from other STCG sites.

Closing date for the return of an online application form is 24th August 2026.

The benefits package includes:

• generous annual leave of 27 days
• up to 8 additional days over Christmas/New Year
• an additional 5 days Wellbeing leave to enhance employees' physical and mental health
• this leave is all in addition to Bank Holiday entitlement
• an excellent pension scheme that receives a significant financial contribution from the employer (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme)
• subsidised sports facilities
• professional development and training
• a salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme

South Thames Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

As outlined in the Public Sector Equality Duty of the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

As part of our due diligence checks on prospective employees, successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

The South Thames Colleges Group is made up of Carshalton College, Kingston College, Merton College and South Thames College, which merged on 1 August 2017. South Thames Colleges Group is one of London’s largest providers of post-16 education and training and is an ongoing and significant contributor to its local communities. We aim to put students’ success at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for hard-working and collaborative people who can join our team and help challenge our students to progress and achieve.