# Speech and Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speech-and-language-therapist/a87e0248-7553-4819-9724-8476e3da1bf3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/speech-and-language-therapist/a87e0248-7553-4819-9724-8476e3da1bf3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Homerton University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 p.a. inc. pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Until 31st August 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Term time hours, 37.5 hours per week (We consider part time working and term time hours) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-26T11:00:45.110Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Childrens_Speech_Language_Therapy_Service/Childrens_Speech_Language_Therapy_Service-v8184092 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8184092?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Hackney is a great place to start your career. We have a great reputation for both the services we offer and the support we provide to our staff. We have a high quality, comprehensive service to children, young people and families. We work wherever children and young people are based including: Children’s Centres, Early Years settings, nurseries, mainstream primary and secondary schools, colleges, special schools, child development service and a range of specialist provisions. All Speech and Language Therapy posts are locality team based and strong multi-disciplinary links exist across agencies. The service has developed the largest and most comprehensive traded services offer in the UK, and as a result attracts a high percentage of direct school funding. School commissions are on an annual basis and as a result these staff contracts are also. We are proud to be commissioned by health, education and schools and colleges in Hackney and out of borough as well as Youth Justice and the Virtual School for Looked after Children. We have a strong relationship with schools and alternative providers and are growing in traded services. Although this post is short term in this advert the funding is anticipated to continue, and as a large service, other opportunities frequently arise, including internal promotions when available. ### Main duties of the job The Children's Integrated Speech and Language Therapy Service for Hackney & the City is a unique collaboration between local health & education agencies. By pooling resources, the service is able to provide high quality, comprehensive service to children/young people & families within Hackney & The City and other London boroughs. We look to have have sessions available within our Mainstream Schools Service and Early Years service. Mainstream school settings are in Hackney and we also work in West London alongside our partner West London Zone/All Child. The post holder will assess/diagnose speech, language and communication needs in children and young people (CYP). They will plan and implement programmes of support and intervention for CYP with speech, language, and communication needs, including CYP with complex needs. This includes the supervision of speech and language therapy assistants and collaborative work with other agencies. The post holder will attend relevant training to work towards more specialist skills & knowledge and participate in CPD and other developmental activities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page. The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. ### 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 ### Other **Essential** - Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act - Understanding of the Trust values - Ability and willingness to travel around the Borough and other boroughs where necessary ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills - Negotiation and problem solving Skills - Demonstrates ability to be a good team member - Ability to adapt to a range of different clinical areas - Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills - Well-developed concentration skills - Good presentation skills, both written and verbal - Good organisational and prioritisation skills - Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically **Desirable** - Speaker of a relevant community language ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues - Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group) - An understanding of principles of assessment and intervention for bilingual children - Understanding of the principles of clinical governance /audit - Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group) - Understanding of standards of record keeping - Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group - Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group) ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level **Desirable** - Other relevant experience (e.g.: personal experience of children, previous experience of working with children and /or people with disabilities - Other relevant experience in child care or educational settings ### Qualifications **Essential** - Recognised SLT degree - Member of HCPC **Desirable** - Member of RCSLT ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937) - [jd and ps speech and language therapist (pdf, 243.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10487853) ## 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.