Band 6 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist – Eltham, London, SE9
Join a specialist secondary school in Eltham as a Band 6 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, starting in September 2026. This permanent, full-time role offers a salary starting from £40,000 per annum, paid across the full year, with only 36 weeks requiring attendance at the school.
Employment Details
- Permanent, full-time position.
- September 2026 start.
- Based at a specialist secondary school in Eltham, London, SE9.
- Salary paid across the full year.
Salary & Benefits
- Starting salary of £40,000 per annum, negotiable depending on experience.
- 40 days of paid annual leave.
- Private healthcare.
- Employer-funded relevant CPD and clinical training.
- Working hours broadly aligned with the school day during school-based weeks.
- Permanent employment with predictable year-round income.
- Regular support from experienced Speech and Language Therapy colleagues.
- Opportunities to develop leadership, autism-specialist and caseload-management skills.
- Professional autonomy to shape the school’s Speech and Language Therapy provision.
- Long-term professional development within a growing independent therapy service.
Annual Working Pattern
This role follows a school-calendar working model rather than a standard term-time-only contract.
- 36 weeks working at the specialist school.
- Three weeks working from home during the academic year.
- 25 additional days of flexible home-based work during the school holidays.
- 44 working weeks in total each year.
- 40 days of paid annual leave.
About the Role
As the lead Band 6 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist for the school placement, you will take ownership of the day-to-day caseload while remaining connected to an experienced and supportive wider clinical team. The caseload primarily consists of verbal autistic secondary-aged students with complex communication needs. You will provide tailored assessment, intervention and practical strategies supporting social communication, emotional awareness and regulation, self-advocacy, functional communication, relationships and preparation for greater independence.
You will work collaboratively with Occupational Therapists, Drama Therapists, dyslexia specialists, teachers, teaching assistants, SEND professionals and families. Together, you will embed effective communication support across therapy, classroom learning and daily school life. You will also lead the school’s Speech and Language Therapy provision for verbal autistic secondary-aged students, delivering engaging, person-centred and neurodiversity-affirming assessment and intervention.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the day-to-day delivery and continued development of paediatric Speech and Language Therapy provision within the school.
- Assess students’ speech, language, communication and functional needs across education and daily life.
- Plan and deliver creative, individualised and neurodiversity-affirming therapy programmes.
- Support students with social communication, emotional regulation, self-advocacy and functional communication.
- Develop meaningful goals with students, families, school staff and other professionals.
- Maintain accurate clinical records, therapy plans, progress information and professional documentation.
- Provide practical strategies that help school staff embed communication support throughout the school day.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and students’ families.
- Manage and prioritise the school caseload, ensuring continuity, quality and appropriate follow-up.
- Contribute to staff knowledge and a safe, inclusive and communication-supportive school culture.
Requirements
- Right to work: Applicants must be able to demonstrate their current right to work in the UK.
- Qualification: A recognised Speech and Language Therapy qualification.
- Registration: Current HCPC registration and appropriate RCSLT professional standing.
- Experience: Current Band 6-level experience and suitable paediatric clinical experience supporting children or young people.
- Relevant background: Experience within education, SEND, autism, paediatric Speech and Language Therapy or a comparable specialist setting is desirable.
- Clinical knowledge: Confidence supporting autistic young people with social communication, emotional regulation, self-advocacy and functional communication needs.
- Caseload management: Ability to assess complex communication needs, make well-reasoned clinical decisions and plan effective intervention.
- Communication: A warm, engaging and confident approach, with the ability to build trusting relationships with secondary-aged students.
- Independence: Confidence leading school-based paediatric SLT provision while collaborating with wider clinical and multidisciplinary teams.
Company Culture
You will join a friendly, collaborative and close-knit clinical team that values thoughtful practice, professional relationships and meaningful outcomes for young people.
You will have the autonomy to shape provision around each student’s strengths and communication style while receiving support, shared learning and clinical reflection from established Speech and Language Therapy colleagues. Relevant CPD is funded to support your continued development in autism, secondary-school practice, leadership and caseload management.
Apply Today
This is an excellent opportunity for a Band 6 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to lead meaningful school-based provision while benefiting from private healthcare, funded professional development and a structured school-calendar working pattern.
Apply today for this permanent Band 6 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist position in Eltham, London, SE9, starting in September 2026.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
Contact Details
Recruit by Nature
George Francis
George@recruitbynature.co.uk
Direct Line: 0118 334 8424
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