Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist

Package Description: Package Description As a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will be part of our valued SEND Therapies Team in West Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to hav

Main duties of the job

As a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will be part of our valued SEND Therapies Team in West Essex. You will receive access to exclusive rewards and benefits including Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. You will have a membership of My Reward Hub, which gives you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers. You will also have access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest rates. Support is available for mental and physical wellbeing through online and face-to-face help, from healthy recipes and activity challenges to post-trauma support, legal, debt, and life management help. Career coaching and counselling are also available. Continuous professional development opportunities are provided through eLearning, bespoke career pathways, and our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise. An open, just culture encourages you to have and implement ideas.

About us

Details

Date posted

28 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Salary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

1555903015

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Harlow

CM18 7NG

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Package Description

As a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will be part of our valued SEND Therapies Team in West Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Summary

Join us as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, in our exciting SEND Therapy Service in West Essex.

We are looking for a Childrens Speech and Language Therapist to work with early years and school aged children, in their educational settings and their home, as part of our Special Educational Needs (SEND) Therapies team.

You will have the opportunity to work hybrid between visits to local schools and completing virtual sessions from home on a full or part time basis. The role has core hours during school times (with the occasional out of hours for meetings with school staff or parents) with the option to complete your additional hours flexibly.

As you will be visiting local schools as part of your role, a driving license and access to a vehicle is essential

Bulk of core clinical delivery to take place within school hours and education term dates, however service needs not to be exclusively term time only, with clinical and administrative work for school holiday periods to be discussed and agreed with SEND Therapies Manager. Post holder may be required to support Community Therapy service, if appropriate.

Caseload agreed with SEND Therapies manager, with time allocated for clinical delivery, training, travel, CPD, meetings and supervision, appropriate to role and geographical team.

Main ResponsibilitiesYour key responsibilities will be:

• To manage own delegated caseload of SEND children independently across a variety of predominantly educational settings.
• To work with parents/carers, education colleagues, the multidisciplinary team and the wider childrens workforce to provide a co-ordinated approach to childrens speech, language and communication needs, as part of their EHCP provision.
• To assess and formulate treatment plans in collaboration with parents, carers, schools and other professionals, write assessment reports, provide appropriate intervention and evaluate treatment outcomes
• To support the service to meet key performance targets and contribute to agreed service development.
• To work in partnership with other agencies in order to meet local and national objectives as agreed with commissioners and SEND Therapies Manager.
• To supervise and allocate work to assistants, SLT students and less experienced therapists, when required.

The Ideal CandidateWe are looking for someone who:

• Has a registered HCPC registration in Speech and Language Therapy
• Be a registered with their professional body (Royal College of SLT)
• Driving licence and access to vehicle
• Strong interest in the field of paediatric speech therapy

Experience with the following client groups is desirable:

• Hearing impairment;
• Developmental Language Disorder;
• Complex needs
• Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), including Makaton, light-tech and high-tech AAC;
• Autism, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay.

For any queries about the recruitment process of this role, please contact the hiring team via email at urvashi.bhardwaj@hcrgcaregroup.com or on 07884 659460.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Package Description

As a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will be part of our valued SEND Therapies Team in West Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Summary

Join us as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, in our exciting SEND Therapy Service in West Essex.

We are looking for a Childrens Speech and Language Therapist to work with early years and school aged children, in their educational settings and their home, as part of our Special Educational Needs (SEND) Therapies team.

You will have the opportunity to work hybrid between visits to local schools and completing virtual sessions from home on a full or part time basis. The role has core hours during school times (with the occasional out of hours for meetings with school staff or parents) with the option to complete your additional hours flexibly.

As you will be visiting local schools as part of your role, a driving license and access to a vehicle is essential

Bulk of core clinical delivery to take place within school hours and education term dates, however service needs not to be exclusively term time only, with clinical and administrative work for school holiday periods to be discussed and agreed with SEND Therapies Manager. Post holder may be required to support Community Therapy service, if appropriate.

Caseload agreed with SEND Therapies manager, with time allocated for clinical delivery, training, travel, CPD, meetings and supervision, appropriate to role and geographical team.

