Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT)
| Posting date: | 11 February 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2026 |
| Location: | Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DR |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 2a69d60d-070f-41c0-ac6c-06cdbb45b26c |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job purpose: The role involves working as part of a Trans-Disciplinary Team (TDT) to provide speech and language therapeutic support in a school setting. Key duties include conducting speech and language assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, and developing personalised support plans for children and young people. The role also includes collaboration with staff, supporting training, ensuring adherence to legal and safeguarding standards, maintaining accurate records, and contributing to the overall educational and care environment. The position requires maintaining professional standards, attending supervision, and participating in staff development activities.
Minimum of three years’ experience as a qualified Speech and Language Therapist. - Relevant professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy (e.g., HCPC registration). - Proven experience working within an educational setting or with children aged 5 -16. - Strong assessment skills to identify speech, language, communication difficulties. - Ability to design individualised intervention plans aligned with curriculum goals. - Excellent communication skills for collaboration with teachers, parents, pupils, and external agencies. - Knowledge of current legislation related to special educational needs (SEN) is desirable. - Competence in maintaining accurate records and reporting on student progress.
What the school offers its staff
Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy (PWH) school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties and other complex needs including autism and language difficulties. We are passionate about creating a culture of wellbeing where all staff and pupils are valued and supported so that we can all ‘grow, learn and flourish.’
PWH aims to provide an outstanding and supportive learning environment which challenges students to achieve success. The core learning values, which are at the centre of the curriculum, focus upon developing the student’s resilience and ability to make informed life choices.
Further details about the role
Overall Duties
• As part of the Trans-Disciplinary Team (TDT), you will support educational colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and based on clinical assessment and formulation offer both individualised and group interventions and engagement to our children and young people.
• Our therapists work collaboratively within our school, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will facilitate reflective practice and consultation, and provide workshops, training and guidance to the teams around our children.
• Ensure the needs and views of our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do: offering evidence based, holistic and child-centred assessments and interventions across the school in line with identified EHCP provision and in response to arising needs.
• Under direction of the Senior SaLT, to undertake clinical assessments of children and young people and develop formulations of therapeutic need. To write reports as part of a transdisciplinary team or individually to reflect assessment, progress and outcomes as required.
• To work closely with our children and young people, providing evidence-based speech and language interventions and ensuring personalised adaptable plans of support. This will include communicating, reviewing and celebrating children and young people’s success and achievement with them.
• To develop evidence-based programmes of speech and language intervention and to formally evaluate the impact and outcomes of such interventions.
• To support in the writing of external referrals to specialist services where appropriate.
• To act as a positive role model to all children and young people.
• To develop professional relationships with the other school staff.
• To support the delivery of training to staff teams in relation to supporting our children and young people.
• To keep accurate and contemporaneous online records following professional guidelines and in accordance with legal requirements for maintaining confidentiality and data protection.
• To complete administrative requirements in a timely manner. These include evidencing that you are meeting EHCP requirements, liaison and completion of TDT reports and updating PWH electronic systems as appropriate.
• To attend regular, clinical supervision and line management supervision.
• To attend and/or inform professional meetings (such as Annual Reviews/TACs/PEPs/CLAs etc) where appropriate.
• To follow the HCPC standards and maintain membership of HCPC.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To maintain professional accountability
• To complete a 6-month probation period as well as ongoing annual performance management reviews.
• PWH is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of all children and young people in our care. All staff have a key role and responsibility in this area.
• To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people at all times and to follow PWH policies and procedures.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To participate in the school’s Staff Development Programme.
• To perform any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the position as requested by the Deputy Principal - Pastoral.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Job purpose: The role involves working as part of a Trans-Disciplinary Team (TDT) to provide speech and language therapeutic support in a school setting. Key duties include conducting speech and language assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, and developing personalised support plans for children and young people. The role also includes collaboration with staff, supporting training, ensuring adherence to legal and safeguarding standards, maintaining accurate records, and contributing to the overall educational and care environment. The position requires maintaining professional standards, attending supervision, and participating in staff development activities.
Minimum of three years’ experience as a qualified Speech and Language Therapist. - Relevant professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy (e.g., HCPC registration). - Proven experience working within an educational setting or with children aged 5 -16. - Strong assessment skills to identify speech, language, communication difficulties. - Ability to design individualised intervention plans aligned with curriculum goals. - Excellent communication skills for collaboration with teachers, parents, pupils, and external agencies. - Knowledge of current legislation related to special educational needs (SEN) is desirable. - Competence in maintaining accurate records and reporting on student progress.
What the school offers its staff
Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy (PWH) school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties and other complex needs including autism and language difficulties. We are passionate about creating a culture of wellbeing where all staff and pupils are valued and supported so that we can all ‘grow, learn and flourish.’
PWH aims to provide an outstanding and supportive learning environment which challenges students to achieve success. The core learning values, which are at the centre of the curriculum, focus upon developing the student’s resilience and ability to make informed life choices.
Further details about the role
Overall Duties
• As part of the Trans-Disciplinary Team (TDT), you will support educational colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and based on clinical assessment and formulation offer both individualised and group interventions and engagement to our children and young people.
• Our therapists work collaboratively within our school, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will facilitate reflective practice and consultation, and provide workshops, training and guidance to the teams around our children.
• Ensure the needs and views of our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do: offering evidence based, holistic and child-centred assessments and interventions across the school in line with identified EHCP provision and in response to arising needs.
• Under direction of the Senior SaLT, to undertake clinical assessments of children and young people and develop formulations of therapeutic need. To write reports as part of a transdisciplinary team or individually to reflect assessment, progress and outcomes as required.
• To work closely with our children and young people, providing evidence-based speech and language interventions and ensuring personalised adaptable plans of support. This will include communicating, reviewing and celebrating children and young people’s success and achievement with them.
• To develop evidence-based programmes of speech and language intervention and to formally evaluate the impact and outcomes of such interventions.
• To support in the writing of external referrals to specialist services where appropriate.
• To act as a positive role model to all children and young people.
• To develop professional relationships with the other school staff.
• To support the delivery of training to staff teams in relation to supporting our children and young people.
• To keep accurate and contemporaneous online records following professional guidelines and in accordance with legal requirements for maintaining confidentiality and data protection.
• To complete administrative requirements in a timely manner. These include evidencing that you are meeting EHCP requirements, liaison and completion of TDT reports and updating PWH electronic systems as appropriate.
• To attend regular, clinical supervision and line management supervision.
• To attend and/or inform professional meetings (such as Annual Reviews/TACs/PEPs/CLAs etc) where appropriate.
• To follow the HCPC standards and maintain membership of HCPC.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To maintain professional accountability
• To complete a 6-month probation period as well as ongoing annual performance management reviews.
• PWH is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of all children and young people in our care. All staff have a key role and responsibility in this area.
• To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people at all times and to follow PWH policies and procedures.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To participate in the school’s Staff Development Programme.
• To perform any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the position as requested by the Deputy Principal - Pastoral.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.