Job summary
- Main area
- SALT
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-LIT1460
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Woodlane High School
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £22.92 Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 09/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
6
Welcome to Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH)
At CLCH, we proudly serve as a beacon of compassionate community healthcare across 14 vibrant London boroughs — Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, and Kingston — as well as Hertfordshire. We bring care closer to home, embracing the rich diversity of these communities with dedication and heart.
Recognised as a Good provider by the Care Quality Commission and celebrated among the top NHS employers, we are united by a shared passion: empowering our community health professionals to deliver care that truly makes a difference.
We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where every member of our team feels respected, valued, and inspired—a place where fairness, kindness, and inclusion blossom. Our culture is rooted in the principles of the NHS People Plan, Our NHS People Promise, and our own strategic Equality values and objectives, guiding us to create a truly supportive and inclusive workplace.
Together, we build a caring community where the warmth we show one another shines through in every life we touch.
Job overview
Job Purpose
The post holder will be responsible for:
Providing specialist assessment, diagnosis and intervention to children and young people with complex communication needs and dysphagia (eating, drinking and swallowing disorders) needs as relevant to the role.
This will include supporting parents, school staff and other professionals in all issues related to client management. Liaison with the MDT is an integral part of the role.
To assess the needs for, develop and implement specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children referred to the SLT service to mainstream schools.
To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of children with communication difficulties.
To be accountable for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice from senior colleagues as appropriate
The post holder will also provide some day-to-day supervision and peer review support to less experienced colleagues and students, including second opinions when necessary.
The post holder will run appropriate in service training independently for school and other staff.
The post holder will have well developed specialist skills in a specialist area of SLCN within the broad range of speech, language and communication needs encountered within the caseload of school aged children.
The post holder will liaise with other colleagues across a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.
Main duties of the job
To assess the need for, develop and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment to children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties
To analyse auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of children’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in the home, school and other relevant settings.
To assess children’s communication and interaction 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 make appropriate clinical decisions following assessment, using evidence-based practice and outcome measurement to provide the most effective treatment to children and their families within clearly defined care plan.
To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- First degree and Licence to Practise from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of supporting CYP, families and schools in line with the Children and Families Act 2014 including contribution to statutory assessments (Education Health and Care Plan Needs Assessments), contribution to the annual review process and delivery of SLT provision as specified in Education health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
- Collaborative work with parents and other professionals
- Experience Training others
Desirable criteria
- Interest to develop clinical specialism in education
- Training/experience of supporting students and more junior qualified therapists including provision of supervision and line management
- Post graduate clinical experience in paediatric dysphagia
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of typical child development Speech and Language, Play and other milestones
- Good working knowledge of appropriate range of assessments and interventions for school aged CYP with Speech, Language and Communication needs and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits to individual CYP
- Understanding and application of Education Practice and Policy including the Children and Families Act 2014
- Awareness of national policies and procedures (relevant to the Education)
- Excellent communication /presentation skills verbal and written
- Excellent Interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy
- Ability to organise and manage own caseload independently and support other more junior staff manage their caseload.
- Up to date knowledge of professional standards of record keeping
- Holistic view of communication problems and philosophy to back this
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bryony Schnadhorst
- Job title
- Locality Lead for Special Schools
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07468 758125
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