Overview
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
Do you want to be part of a friendly and supportive SLT team?
Do you want to be able to offer direct therapy to children in mainstream schools?
Do you want to develop your leadership skills?
Full Time Band 7 role:
We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon mainstream schools team supporting children and young people who have a speech, language or communication need.
You will be offering direct therapy for CYP in schools - working closely with school staff.
You will be part of a supportive band 7 team - and take a lead in developing projects and supervising more junior staff.
Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our wider service.
Responsibilities
* To provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy service to children in mainstream schools who have an identified speech/language/communication need. This role will include primary and secondary schools.
* To be responsible for providing highly specialist assessment & therapy packages into allocated schools.
* To train and support school staff & parents, in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
* To support schools with the early identification of children with speech/language/communication needs.
* To meet regularly with the SENCO to ensure that the needs of the schools are being met.
* To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
* To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
* To lead on identified audits and service improvement projects for the team/service
* To lead on identified clinical working groups for the service
* To deliver workshops for the wider speech and language therapy team
* To deliver training workshops for parents and school staff
* To offer joint consultations to other members of the team
* To jointly lead on developing the quality of the service provided to schools
* To be responsible for the performance management of identified team members
* To formally and informally support team members
* To support the team leader in the leading and development of the team
* To deputise for the team leader in the day to day management of the team as requested
Measures related to safeguarding, service improvement, and leadership responsibilities are included as part of the role.
What we can offer
* A buddy who will meet with you every week at first to help you settle in and answer questions
* Regular supervision meetings with the team leader every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal and informal support
* Termly peer supervision meetings to discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share experiences
* Regular meetings with the other band 7 mainstream team SLTs to ensure workload sharing and mutual support
* A busy but manageable caseload across a range of schools
* Opportunities for remote working in school and at home at the end of the day once a week
* Opportunities to develop clinical and leadership skills through study afternoons, shadowing, CEN membership, and training courses
Service achievements and environment
* Excellent relationships with schools – 91% of SENCOs report they are happy or very happy with the service
* Good relationships with parents – 92.5% of parents report they are happy or very happy with the service. A parent representative attends mainstream schools meetings and parent feedback is sought for new developments
* An annual service improvement plan to ensure continual evolution and development
* A strong track record on innovation and service development to provide a high quality service to children, schools and families
Note: This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025
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