Speech & Language Therapist

The Witherslack Group; Northampton; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Holiday entitlement

Clinical development programme

Flexible benefits

Medical cover

Beautiful facilities

Job summary

The Witherslack Group seeks a qualified Speech and Language Therapist (HCPC registered) to join its Avon Park School team in Northampton. You will deliver tailored SLT interventions for children with complex needs, working alongside educational and residential colleagues to create therapeutic living and learning environments.

You’ll benefit from a structured clinical development programme, full induction, generous holidays, and extensive wellbeing and flexi-benefits in a supportive, inclusive

Qualifications

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC.
• Experience delivering therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs.
• Be able to engage and support educational and residential colleagues within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualised SLT interventions based on clinical assessment.
• Collaborate with teachers, residential staff and families to support living and learning environments.
• Contribute to clinical development and supervision within the team.

Skills

SLT

Leadership

Engagement with children

Organisation

Education

SLT degree

HCPC registered

Job description

Speech & Language Therapist

Date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00

Location: Northampton

Northamptonshire

GB

NN1 2

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 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, 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

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, resource, 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 organized 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.