Speech & Language Therapist - Adult Learning Disabilirties

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Greater London seeks a Speech & Language Therapist to lead and deliver care to adults with learning disabilities and other communication challenges. Ideal candidates will have at least five years of experience, strong assessment skills, and a commitment to collaborative working. The role includes providing support to a multidisciplinary team and overseeing clinical caseloads. This is a full-time permanent position offering salary between £47,810 and £54,710, with high-cost area supplements and a collaborative working environment.

Benefits

Welcome Payment of up to £10,000

High-Cost Area Supplement

Comprehensive induction program

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years post-qualifying experience as SLT including three years in learning disability.
• Experience working with adults with speech, language, or communication needs.
• Ability to assess swallowing function and develop dysphagia interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support and lead care for young people with learning difficulties.
• Deliver Speech and Language Therapy for clients with communication and eating difficulties.
• Organize and prioritize workload for various cases.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Assessment skills

Risk management

Leadership

Training others

Problem-solving

Education

Professional qualification as Speech & Language Therapist

Current HCPC Registration

Job description

Go back NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Speech & Language Therapist - Adult Learning Disabilities

The closing date is 05 January 2026

The post holder will be a HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise pre-registration students. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.

The post holder will work as a member of the Community Learning Disability Team, to provide an efficient, effective and co-ordinated speech and language therapy service.

The post holder will take a lead role for your clinical area overseeing the whole caseload and providing clinical support for team members.

Welcome Payment

This post is eligible for the Trust 'Welcome to NELFT' Payment. A lump sum of 10% of the agreed basic salary, which is subject to a minimum of £4,000 and maximum of £10,000 of the full time basic salary (pro rata if part time and exclusive of HCAS payments). Payment of the incentive is applied with 50% paid at the end of the probationary period (typically six months) and then 50% at the end of year two. This welcome package is applicable to external candidates only.It is expected that you remain employed with NELFT for 2 years, should you leave within 2 years the Trust reserves the right to reclaim any monies paid.

Main duties of the job

1. The post holder will take a lead role in working with young people in transition with learning difficulties providing clinical support for team members.

To assess, develop and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment and management for adults with learning disabilities who also have communication, eating and/or swallowing difficulties, and may also have challenging behavior, providing the service to clients across Redbridge in a community person-centered domiciliary role.

2. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day today allocation of work.

4. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

5. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register

6. To work as part of an integrated community learning disability team which will include contribution to co-ordination of case management across various health and social care disciplines.

T To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly moving and handling

About us

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941) pro rata for part time staff.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification have been uploaded on documents.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A recognised professional qualification as Speech & Language Therapist
• Current HCPC Registration
• Evidence of on-going personal and professional development: leadership courses/training

Experience and Skills

• Minimum of five years post-qualifying experience as SLT including a minimum of three years in learning disability
• Experience of working with adults with a wide range of speech, language and /or communication needs since qualification
• Ability to deliver training internally within the profession and externally to other staff groups, particularly Education.
• Application of standardised Assessments and Outcome measures
• Supervision of students and staff
• Experience of providing training/or making presentations to other professionals
• Experience of assessing swallow function by means of videofluoroscopy
• Experience of developing interventions for dysphagia and monitoring these in the community
• Experience of designing innovative communication tools
• Responsible for a caseload of clients with complex needs
• Risk Assessment and management
• Offering support to carers/families in relation to distressing circumstances
• Working with a range of challenging behaviour
• Safeguarding adults and/or children
• Working as a Team member
• Successfully engaging a range of community based partners and agencies in achieving outcomes for service users
• Use of personal budgets to promote independence and social inclusion
• Experience of leading/managing staff
• Ability to provide leadership to multidisciplinary staff group
• Involvement in clinical audit
• Working as CPA care coordinator or case manager
• Experience of completing Care Reviews
• Experience of being a Safeguarding Adults Manager (SAM) and/or Investigating Officer

Knowledge

• Knowledge of broad range pf assessment tools and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
• Understanding of equality and diversity agenda
• Up to date knowledge of contemporary health and social care legislation and DOH policy direction
• Good understanding of SLT evidence based practice
• Good understanding of risk assessment and management procedures and application of positive risk taking
• Understanding of processes and issues in working with other agencies and partners
• Knowledge of the personalisation agenda and its implementation
• Evidence of post-qualification training in SLT
• Application of Care Programme Approach

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrate successful collaborative style of working with service users to achieve their goals
• Holistic assessment of service users' needs in regards to communication and swallowing
• Work effectively with a range of agencies coordinating care to achieve service user goals and developing outcomes focused Support plans/interventions
• Express sound clinical reasoning to colleagues and service users to discuss proposed interventions
• Ability to prioritise key tasks and manage time effectively
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Able to communicate complex information to other professionals, service users and families clearly and effectively.
• Negotiating and motivational skills
• Demonstrable skills in assessing and managing risk
• Ability to apply a range of skills and approaches to empower service users and carers
• Ability to assess complex service users with varied levels of disability and make appropriate recommendations re treatment and interventions
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to work within infection controland health and safety guidelines in order to deal appropriately and sensitively with clients' unpleasant physical contidions e.g., oral secretions, incontinence, exposure to body fluids, infectious conditions, encountered on a regular basis
• Ability to explore emotionally demanding aspects of the role with appropriate staff in both managerial and clinical supervision as well as in team meetings and informal work related support systems

Other

• To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
• Ability to work unsocial hours where required, providing high levels of emotional, clinical and managerial input to patients and carers

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.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Community Health and Social Care: Fairlop Cluster Team

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum plus HCAS pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Job share

Reference number

395-RR122-25

Job locations

Community Health and Social Care: Fairlop Cluster Team