Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist – Specialist Education

Location: Essex
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Start: ASAP
Level: Band 7 / Senior SaLT

Salary up to £(phone number removed)  plus £3000.00 Leadership Allowance

We are recruiting for an experienced Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to join a specialist therapeutic education provider, working across multiple sites in Essex.

This is a senior opportunity for an experienced SaLT who is passionate about supporting children and young people with complex SEMH needs, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and associated SEND. The role will combine direct therapeutic work with a wider leadership contribution across the service.

You will work closely with teaching staff, therapists, families and external professionals as part of a multidisciplinary approach, helping to ensure pupils receive high-quality, consistent therapeutic support. The organisation places therapists at the heart of its relationships-first approach to supporting pupils.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions
• Planning and delivering individual and group therapy programmes
• Assessing pupils’ needs and contributing to EHCP targets and therapeutic progress plans
• Working collaboratively with teachers, therapists and other members of the multidisciplinary team
• Providing advice and therapeutic support to school staff and families
• Liaising with external professionals and other agencies
• Contributing to reports and monitoring pupil progress
• Supporting therapeutic practice within classroom environments
• Planning and facilitating relevant training for colleagues
• Contributing to the development and quality of therapeutic provision across the schools
• Maintaining high standards of safeguarding, confidentiality and professional practice

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified Speech and Language Therapist with appropriate professional registration and significant experience within their specialist field. Experience working with children or young people with SEND and complex needs is particularly important for this position.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, a strong understanding of child development, SEMH and SEND, and the ability to work collaboratively with families, education professionals and multidisciplinary colleagues.

This role would suit an experienced SaLT looking to take on greater responsibility within a specialist education environment, with the opportunity to contribute to therapeutic practice and leadership across multiple sites.

Greys is a Specialist Recruitment Company who works with some of the UK’s leading organisations within the Healthcare industry. If you are an Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Speech & Language Therapist or Rehabilitation Case Manager  looking for Permanent Contact, Ad-Hoc or Sessional work please contact us.