Job Description

Job Introduction

HCRG Care Group is seeking a passionate and experienced Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join our dynamic team as a

Band 7

Team Lead

. In this role, you will provide high-quality care to children and young people from 1 month to 19 years of age across Wiltshire, working in special schools, specialist and mainstream pre-school and school settings, as well as occasionally conducting home visits.


You will lead a busy and dedicated team within a key hub, working in partnership with parents, education settings, and the wider multi-disciplinary team to deliver excellent care. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong clinical expertise, leadership skills, and a passion for service development.


This role is for 22.5 hours a week based at out Chippenham hub location. As the role requires travel a driving license and access to a car will be required for this role.


Main Responsibilities

As a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist Team Lead you will:

Clinical Leadership & Management:

Oversee clinical leadership for a mixed-skilled team, manage case allocation, chair Hub meetings, and provide staff support within the Hub.

Collaborative Working:

Work closely with the SLT senior operational team to support service development and delivery. Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team, parents, and external agencies.

Specialist Clinical Care:

Independently assess, manage, and provide second opinion advice on specialist clinical areas, including early years, school-age children, or complex needs.

Training & Development:

Develop and deliver training packages for HCRG Care Group staff, educational staff, parents, and external agencies.

Tribunal Support:

Provide expert advice for the Local Authority and support junior staff through the tribunal process, attending educational tribunals as required.

Service Development & Governance:

Contribute to the development and review of clinical pathways, audits, and service initiatives in line with current evidence and national policies. Manage data collection to support service development and RTT.

Recruitment & Staff Support:

Support recruitment efforts in line with HCRG Care Group policies and assist in professional development through clinical supervision and mentorship.

Operational Support:

Provide operational support to the Professional Leads and manage DATIX incident investigations.

The Ideal Candidate

Our Ideal Candidate will have:

A recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent HCPC - Licence to Practice Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks/special interest groups Evidence of right to work in the UK Minimum of 6 years clinical practice post qualification Knowledge of local and national policies and procedures relevant to the specialist client group such as NICE guidelines. Excellent management skills of teams to drive quality service delivery Highly developed negotiation and problem solving skills and ability to manage difficult situations. Experience managing clinical caseloads and offering specialist support for children with school age complex SLCN, AAC and dysphagia OR school age service provision (inc DLD) OR early years and complex needs SLCN service provision

Valid UK Driving License and access to a car for work purposes to carry out duties of the post

About The Company

We 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.


Finally, we need to let you know that the company you'll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we'll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.


Package Description

As a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist Team Lead , you'll be part of our valued team at our Chippenham base.


You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

Band 7 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Free tea and coffee at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least 100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year * The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission