• Job Description

  Req#: E0279-25-1217?language=en&page=704&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a compassionate and forward-thinking Speech and Language Therapist looking to build on your experience with school-aged children who have speech, language, and communication needs? Do you want to be part of a supportive and progressive team thats committed to delivering the highest standards of clinical care?

  AtChildren's Speech and Language Therapy in West Essex, youll be part of the award-winningEssex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, where were leading the way with an innovative, integrated partnership model in collaboration with Barnardos. Recognised nationally and presented to government and local authorities, our approach puts more time and people into frontline services improving outcomes for children and families across the community.

  As aBand 6 Speech and Language Therapist, youll provide direct support to children and young people, their families, and other service users. Youll work closely with colleagues across our Pre-Birth to 19 Team and Specialist Childrens Services, including our pioneeringJADES pathwayfor autism assessment and early support. Youll also collaborate with partners in health, education, and social care to help children overcome communication barriers and achieve their full potential.

  This is afull-time position based at our Tree House Family Hub location in Harlow.

  Main duties of the job

  • Independently manage a delegated caseload of children across a range of settings, providing assessment, differential diagnosis, and evidence-based interventions.
  • Collaborate closely with parents, carers, and professionals to set goals, agree treatment plans, and review outcomes for children with speech, language, and communication needs.
  • Communicate clinical findings and recommendations through detailed reports, including contributions to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and multiagency documentation.
  • Participate in multiagency meetings, including safeguarding case conferences, and ensure safeguarding concerns are reported in line with local policies.
  • Adapt clinical practice to meet the individual needs of children and families, considering cultural and linguistic diversity.
  • Deliver training to colleagues, carers, and education professionals to support childrens communication needs across settings.
  • Work in partnership with the Pre-Birth to 19 service, Early Years settings, and schools to promote integrated and coordinated care.
  • Contribute to service development, support key performance targets, and participate in clinical audit and governance activities.

  Please see the attached job description for a full list of 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

  01 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  HCRGCG/TP/25229/16034

  Job locations

  HCRG Care Group

  Harlow

  Essex

  CM18 7NG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As aSpecialist Speech and Language Therapistyoull be working as part of the NHS inWest Essexwhere we deliver community health services to children and young people aged 0-19. This post is for a candidate who wishes to work predominantly with school aged children.

  You will feel valued as aSpecialist Childrens Speech and Language Therapistwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • Salary of £37,338 - £44,962 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • Free tea and coffee at your base location
  • 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 a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

  The Ideal Candidate

  • Holds a recognised degree or postgraduate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy, with currentHCPC registrationandRCSLT membership.

  • Has a minimum of2 years post-qualification experience, withspecialist knowledgeof assessment and intervention for children with speech, language, and communication needs.

  • Demonstratesevidence of continued professional development, including relevant post-graduate training and participation in Clinical Excellence Networks.

  • Understandslocal and national policies, particularly those related to child protection, education, and childrens health services.

  • Confidently manages their own caseload and works effectively across arange of client groups and settings.

  • Brings experience indelivering and developing trainingfor carers and professionals.

  • Possesses strongcommunication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to build positive relationships and work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment.

  • Adaptable and well-organised, with the ability toprioritise effectivelyand respond to changing needs in a fast-paced service.

  • Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As aSpecialist Speech and Language Therapistyoull be working as part of the NHS inWest Essexwhere we deliver community health services to children and young people aged 0-19. This post is for a candidate who wishes to work predominantly with school aged children.

  You will feel valued as aSpecialist Childrens Speech and Language Therapistwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

  • Salary of £37,338 - £44,962 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
  • Free tea and coffee at your base location
  • 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 a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

  The Ideal Candidate

  • Holds a recognised degree or postgraduate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy, with currentHCPC registrationandRCSLT membership.

  • Has a minimum of2 years post-qualification experience, withspecialist knowledgeof assessment and intervention for children with speech, language, and communication needs.

  • Demonstratesevidence of continued professional development, including relevant post-graduate training and participation in Clinical Excellence Networks.

  • Understandslocal and national policies, particularly those related to child protection, education, and childrens health services.

  • Confidently manages their own caseload and works effectively across arange of client groups and settings.

  • Brings experience indelivering and developing trainingfor carers and professionals.

  • Possesses strongcommunication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to build positive relationships and work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment.

  • Adaptable and well-organised, with the ability toprioritise effectivelyand respond to changing needs in a fast-paced service.

  • Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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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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