Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post. To provide a specialist clinical SLT service to children and young people with speech, language, and communication needs within our mainstream schools and early years settings. To work with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. To work with children with speech, language and communication needs in the early years including children with social communication differences and/or Autism and associated language disorder. To participate in the co-ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information for early years/school staff, parents and carers and colleagues in health and education. To work as part of a team with early years colleagues, class-teachers, learning support assistants, head teacher, therapists, and the child's family / carers. Main duties of the job To provide an assessment and therapy service for children with speech and language needs for CYP referred to the early years team and mainstream schools within the Borough of Bexley. To manage a complex communication caseload independently, accessing clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis and to make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice when appropriate. To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and intervention of autism spectrum disorder, providing second opinions and supervision to other members of the team. To deliver care in line with the RCSLT/HCPC professional guidelines and standards. To be responsible for the planning, and evaluation of evidence-based therapy interventions. To monitor and review the progress of therapy programmes implemented and facilitate modifications of interventions / targets as appropriate. To maintain professional competence through personal development and training. To be responsible for maintaining own professional registration and meet HCPC Registration requirements maintaining a professional portfolio. To reflect on clinical practice identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical practice. To undertake mandatory training in line with Trust Policy and attend updates and study days as appropriate to the post. To undertake relevant public health skills training and updates as required. About us Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: We're Kind We're Fair We Listen We Care Details Date posted 15 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £45,953 to £54,254 a year pa inc Contract Fixed term Duration 12 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number 277-8223033-CYP-A Job locations Erith District Hospital Erith DA8 3EE United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities To provide an assessment and therapy service for children and young people with speech and language, communication needs, and children and young people with social communication differences /Autism referred to the SLT service. To ensure involvement of education staff, the family / carer, other professional staff and the client in the therapy planning and programme. To provide therapy intervention if required. To work with the education staff/practitioners in promoting the childs speech, language, and communication. To contribute to the setting and review of the childs IEP, individualised work, and / or group work joint planning. To provide therapy planning and intervention within a multidisciplinary framework wherever possible, working alongside SLT Assistants, Educational Psychologists, Bexley Early Autism Servic