Speech & Language Therapist

Following a retendering process, the children's service is due to be transferred to the new provider on the 1st of April 2025. Given this post sits within the transferring service, in line with the legislative requirements, the successful candidate will be part of the TUPE transfer along with other colleagues., Working in the NHS provides you with the optimum platform to launch your career and you will have opportunity to work closely with our NHS colleagues including Health Visitors, School Nurses, OTs and Physios. We also have strong working relationships with our colleagues in Education; we have opportunities to visit children in their educational settings and liaise with colleagues in education. There are many additional benefits to working in the NHS including a generous leave entitlement, an excellent pension scheme and access to a wide range of NHS staff.

Day to day you will be conducting assessments, writing reports and running therapy sessions (groups or individual) for a varied population of 0-5 year olds including children with Language disorders and delays, Social Communication Disorders, Speech difficulties, stammering, Down Syndrome, general delay. You will also have opportunity for delivering training to parents, HVs and Nurseries. You may work in a variety of settings - Health Centres, Childrens Centres, (pre-)schools and patients homes.

You will have opportunity to work alongside SLTs with specialist caseloads including the school aged stammering service, children with an acquired brain injury and clients with dysphagia.

So if you have a passion for early intervention in Speech and Language Therapy and looking for a role where you can progress your professional career, we want to hear from you!

You are (or soon will be) a qualified Speech and Language Therapist

You are looking for a job as a Newly Qualified Practitioner, a returner to practice of a Band 5 looking for support with progression towards Band 6 competencies

You would like to work with children aged 0-5 years with communication difficulties

You would like to work in the SW of Surrey

You would like to work for the NHS

You are looking for a friendly and supportive team to work with

You are keen to engage with on-going professional development

You would like regular clinical supervision

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.