Speech and Language Therapist Band 7 Lead - September / October Start
Brent, North West London, Full-time, term-time only
£48,000 - £58,000 per annum, in line with NHS banding
You trained for complexity. How much of your week is actually spent using it, versus writing it up, chasing waitlists, and everything in between?
Leading a caseload alongside Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and creative arts therapy under one roof is a different kind of practice from working alongside a therapy team. Would that change things for you?
That dysphagia specialism, is it currently getting a caseload that actually needs it?
The role
This is a Speech and Language Therapist Clinical Lead position at a special school in North West London, working across an all-age specialist setting supporting pupils from Early Years through to Post 16. The caseload is varied, including pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Autism, Down's syndrome, and other developmental and learning disabilities, many with complex physical, cognitive and medical needs alongside.
It is unusual to find this level of multidisciplinary integration inside a single SEN school. The therapy team is based on-site and works closely with class staff every day, not as a visiting service. EHCP assessments are completed properly, and provision recommendations are actually delivered in class, because the people writing them are the same people supporting follow-through, alongside in-class and whole-staff training that keeps strategies alive beyond the therapy room.
What the role involves
- Clinical leadership across SALT provision, working alongside a small team of Speech and Language Therapists
- Close collaboration within a wider multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, therapy assistants and creative arts therapists
- Oversight of EHCP-linked speech, language and communication assessments and provision
- Delivery of in-class and whole-staff training
- Application of a dysphagia specialism across assessment and intervention
- Management of a caseload spanning ages 3 to 19
What you will bring
- HCPC and RCSLT registration
- Significant post-qualification experience, including dysphagia
- Confidence in leading and supervising a small clinical team
- A real interest in working across a wide and complex caseload
What the school offers
A properly embedded CPD programme built into the school timetable, rather than something staff have to find time for around everything else. A multidisciplinary structure that is rare in a school of this kind.
Interested in finding out more ahead of a September start? Get in touch.
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