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Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT)

Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DR

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  27 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): 08:30 – 16:30, Mon – Fri (08:30 – 16:45 on Tuesdays), term time plus INSET days plus 2 weeks 36 hours worked per week for 41 weeks per year.
• Contract type: Fixed term - until 21/07/2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,747.91 to £46,890.00

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job purpose: The role involves working as part of a Trans-Disciplinary Team (TDT) to provide speech and language therapeutic support in a school setting. Key duties include conducting speech and language assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, and developing personalised support plans for children and young people. The role also includes collaboration with staff, supporting training, ensuring adherence to legal and safeguarding standards, maintaining accurate records, and contributing to the overall educational and care environment. The position requires maintaining professional standards, attending supervision, and participating in staff development activities.

Minimum of three years’ experience as a qualified Speech and Language Therapist. - Relevant professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy (e.g., HCPC registration). - Proven experience working within an educational setting or with children aged 5 -16. - Strong assessment skills to identify speech, language, communication difficulties. - Ability to design individualised intervention plans aligned with curriculum goals. - Excellent communication skills for collaboration with teachers, parents, pupils, and external agencies. - Knowledge of current legislation related to special educational needs (SEN) is desirable. - Competence in maintaining accurate records and reporting on student progress.

What the school offers its staff

Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy (PWH) school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties and other complex needs including autism and language difficulties. We are passionate about creating a culture of wellbeing where all staff and pupils are valued and supported so that we can all ‘grow, learn and flourish.’

PWH aims to provide an outstanding and supportive learning environment which challenges students to achieve success. The core learning values, which are at the centre of the curriculum, focus upon developing the student’s resilience and ability to make informed life choices.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Overall Duties

• As part of the Trans-Disciplinary Team (TDT), you will support educational colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and based on clinical assessment and formulation offer both individualised and group interventions and engagement to our children and young people.
• Our therapists work collaboratively within our school, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will facilitate reflective practice and consultation, and provide workshops, training and guidance to the teams around our children.

• Ensure the needs and views of our children and young people are at the heart of everything we do: offering evidence based, holistic and child-centred assessments and interventions across the school in line with identified EHCP provision and in response to arising needs.
• Under direction of the Senior SaLT, to undertake clinical assessments of children and young people and develop formulations of therapeutic need. To write reports as part of a transdisciplinary team or individually to reflect assessment, progress and outcomes as required.
• To work closely with our children and young people, providing evidence-based speech and language interventions and ensuring personalised adaptable plans of support. This will include communicating, reviewing and celebrating children and young people’s success and achievement with them.
• To develop evidence-based programmes of speech and language intervention and to formally evaluate the impact and outcomes of such interventions.
• To support in the writing of external referrals to specialist services where appropriate.
• To act as a positive role model to all children and young people.
• To develop professional relationships with the other school staff.
• To support the delivery of training to staff teams in relation to supporting our children and young people.
• To keep accurate and contemporaneous online records following professional guidelines and in accordance with legal requirements for maintaining confidentiality and data protection.
• To complete administrative requirements in a timely manner. These include evidencing that you are meeting EHCP requirements, liaison and completion of TDT reports and updating PWH electronic systems as appropriate.
• To attend regular, clinical supervision and line management supervision.
• To attend and/or inform professional meetings (such as Annual Reviews/TACs/PEPs/CLAs etc) where appropriate.
• To follow the HCPC standards and maintain membership of HCPC.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To maintain professional accountability
• To complete a 6-month probation period as well as ongoing annual performance management reviews.
• PWH is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of all children and young people in our care. All staff have a key role and responsibility in this area.
• To safeguard and promote the welfare of young people at all times and to follow PWH policies and procedures.
• To maintain professional registration and memberships relevant to the profession.
• To participate in the school’s Staff Development Programme.
• To perform any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the position as requested by the Deputy Principal - Pastoral.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SaLT JD and PS Spring 2026.doc - 156 KB (opens in new tab)

About Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 8 to 19
• School size: 135 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 8 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy website
• Email address: zoe.moore@parkwoodhall.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parkwood-hall-co-operative-academy

Parkwood Hall is day school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties, and other diverse and complex needs. The pupils here are an inspiration to us all.
It’s an exciting time at Parkwood Hall and you would be joining at a transformational time for the academy. Under a new leadership team, Parkwood Hall has undergone radical changes to its behaviour ethos, and curriculum design and implementation.

Parkwood Hall aims to provide an inclusive learning environment which challenges pupils to achieve success and to thrive. Our co-operative values are important to us, especially honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. They underpin the way we do things here at Parkwood Hall. We are committed to providing a learning environment and learning pathway that enables all our pupils to achieve the best they can be and help prepare them for adult life so they can live as independent a life as possible.

We have a highly skilled team of professionals including teachers and teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, Positive Support Behaviour practitioners, school nurses and residential staff.

Arranging a visit to Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email zoe.moore@parkwoodhall.co.uk.

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