Speech & Language Therapist Mainstream Education Lead

We are delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our Mainstream Education Lead team. If you are an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking to extend your leadership skills, as well as continuing to develop your specialist clinical skills this opportunity could be just right for you. Following investment from the Local Authority we have developed this Speech and Language Therapy Mainstream Education Lead role to offer the best support for children with SLCN in mainstream education settings.

This role is part time (22.5 hours)

We are looking for a Band 7 SLT to join our integrated Children and Young People's Therapies service. The post will be based in St Albans and the post-holder will predominantly cover the St Albans and Harpenden areas in their day to day work.

“I have worked as an Education Lead in CYPT at HCT for almost 2 years and have loved the opportunities this role has given me to make real positive changes to our service users, in partnership with my local schools. I feel lucky to work in such a creative, supportive, and innovative team where there is always opportunity and time to plan and implement new and exciting ways of working, to further our targeted and universal service offer. My role offers the perfect combination of clinical work and service development opportunities, and the team itself have diverse clinical interests and are incredibly friendly and welcoming.

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You will be joining a team of Mainstream Education SLT Leads and your specialist role will involve:

• Partnership working with Clinical Quality Leads and other SLT leads to develop and shape the service
• Working collaboratively with mainstream education settings, developing relationships within your Hertfordshire DSPL areas, seeking regular feedback and being responsive/ making changes to service provision that will benefit the wider Hertfordshire system
• Being a point of contact to clusters of schools and providing leadership support to the therapy teams working within these clusters
• Working with therapy teams and settings to provide training, specialist advice and support on SLCN
• Working with Lead Therapy Assistant Practitioners for Training to plan and review relevant training for schools to upskill the wider children's workforce
• Work together with your local team leads to support the SLT team to build capacity through providing clinical supervision and leadership
  
  

We Offer

• Regular professional group supervision and peer support
• Regular managerial supervision and a well-established appraisal system

CPD opportunities such as bitesize tutorials, peer review

A hybrid model of face:face and remote working

A 2 week induction period where you will have the opportunity to observe and shadow your team

Access to a named buddy

At HCT, we put patients, their families, and carers at the heart of everything we do. Our vision is simple yet powerful: Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities. Our dedicated staff take pride in being Innovative, Caring, and Agile, working together to turn this vision into reality.

Working with us comes with a host of benefits designed to support your wellbeing and work-life balance:

• Generous annual leave (27 days rising to 33 with long service)
• Flexible working arrangements to help balance personal and professional life, including up to 5 days of carers leave (pro rata)
• Employee Assistance Programme offering 24/7 confidential support for personal or work-related issues
• Cycle to Work and Car Lease Schemes to make your commute healthier or easier
• Blue Light Card and NHS Discounts on a wide range of shopping, holidays, and services
• Health and wellbeing support, including free flu jabs, Physiotherapy referrals, eye care vouchers, etc

Occupational Pension Scheme with competitive benefits

Enhanced sick pay above statutory entitlements

We celebrate diversity and actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds, ages, and communities to apply.

If there’s high interest in this role, we may close applications earlier than the advertised deadline — so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

You’ve taken a fantastic first step by considering HCT. We’re excited about the possibility of welcoming you to our team and taking the next step in your journey with us.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lyn Humphrey Job title: Operational Manager, CYP Therapies Email address: lyn.humphrey@nhs.net Telephone number: 07827883686

Julie Morris

Clinical Quality Lead for SLT

07881941840