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Job requirements
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Willing and able to work flexibly across sites
- Experience
Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Negotiation and Problem-solving Skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Good presentation skills, both written and verbal including ability to write clear and concise reports
- Knowledge and Skills
Working knowledge of relevant information technology
- Knowledge and Skills
Good organisational skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of relevant assessment tools
- Knowledge and Skills
Skills in planning, assessing and implementing relevant intervention
- Knowledge and Skills
Awareness and sensitivity to the needs of clients from a range of ethnic and linguistic backgrounds
- Education/ Qualification
Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree/Post graduate degree Qualification or equivalent
- Education/ Qualification
Health Professions Council – Licence to Practise
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and Skills
Understanding of local issues relevant to delivery of a Speech & Language Therapy service
- Education/ Qualification
Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a newly qualifying or an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our growing children's speech and language therapy team.
Main duties of the job
We have opportunities to work across the service including Early Years, mainstream schools and complex needs. Your role will involve working across no more than two parts of the service. Sessions will be allocated depending on experience and interest.
Within the Schools Team, the caseload is varied, split between delivering a core service and a buy in service into the schools. There are opportunities within pre-school, primary and secondary settings where we work in close partnership with school staff to provide a 3 tier model of universal, targeted and specialist support for children, young people and their families. Training for school staff and families is a crucial part of the service we deliver.
Within the Early Years service you will be seeing children within clinics and nurseries. We deliver 1-1 dynamic assessments/ intervention and provide parent workshops and groups in our Family hubs and Children’s centres.
Within the complex needs service you will be working with children and families in a clinic setting and/or in a specialist resource or special school setting.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are part of a multi-disciplinary therapies team who work to deliver a high quality service for the children of Newham and their families. Within the Child Development Service, the team work closely with multidisciplinary partners such as Dietitians, Paediatricians, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapist and Specialist nurses,
For full details please refer to the attached job description and person specification
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £36,943 - £44,900 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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