NHS

Band 5 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist


Pay29,970.00 - 36,483.00 / year
LocationHarlow/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: E0279-25-1196?language=en&page=555&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      Join us as aPaediatric Speech and Language Therapist, in our excitingSEND Therapy ServiceinWest Essex.

      We are looking for a Childrens Speech and Language Therapist to work with early years and school aged children, in their educational settings and their home, as part of our Special Educational Needs (SEND) Therapies team.

      You will have the opportunity to work hybrid between visits to local schools and completing virtual sessions from home on a full or part time basis. The role has core hours during school times (with the occasional out of hours for meetings with school staff or parents)with the option to complete your additional hours flexibly.

      As you will be visiting local schools as part of your role, a driving license and access to a vehicle is essential

      Bulk of core clinical delivery to take place within school hours and education term dates, however service needs not to be exclusively term time only, with clinical and administrative work for school holiday periods to be discussed and agreed with SEND Therapies Manager. Post holder may be required to support Community Therapy service, if appropriate.

      Caseload agreed with SEND Therapies manager, with time allocated for clinical delivery, training, travel, CPD, meetings and supervision, appropriate to role and geographical team

      Main duties of the job

      Your key responsibilities will be:

      • Manage own delegated caseload of SEND children independently across a variety of predominantly educational settings.
      • Work with parents/carers, education colleagues, the multidisciplinary team and the wider childrens workforce to provide a co-ordinated approach to childrens speech, language and communication needs, as part of their EHCP provision.
      • Assess and formulate treatment plans in collaboration with parents, carers, schools and other professionals, write assessment reports, provide appropriate intervention and evaluate treatment outcomes
      • Support the service to meet key performance targets and contribute to agreed service development.
      • Work in partnership with other agencies in order to meet local and national objectives as agreed with commissioners and SEND Therapies Manager.
      • Supervise and allocate work to assistants, SLT students and less experienced therapists, when required.

      Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

      About us

      About the Company

      We change lives by transforming health and care.

      Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

      Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

      While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

      To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

      Details

      Date posted

      02 July 2025

      Pay scheme

      Agenda for change

      Band

      Band 5

      Salary

      £29,970 to £36,483 a year

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time, Part-time

      Reference number

      HCRGCG/TP/25229/15992

      Job locations

      HCRG Care Group

      Harlow

      Essex

      CM18 7NG


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      We are looking for someone who:

      • Has a HCPC Registration in Speech and Language Therapy
      • Be registered with their professional body (Royal College of SLT)
      • Driving licence and access to a vehicle
      • Strong interest in the field of Paediatric Speech Therapy

      Experience with the following client groups is desirable:

      • Hearing impairment
      • Developmental Language Disorder
      • Complex needs
      • Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), including Makaton, light-tech and high-tech AAC
      • Autism, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay

      As a Band 5 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist you will be part of our valued team in our Slough Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

      • £29,970 - £36,483 (Band 5 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
      • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
      • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
      • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
      • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
      • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
      • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      We are looking for someone who:

      • Has a HCPC Registration in Speech and Language Therapy
      • Be registered with their professional body (Royal College of SLT)
      • Driving licence and access to a vehicle
      • Strong interest in the field of Paediatric Speech Therapy

      Experience with the following client groups is desirable:

      • Hearing impairment
      • Developmental Language Disorder
      • Complex needs
      • Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), including Makaton, light-tech and high-tech AAC
      • Autism, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay

      As a Band 5 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist you will be part of our valued team in our Slough Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

      • £29,970 - £36,483 (Band 5 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
      • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
      • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
      • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
      • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
      • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
      • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

      Person Specification

      General Requirements

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      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

      Employer details

      Employer name

      HCRG Care Group

      Address

      HCRG Care Group

      Harlow

      Essex

      CM18 7NG


      Employer's website

      https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      HCRG Care Group

      Address

      HCRG Care Group

      Harlow

      Essex

      CM18 7NG


      Employer's website

      https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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