Speech and Language Therapist

Central London Community Health Trust

Speech and Language Therapist

Band 5 Speech and Language TherapistEarly Years Service, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea

Are you looking to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people? Come and join the CLCH SLT Early Years team!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an NQP or experienced Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our innovative and supportive Speech and Language Therapy Early Years Service at Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust.

We are looking for a speech and language therapist with enthusiasm, excellent interpersonal and team-working skills who are seeking to develop and broaden their clinical experience of working with preschool children in a highly skilled, dynamic and supportive team.

Our Early Years team works in close partnership with local stakeholders to deliver SLCN support across the Boroughs of Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea. Our Speech and Language Therapy Service supports prevention and early intervention targeted support in addition to comprehensive assessment and evidence-based therapy packages for pre-school children with a range of SLCN. We are using local population health data to tailor our support offers and work closely with our partners within the boroughs.

You will have access to excellent supervision and support with a range of training and shadowing opportunities, to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Join us if you want to:

• Continue to develop your clinical skills working with a varied preschool caseload, carrying out assessments, identifying needs, developing, implementing and evaluating specialist programmes of care
• Work with early years staff and families to embed communication supportive environments and run evidence based targeted interventions
• Support the development of the universal and targeted service to children and families with a range of SLC needs
• Be part of a service which has an active diversity and inclusion ethos where EDI is established as part of our Business as Usual when thinking about our service users and our staff
• Contribute to the quality improvement work of the wider CLCH SLT early years service

Key duties include:

• Provide an accessible, person centred, needs led SLT service to the 0-5 age population and their families
• Work with increasing independence to provide assessment, diagnosis, intervention and discharge for children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs
• Work closely with children, parents, carers and multi-disciplinary team members across Health, Social Services, Education and Children's Services to identify and support children's Speech, Language and Communication Needs
• To understand and meet professional and legal SEND responsibilities including contributing to statutory assessments of special educational needs and delivery of SLT provision as specified in Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)

About us

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life's most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Benefits

• Competitive salary: £38,488 to £46,852 a year
• Excellent supervision and support
• Range of training and shadowing opportunities
• Inclusive organisation that invests in its people

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Health Care Professionals Council Licence to Practise
• Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT with the right to work in the UK

Experience

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/postgraduate level working with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs
• Experience working collaboratively with parents/carers and other health/education professionals

Skills

• Knowledge of child development and its application to speech and language therapy
• 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
• Able to demonstrate clear clinical reasoning based on evidence-based practice
• Religious, Cultural and Linguistic issues impacting upon caseload management
• Able to identify appropriate goals and formulate care plans
• Awareness of standards of record keeping
• Understanding of safeguarding
• Able to use own initiative to organise and manage own caseload
• Knowledge of standards of record keeping
• Knowledge of Education Practice and Policy including the Children and Families Act 2014 and National Curriculum
• Awareness of national policies and procedures (relevant to preschool aged children)
• Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)