Speech and Language Therapist Team Lead

Speech & Language Therapist Team Lead

Location:

Liverpool & surrounding area

Hours:

37.5 hours/week | 41 weeks (term time)
Salary: £48,022 FTE (pro-rated to term time)

Contract:

Permanent

Lead high‑quality therapy services within specialist SEN school settings, supporting children and young people with complex needs to thrive.

• Lead and manage a specialist Speech & Language Therapy caseload.
• Deliver evidence‑based assessment, intervention and therapy programmes.
• Provide training, guidance and consultation to school staff, families and carers.
• Supervise and develop junior colleagues within a supportive team culture.
• Lead a clinical specialism (e.g. AAC, Autism, SEMH, Dysfluency) and influence service development.
• Ensure best practice, safeguarding and professional standards across services.

• Degree in Speech & Language Therapy with HCPC registration.
• Membership of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.
• Significant post‑qualification experience, ideally with Autism and complex needs.
• Experience supervising others and contributing to service development.
• Strong communication skills and confidence working autonomously and collaboratively.
• Knowledge of EHCP processes and outcome measurement.

• Generous pension scheme with up to 7% company contributions, rising with length of service, and death in service benefit up to 6× basic salary.
• Occupational sick pay and family‑friendly policies (enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave).
• Reward and discount platform offering discounts at high‑street shops, travel, insurance etc.
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme, eligibility to apply for Blue Light card, living wage employer.
• Refer‑a‑friend scheme with rewards, comprehensive training and development opportunities (including apprenticeship qualifications).
• Long‑service awards (cash gifts and extra holiday).
• Promotion of wellbeing across the organisation:
  Mental Health First Aiders, weekly yoga (in‑person or online), Employee Assistance Programme.
• Join a team that learns together, supports each other, and is committed to improving lives every single day.

This role requires an Enhanced DBS check and involves regulated activity.

Applications are very welcome from all, regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio‑economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people.

We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience. If you wish to keep some aspects of your lived experience confidential, please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will support you.

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