# Speech and Language Therapist - SLT Education Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speech-and-language-therapist-slt-education-team/2d438ce2-4b66-46b2-8823-d206aa9a294d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speech-and-language-therapist-slt-education-team/2d438ce2-4b66-46b2-8823-d206aa9a294d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** The Medical Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 Per annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-14T08:21:03.208Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_London_Community_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Speech_Language_Therapy/Speech_Language_Therapy-v8229809 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8229809?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.clch.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you looking to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people? Come and join the CLCH SLT education team! We have an opportunity for a NQP's or experienced Band 5 therapist to join the SLT education team. The post includes working with a varied caseload across mainstream schools in the inner London boroughs of Westminster, and Kensington & Chelsea. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm, excellent interpersonal and team-working skills, and an interest and experience of working with school-aged children and young people. Take a look at our recruitment video to find out more about working in our teams: CLCH S&L Recruitment - YouTube ### Main duties of the job - To manage and prioritise own caseload independently, generating appropriate strategies for caseload management. - To assess the need for, develop, and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children referred within locality, and provide advice to others regarding the management and care of children with communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties as required within the role. - To assess children’s language and communication needs, and provide professional advice to contribute to statutory assessments (Education Health and Care Plan Needs Assessments) and the annual review process for individual children in line with the Children and Families Act 2014. - To deliver Speech and Language Therapy provision to children as specified in Education Health and Care Plans in line with the Children and Families Act 2014. - To analyse auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of children’s communication, and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in relevant setting. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication skills both verbal, non-verbal and written - Working in collaboration with children and young people, parents/carers and families - Ability to adapt communication skills to meet the needs of others - Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment diagnosis and treatment of children with a broad range of speech, language and communication difficulties - Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically - Knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for children with Speech, Language and Communication needs and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual children - Awareness of national policies and procedures (relevant to school aged children) including education practice and policy - Knowledge of professional standards of record keeping - Working in partnership with other members of the MDT - To be able to demonstrate empathy and sensitivity and awareness of the needs of others - Excellent organisational and time management skills - Knowledge of religious, cultural and linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management **Desirable** - Knowledge of Clinical Governance - Knowledge of principles and models of Adult-Child Interaction ### Experience **Essential** - Working with children in clinics and/or school based settings **Desirable** - Experience Training others - Working with multi-cultural client groups ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent and Licence to Practice – Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists - Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT ## Documents - [clch trust values (pdf, 893.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10539507) - [functional requirements form (pdf, 439.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10539506) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10539505) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.