QR code linking to this job posting Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Autism - Community post in Walthamstow inWalthamstow PUBLISHED TUE 25 MAR 2025

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pa pro-rata (plus HCAS)  PERMANENT  GOOD SALARY   SPONSORSHIP POSSIBLE 

Are you a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new role?

At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.

We are looking for a specialist Speech and language therapist to work with autistic children and young people within resource provisions with a day working in the diagnostic clinic. You will also be supporting EHCP reviews for CYP with a range of diagnosis.

Waltham Forest is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website - https://jobsincare.com/job/jbns2AKr

Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to children, young people and their families.

As a Speech and Language Therapist in our service, you will deliver care to children, young people and their families in the community, schools and within the clinic setting at Wood Street health Centre.

You will be working within our well-established, supportive and dynamic diagnostic and schools team. In your allocated schools you will provide assessments including EHCP's as well delivering intervention and training to upskill school staff.

We offer excellent support, regular supervision and many CPD opportunities, for example in the diagnostic clinic. We are also focused on upskilling the team and our partners in neurodivergence, the post holder will be central to this. This post will also develop your supervision skills.

About us

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

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Use of AI

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