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Signed off on your NQP competencies and looking to develop as a band 6 therapist?
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service are looking for a band 6 therapist to join our large, diverse, and supportive team on the school-aged pathway. We serve the South-East London Borough of Lewisham, as part of the Community Health Service for Children, Young People and Families (CCYP) rated at ‘Outstanding’ in our last CQC inspection.
In this post you will work across our core and traded pathways, providing universal, targeted and specialist support to your own caseload of schools.
Main duties of the job
We have a whole service approach which means that as a therapist on the school’s pathway, you will have strong links and access to the support of therapists working in special schools, Early Years and Complex Needs & Feeding.
We offer a comprehensive and structured induction to all of our new starters followed by regular, high quality clinical supervision. You will also be allocated a ‘schools team buddy’ to support your transition into the team.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Summary:
- Accountable to Therapies Manager
- To contribute to the School Aged team in developing, testing out and implementing new ways of working.
- To ensure that the service provided is integrated (within the relevant multi/uni disciplinary care pathways), evidence based and delivered in accordance with care pathways/protocols and responsive to the needs of the local population.
- To assess, diagnose, manage and evaluate outcomes for children and young people presenting with a range of speech, language, communication difficulties some of which may be highly complex.
- The post holder will hold an area of special interest within the profile of the clinical caseload.
- To develop, implement and evaluate specialist teaching packages within the clinical caseload.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate post-qualification experience working with children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs
- Able to demonstrate experience of working with schools and engaging them in interventions
- Experience of collaborative working with education staff and parents.
- Experience of training others
Desirable
- Experience of supporting other less experienced staff/students
- Experience of working with Teaching Assistants
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice
- Registration as a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Desirable
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
- Post graduate study relevant to the field or equivalent specialist advanced short courses
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This advert is for Specialist Speech & Language Therapist with Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum plus HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Jul 2026.
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