# Senior Speech & Language Therapist

**Company**: London Borough Of Waltham Forest
**Location**: London Borough of Waltham Forest
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 61,476 - 69,807 per year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Speech and Language Therapist to lead and develop the speech, language and communication offer within Waltham Forest’s new Experts at Hand team.

This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in delivering SEND reform, improving outcomes for children and young people and embedding communication-inclusive practice across education settings and children's services.

Working at both strategic and operational levels, you will be the Council's senior specialist adviser on speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), responsible for implementing Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC), leading service development, workforce growth and evidence-based practice across the local area.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Lead the speech, language and communication element of the Experts at Hand service.

- Provide professional and clinical leadership across the service.

- Drive the development of speech, language and communication pathways as part of our SEND transformation programme.

- Undertake highly specialist assessments and contribute to multidisciplinary assessment and diagnostic processes.

- Design and oversee early intervention support pathways.

- Lead the implementation of Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC) principles.

- Develop and quality assure training and workforce development programmes.

- Supervise and develop Speech and Language Therapists and a team of Language Assistants.

- Work collaboratively with schools, families, health partners, educational psychologists and social care colleagues.

- Use data, outcomes and evidence to drive continuous service improvement and innovation.

**Qualifications and Requirements:**

- Extensive post-qualification experience supporting children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.

- Advanced knowledge of assessment, intervention and differential diagnosis.

- Strong understanding of SEND legislation, the SEND Code of Practice and Education, Health and Care processes.

- Experience of leading, supervising and developing practitioners and support staff.

- A track record of influencing practice, building partnerships and leading change.

- Excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills.

- The ability to balance strategic leadership with direct clinical expertise.

**Terms and Conditions:**

- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;

- Satisfactory declaration of interest;

- This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;

- Satisfactory DBS check;

- Continued professional body registration;

- As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English.

## Skills

### Required
- Speech and Language Therapy
- SEND legislation
- Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC)
- clinical supervision

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