Speech and Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 26 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37815.00 - £41345.00/year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, Greater London, SE10 8AD |
| Company: | Active Care Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Activecare_78557 |
Summary
Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.
Are you a compassionate and motivated Band 5 level Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) ready to kick-start or develop your career in neurological rehabilitation? Join our experienced multidisciplinary team at Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, part of the Active Care Group, where we provide specialist neurorehabilitation for individuals with acquired or traumatic brain injury and other neurological conditions.
Why Join Us?
Specialist Neurorehabilitation Training Gain hands-on experience in advanced SLT assessments and evidence-based treatment approaches.
Supportive Learning Environment Receive mentorship from senior SLTs and structured professional development.
Collaborative MDT Work closely with occupational therapists, physiotherapists, neuropsychologists, and social workers.
Career Progression Develop your expertise and move towards senior SLT roles with ongoing CPD and training opportunities.
Meaningful Impact Empower patients to rediscover their voice, rebuild communication skills, and regain independence in everyday life.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a service renowned for its person-centred care and commitment to achieving excellent outcomes for individuals in its care. Whether you're newly qualified or looking to gain specialist experience in working with individuals with swallowing and communication difficulties in a rewarding and supportive setting, we'd love to hear from you.
What you'll be working:
Our standard working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to better suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.
What you'll be doing:
As a Band 5 SLT, you will:
- Deliver assessment and 1:1 and group intervention for adults with communication and/or swallowing difficulties arising from neurological conditions.
- Manage your own caseload with supervision and develop skills in managing a range of conditions, which may include aphasia, dysarthria, cognitive-communication disorder, and dysphagia (with appropriate training).
- Ensure that patient care is safe, effective, evidence-based, and in line with national guidelines.
- Work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, including contributing to goal-setting, therapy planning, and meetings.
- Provide education and training to families, carers, and members of the team.
- Maintain high-quality documentation and contribute to measurement of outcomes.
- Participate in supervision and training opportunities.
- Engage in service development, audits, and research initiatives as appropriate.
This is a developmental role with opportunities for progression, supervision, and mentoring. You will work closely with senior members of the SLT team and benefit from regular learning opportunities as well as CPD.
What you'll have:
- A degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- RCSLT membership
- Knowledge/experience from placements or previous work in neurological settings, particularly around managing acquired communication and/or swallowing difficulties
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong time-management and organisational skills
- A passion for working with adults with acquired/traumatic brain injury
- A willingness to learn and grow within a supportive team
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS
Desirable:
- Awareness of key SLT assessment tools (e.g., Frenchay, Comprehensive Aphasia Test, etc).
- Experience with AAC and supported communication approaches.
We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.
What to look forward to:
- Free lunch when on duty
- Birthday off
- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
- Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
- A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
- Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
- and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group