Are you an experienced Speech & Language Therapist ready to make a meaningful impact in children’s lives?
Join HCRG Care Group as a Senior Speech & Language Therapist, where you’ll provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based interventions for children with speech, language, and communication needs.
In this pivotal role, you will work closely with children, their families, carers, and professionals across the wider children’s workforce to deliver tailored support and guidance.
Your expertise will empower children to overcome challenges, achieve their potential, and enhance their quality of life.
If you’re passionate about delivering high-quality, child-centred care and working collaboratively within a supportive and dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Base:
You will be based at one of our Surrey-wide office hubs, with the flexibility of hybrid working to support your professional and personal needs.
At HCRG Care Group, we are proud to be a flexible-first employer. Our agile working approach allows our teams to thrive in a supportive and adaptable environment while delivering high-quality care.
Package DescriptionAs well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:
Flexible Shift Booking – Self-book bank shifts and request time off up to six weeks in advance for a better work-life balance.
Wagestream Access – Track and access earned wages anytime, avoiding high-interest loans or overdrafts.
Professional Growth – Gain experience across various services, access free training, and join our Strive for Better professional network.
24/7 Well-being Support – Free counselling, legal advice, financial guidance, and career coaching.
Innovative Culture – Share ideas, apply for national funding, and contribute to service improvements.
Recognition & Engagement – Nominate colleagues for awards and participate in executive Q&A sessions.
Commitment to Excellence – Be part of a team with "Good" or "Outstanding" CQC-rated services.
Main Responsibilities
Deliver high-quality, child-centred care for children on a community SLT caseload across a variety of settings, including Family Hubs, nurseries, homes, and schools.
Lead and support the preschool and school-age SLT teams, including therapists, assistants, and students, while contributing to service development and meeting performance targets.
Provide specialist clinical expertise, training, and advice to colleagues, carers, and professionals, ensuring a coordinated and holistic approach to children’s speech, language, and communication needs.
Assess, diagnose, and create tailored treatment plans in collaboration with families and carers, ensuring cultural and linguistic considerations.
Key Responsibilities:
Independently manage a delegated caseload and work flexibly to ensure equitable service delivery.
Participate in multiagency meetings and safeguarding processes while maintaining strong communication links with health, education, and early years stakeholders.
Prepare reports, including those for Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs), and provide specialist input to support planning and decision-making.
Adapt clinical practice to meet the needs of each child and provide evidence-based interventions, ensuring ongoing professional development and supervision.
Operational Delivery:
Actively promote clinical governance and participate in audits to ensure high standards of practice.
Implement service policies, manage risks, and report safeguarding concerns appropriately.
Support recruitment processes and lead training programmes for team members and external professionals.
Utilize flexible working arrangements, including remote and office-based tasks, with resources such as a laptop and mobile phone provided.
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
The Ideal CandidateEssential
Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent (Post Graduate Diploma or MSc in Speech and Language Therapy leading to registration with HCPC)
Health and Care Professions Council Licence to Practice (HCPC)
Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
Member of relevant Clinical Excellence Network
Evidence of relevant post graduate training, internal or external
Desirable
Knowledge /training in PCI, Hanen strategies.
Knowledge/training in educational training packages e.g. ELKLAN, WellComm
Knowledge/training in signing e.g. Makaton
Knowledge/training in ASD strategies and interventions e.g. PECS, SCERTS, ADOS
Demonstrable experience of working in the NHS
Other requirements: the successful applicant will need to be a car driver
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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