Job Description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our Children's Integrated Therapies Service.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist assessment, intervention, and advice for children and young people with a wide range of speech, language, and communication needs, including those with complex disabilities.
• Work across education settings and community environments to ensure children and families receive high-quality, evidence-based care tailored to individual needs.
• Lead and develop services across a designated geographical area, promoting partnership working, integrated care, and positive outcomes for children and young people.
• Provide line management, clinical leadership, and workforce support to colleagues, contributing to quality improvement, service innovation, and the delivery of countywide priorities.
• Play a key part in delivering the Experts at Hand programme, working with schools and education partners to strengthen inclusive mainstream education, support earlier identification of speech, language, and communication needs, and improve educational participation and outcomes.
• Collaborate with education, local authority, and SEND partners to support SEND reform, influence system-wide developments, and help shape innovative, sustainable pathways of care across Oxfordshire.

Key Duties

• Provide highly specialist speech and language therapy assessment, intervention, and advice for children and young people with a range of speech, language, and communication needs, including complex and long-term conditions.
• Manage a designated caseload and maintain responsibility and accountability for clinical decision-making and service delivery.
• Support delivery of the Experts at Hand programme by working with schools, education settings, and wider partners to strengthen inclusive mainstream education.
• Act as a strategic leader within the local SEND system, working closely with education colleagues, local authorities, and partner agencies to support the delivery of SEND reforms and improve joined-up working across services.
• Lead and contribute to service improvement projects, pathway development, and countywide programmes of work.
• Work collaboratively with families, education settings, health colleagues, and partner agencies to deliver integrated, child-centred care.
• Promote co-production, respond to feedback, and support the consistent delivery of high-quality speech and language therapy services across Oxfordshire.