Speech & Language Therapist

The Witherslack Group; Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and induction

Generous school holiday schedule (paid

Employee wellbeing

Medical cover

Flexible benefits

£1,000 refer-a-friend

Job summary

The Witherslack Group is hiring a Speech and Language Therapist. You will join a multi-disciplinary clinical team providing targeted SLT interventions to children with complex needs within a school and care setting.

Be HCPC registered and ready to lead and train others, while staying highly organised and focused on delivering the best outcomes for young people. The role is part-time with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC.
• Specialist with proven skills and experience delivering interventions to children with complex needs.
• Experience supporting teams around a child to ensure clinically informed environments.
• Be a confident, engaging leader and trainer.
• Be highly organised and proactive.
• Committed to achieving the best outcomes for young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical SLT interventions to children and young people with complex needs.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary clinical team to plan and implement living and learning environments.
• Deliver individualised interventions based on assessment and formulation.
• Support educational and residential colleagues to integrate therapeutic approaches.
• Engage with supervision and ongoing clinical development.

Skills

HCPC registration

SLT with children

MDT teamwork

Organisation

Education

Degree in Speech & Language Therapy

Job description

Speech & Language Therapist

2026-10-18T00:00:00

Location: Leicester, Leicestershire, GB, LE1 5

Part Time

Employer: Witherslack Group

Application Deadline: 2027-01-17T18:00:40.45

Salary: £38,730 - £46,789 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. Check out this video on what life as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like!

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Avon Park School, 4-days-per-week.

Avon Park School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education for boys and girls. Based in Rugby, the school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils who have a range of complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviours.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

What we do for you

• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays
• Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high‑street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities - check out our schools here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within our living and learning environments, you will be offered the support, resources and platform for you to do great things. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi‑disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way. Here's a few things we'll need from you:

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC
• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs
• Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences
• Be a confident, engaging and effective model, guide, leader and trainer.
• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative
• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

Interested in joining us?

At Witherslack Group, inclusion is part of who we are. We're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, valued and that they truly belong.

As a specialist provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs, we understand the importance of embracing individuality and championing difference—especially when it comes to neurodiversity. We celebrate diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and the unique strengths that each person brings to our community.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities. We are proud to be recognised as an inclusive employer and are committed to making our recruitment and workplace practices inclusive and accessible. If you need any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process or in the workplace, we'll be there every step of the way.

By building a diverse and inclusive team, we're better able to support the children, young people and families we serve and ensure every member of our team can thrive, grow, and be their authentic self.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please see the related links.

To view our ex-offenders policy and Child Protection Policy, please refer to the relevant sections on our website. All our schools can be found on our platform.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

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Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC

Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs

Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences

Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer.

Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative

Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people, To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. Check out this video on what life as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like!

Get out what you put in

This role is based at Avon Park School School, 4-days-per-week.

Avon Park School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education for boys and girls. Based in Rugby, the school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils who have a range of complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviours.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined‑up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

What we do for you

We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:

Training: A full induction and on the job training

Holiday: You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays

Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here

Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high‑street discounts

Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities - check out our schools here

A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time, At Witherslack Group, inclusion is part of who we are. We're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, valued and that they truly belong.

As a specialist provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs, we understand the importance of embracing individuality and championing difference- especially when it comes to neurodiversity. We celebrate diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and the unique strengths that each person brings to our community.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities. We are proud to be recognised as an inclusive employer and are committed to making our recruitment and workplace practices inclusive and accessible. If you need any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process or in the workplace, we'll be there every step of the way.

By building a diverse and inclusive team, we're better able to support the children, young people and families we serve and ensure every member of our team can thrive, grow, and be their authentic self.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

£38,730 - £46,789 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits