Specialist Speech and Language Therapist-Maternity

Band 7 Speech and Language Therapy – Fixed Term 0.6 WTE (22.5 hours/week)

We are excited to offer a fixed term position until January 2027 to cover maternity leave in the School Age Speech and Language Team. The role is based in one of our schools in Enfield and involves working collaboratively with school staff to support speech, language and communication skills across the campus.

• Jointly develop and provide an effective highly specialist speech and language therapy service for children at West Lea School, a school for children aged 4‑19 with complex special needs.
• Provide regular joint training to education staff or other members of the speech and language team.
• Work collaboratively with children/young people, parents/carers and colleagues in Health, Education and Social Services to plan and deliver services.
• Involve children and young people in setting goals and planning their care.
• Advise on and support the use of informal assessment methods within the classroom.
• Analyse and interpret assessment results to inform intervention planning and curriculum access.
• Plan and deliver appropriate intervention programmes within the classroom in collaboration with education staff.

• Access to clinical lead expert therapists in Developmental Language Disorder, Autism, SEMH, Deafness and Complex needs.
• Continued professional development including SCERTS, Approaches to AAC, Attention Autism Levels 1‑4, classroom strategies in DLD, and opportunities for accredited training in Talking Mats.
• A dynamic, innovative and supportive team with staff turnover half the national average.
• High levels of job satisfaction reported by staff.
• A strong ethos of collaborative working and user consultation.
• Commitment to hearing the 'voice of the child' to inform target setting.
• A highly regarded supervision structure.

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent.
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council for Licence to Practice.
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work as part of a team.
• Well‑developed knowledge of informal assessment methods within the classroom.
• Ability to analyse and interpret results in relation to theoretical and clinical knowledge of individual clients, developmental norms and curriculum levels.
• Ability to plan and deliver appropriate intervention programmes within the classroom in collaboration with education staff.

If you would like to speak to the managers of the service or to team members about the role, please contact us. Email  We look forward to hearing from you.