Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Mainstream Schools

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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Location

London, England

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Salary

£42,939 - £50,697 Pro rata per annum incl. HCAS

Profession

Speech and Language Therapist

Grade

Band 6

Deadline

28 Jul 2025

Contract Type

Permanent

Posted Date

14 Jul 2025

Job overview

Do you want to be part of a friendly and supportive SLT team?

Do you want to be able to offer direct therapy to children in mainstream schools?

0.8 band 6 role:

We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon mainstream schools team supporting children and young people who have a Hillingdon EHCP but who are attending a mainstream school outside of Hillingdon or are Electively Home Educated.

You will have the opportunity to work both directly with CYP and staff in schools - as well as making use of some online therapy where this meets the CYP's needs.

Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our wider service

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools with a Hillingdon EHCP who are attending out of borough mainstream schools and who have an identified speech, language, communication need.
To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children with a Hillingdon EHCP who are being electively home educated (and who have a mainstream profile)
To be responsible for providing specialist assessment, diagnosis & therapy packages into schools for these identified children.
To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
To provide face to face and remote support as needed – and to explore new ways of delivering remote therapy
To write updated annual review reports in a timely manner
To ensure that the needs of the children as specified in their EHCP are delivered
To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
To take part in/lead on audits and projects for the team/service
To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
To provide buddying and informal support for less experienced staff

To provide formal supervision for less experienced staff, as needed

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech, language, communication need.
To be responsible for providing specialist assessment, diagnosis & therapy packages into allocated schools.
To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
To support schools with the early identification of children with speech, language and communication needs.
To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
To take part in/lead on audits and projects for the team/service
To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
To provide buddying and informal support for less experienced staff
To provide formal supervision for less experienced staff, as needed

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.