Newly Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

We are excited to be welcoming our 2025 cohort of Newly Qualified Speech and Language Therapists to our fantastic team!

This role has a competitive starting salary of £33,103 for 36 hours per week across 42 weeks per year (term time + 3 weeks of holiday working).

Our main office bases are in Woking, Weybridge and Reigate. We operate a hybrid work style, covering schools across Surrey together with regular visits to schools and offices.

Rewards and Benefits

• We pay your RCSLT membership and HCPC fees!
• Flexible and agile working around core school hours
• Comprehensive clinical supervision programme including a buddy, 1:1 meetings with line manager (weekly for NQP's for the first 3 months moving to monthly over the first year, at your pace), extensive in-house and external training opportunities, access to clinical effectiveness, case study and NQP groups, termly study days
• A mixed and varied caseload across settings and age groups
• Enhanced support to take you through your competencies
• Extensive Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carers leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts

We are a friendly team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about the work we do. If you feel like this could be the place to kick start your career or further develop your therapy skills and knowledge, please do read on or get in touch.

Main duties of the job

The role of a Speech and Language Therapist is varied and no two days will be the same, however you can expect to be involved with the following:

• Clinical decision making in conjunction with school staff and evidence-based practice, around the level of support needed to achieve the best possible outcome for the Children and Young People (CYP) on your defined caseload
• Working with Assistants, setting targets for the CYP you are jointly supporting and monitoring the delivery and outcomes of their work
• Assessment, advice and intervention for CYP with a range of SLCN within your caseload
• Prioritisation and caseload management

About us

Our large and friendly team of Speech & Language Therapists and Assistants work across mainstream and special schools in Surrey.

We are part of Surrey's offer to support children with Additional Needs and Disabilities, working collaboratively with the Inclusion and Additional Needs Team and other services like Educational Psychology and Specialist Teaching.

Our tiered model supports universal, targeted and specialist intervention for children, families and the school workforce: making sure we deliver the right support at the right time to children and young people, with and without EHCPs.