Speech and Language Therapist (Grenfell Education Hub)

Support the North Kensington community to find and use their voices to shape futures beyond tragedy.

As Speech and Language Therapist in the Grenfell Education Team, you will be working with children and young people, families, professionals, and institutions who continue to live with the impact of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Through trauma-informed, relationship-based practice, you will work alongside the community to accurately identify needs and deliver support that is transformative, ambitious, and collaborative.

Working Style:

You'll be based in the Borough for five days a week, playing a key role in serving the local community. You'll be part of a dedicated team making a real difference to residents' lives.

What you'll be doing:

Your work will involve direct support for individuals and families as well as and wider influence on local schools. You'll work with children to develop their language and communication skills, using evidence-based tools, including formal standardised assessments and dynamic approaches. Your advice, information and support will enable, parents/carers and schools to promote the development of speech, language and communication skills and leave behind enhanced skills and confidence.

You will also design and deliver tailored interventions to support emotional regulation, social connection and learning. Your focus will be on restoring a sense of agency and potential - helping children and their families believe in their right to belong, achieve, and aspire. You'll work closely with teachers, parents and community partners to embed restorative, inclusive practices and to make sure the spaces around the child reflect their needs, strengths and hopes for the future.

You'll carry out comprehensive assessments that identify strengths and difficulties in expressive and receptive language, social communication, fluency, and speech sound development, ensuring targeted and effective intervention. These aren't just clinical exercises - they are acts of advocacy, helping schools, families and professionals understand what young people need to be connected, find their voices, and move forward.

For further details, please review the Job Description and Person Specification

What you'll bring

You'll be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), with experience supporting children and young people across diverse educational settings. You'll bring extensive knowledge of principles in effective working with families and schools and application to practice and wide ranging experience of operational caseload management for children with a speech and language need You'll be working creatively, listening to stakeholders' views to refine your work and influence change across the education system.

Your work will be grounded in a trauma-informed and relational approach - one that sees the whole child, understands their context, and holds space for both pain and possibility. You'll be culturally competent, with an understanding of diverse family contexts and the ability to tailor interventions accordingly as well as being skilled in trauma-informed practices. You'll understand that progress looks different for every child, and that your role is not just to identify barriers, but to open doors - helping young people feel seen, valued, and capable of building futures driven by their own ambitions. You'll be a thoughtful communicator and collaborator, able to build trust with families, schools and professionals who may still be navigating the long tail of loss and disruption.

You'll be confident working flexibly - supporting change not just for individuals, but across classrooms, families, and communities. You will rely on your strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Why join us

At RBKC, we're all in - investing in our people, our communities and our future.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of a long-term, community-led response to one of the most devastating tragedies in recent history. At the Grenfell Education Hub, we're not just supporting recovery - we're protecting futures. You'll join a team that is deeply committed to making sure no child is left to carry the weight of this tragedy alone, and that every young person has the chance to be seen not just for what they've endured, but for who they are and what they hope to become.

We offer strong professional supervision, a collaborative working environment, and a deep shared commitment to care, inclusion and purpose. If you share our belief that every young person has the right to feel safe, to imagine a different future, and to be supported as they work toward it - we would welcome your application.

About us

Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places. Everything we do is focused on supporting our residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough.

As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our work every day, ensuring our services are delivered with care and competence. We listen to our residents, act with integrity and work together to build a borough that is greener, safer and fairer for all.

In this role, you'll use your expertise to support children whose lives have been shaped by the Grenfell tragedy - helping build safe, inclusive environments where they can feel valued, imagine new possibilities, and pursue futures defined by aspiration, not loss.

Interview Details

Interviews will be held in person on 7th April 2026

This role requires an Enhanced DBS with adults and childrens barred list.

Ready to join us?

We're all in - are you? If you share our values and have the skills to contribute, we'd love to hear from you.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We are committed to fair, transparent, and consistent pay practices. New hires will start at the minimum of the advertised salary range.

Employees receive annual salary increases until they reach the top of the pay scale. In addition, employees will receive any agreed cost of living pay rises.