Newly Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

This role has a competitive starting salary of £33,103 per annum for 36 hours per week across 42 weeks per year (term time + 3 weeks of holiday working), pro-rata to £35,730 at 52 week equivalent.

We are excited to be finalising our Newly Qualified Practitioner cohort for 2025! If you are about to graduate with a degree in Speech and Language Therapy, and are keen to begin your journey to Autonomous Practitioner in a strong group of NQPs, then look at joining our supportive teams working across schools in North East Surrey (office base in Weybridge) or South West Surrey (office base in Woking). We operate a hybrid work style including regular visits to schools and other offices.

Rewards and Benefits

• We pay your RCSLT membership and HCPC fees
• Flexible working with mobile and agile working solutions
• Comprehensive clinical supervision programme including a buddy, 1:1 meetings with line manager (weekly for NQP's for the first 3 months moving to monthly over the first year, at your pace), extensive training programme, access to clinical effectiveness groups, case study groups, termly study days
• A mixed and varied caseload across settings and age groups
• Termly themed study days for the whole SALT team
• Enhanced support to take you through your competencies
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carers leave per year
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension

Main duties of the job

The role of a Speech and Language Therapist is varied and no two days will be the same, however you can expect to be involved with the following:

• Clinical decision making in conjunction with school staff and evidence-based practice, around the level of support needed to achieve the best possible outcome for the Children and Young People (CYP) on your defined caseload
• Working with Assistants, setting targets for the CYP you are jointly supporting and monitoring the delivery and outcomes of their work
• Assessment, advice and intervention for CYP with a range of SLCN within your caseload Prioritisation and caseload management

About us

Our large and friendly team of Speech & Language Therapists (SLTs) and Speech & Language Therapy Assistants work across mainstream and special schools.

We are part of the Council's offer to support children with Additional Needs and Disabilities, working collaboratively with the Inclusion and Additional Needs Team and other areas like Educational Psychology and Specialist Teaching.

Our tiered model supports universal, targeted and specialist intervention for children, families and the school workforce; making sure we deliver the right support at the right time to children and young people, with and without EHCPs.