Main ResponsibilitiesYour key responsibilities will be:

• To manage own delegated caseload of SEND children independently across a variety of predominantly educational settings.
• To work with parents/carers, education colleagues, the multidisciplinary team and the wider childrens workforce to provide a co-ordinated approach to childrens speech, language and communication needs, as part of their EHCP provision.
• To assess and formulate treatment plans in collaboration with parents, carers, schools and other professionals, write assessment reports, provide appropriate intervention and evaluate treatment outcomes
• To support the service to meet key performance targets and contribute to agreed service development.
• To work in partnership with other agencies in order to meet local and national objectives as agreed with commissioners and SEND Therapies Manager.
• To supervise and allocate work to assistants, SLT students and less experienced therapists, when required.

The Ideal CandidateWe are looking for someone who:

• Has a registered HCPC registration in Speech and Language Therapy
• Be a registered with their professional body (Royal College of SLT)
• Driving licence and access to vehicle
• Strong interest in the field of paediatric speech therapy

Experience with the following client groups is desirable:

• Hearing impairment;
• Developmental Language Disorder;
• Complex needs
• Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), including Makaton, light-tech and high-tech AAC;
• Autism, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay.

For any queries about the recruitment process of this role, please contact the hiring team via email at urvashi.bhardwaj@hcrgcaregroup.com or on 07884 659460.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Has a registered HCPC registration in Speech and Language Therapy. Be a registered with their professional body (Royal College of SLT). Driving licence and access to vehicle. Strong interest in the field of paediatric speech therapy. Experience with specific client groups is desirable.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Has a registered HCPC registration in Speech and Language Therapy. Be a registered with their professional body (Royal College of SLT). Driving licence and access to vehicle. Strong interest in the field of paediatric speech therapy. Experience with specific client groups is desirable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Harlow

CM18 7NG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Harlow

CM18 7NG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Package Description

As a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will be part of our valued SEND Therapies Team in West Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Summary

Join us as a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, in our exciting SEND Therapy Service in West Essex.

We are looking for a Childrens Speech and Language Therapist to work with early years and school aged children, in their educational settings and their home, as part of our Special Educational Needs (SEND) Therapies team.

You will have the opportunity to work hybrid between visits to local schools and completing virtual sessions from home on a full or part time basis. The role has core hours during school times (with the occasional out of hours for meetings with school staff or parents) with the option to complete your additional hours flexibly.

As you will be visiting local schools as part of your role, a driving license and access to a vehicle is essential

Bulk of core clinical delivery to take place within school hours and education term dates, however service needs not to be exclusively term time only, with clinical and administrative work for school holiday periods to be discussed and agreed with SEND Therapies Manager. Post holder may be required to support Community Therapy service, if appropriate.

Caseload agreed with SEND Therapies manager, with time allocated for clinical delivery, training, travel, CPD, meetings and supervision, appropriate to role and geographical team.

Main ResponsibilitiesYour key responsibilities will be:

• To manage own delegated caseload of SEND children independently across a variety of predominantly educational settings.
• To work with parents/carers, education colleagues, the multidisciplinary team and the wider childrens workforce to provide a co-ordinated approach to childrens speech, language and communication needs, as part of their EHCP provision.
• To assess and formulate treatment plans in collaboration with parents, carers, schools and other professionals, write assessment reports, provide appropriate intervention and evaluate treatment outcomes
• To support the service to meet key performance targets and contribute to agreed service development.
• To work in partnership with other agencies in order to meet local and national objectives as agreed with commissioners and SEND Therapies Manager.
• To supervise and allocate work to assistants, SLT students and less experienced therapists, when required.

The Ideal CandidateWe are looking for someone who:

• Has a registered HCPC registration in Speech and Language Therapy
• Be a registered with their professional body (Royal College of SLT)
• Driving licence and access to vehicle
• Strong interest in the field of paediatric speech therapy

Experience with the following client groups is desirable:

• Hearing impairment;
• Developmental Language Disorder;
• Complex needs
• Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), including Makaton, light-tech and high-tech AAC;
• Autism, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay.

For any queries about the recruitment process of this role, please contact the hiring team via email at urvashi.bhardwaj@hcrgcaregroup.com or on 07884 659460.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Qualifications

Essential

• Has a registered HCPC registration in Speech and Language Therapy. Be a registered with their professional body (Royal College of SLT). Driving licence and access to vehicle. Strong interest in the field of paediatric speech therapy. Experience with specific client groups is desirable.