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Speech and Language Therapist – Highly Specialist – Band 8

Permanent Children's centres Education

Job Description

Closing Date: Monday 27th July 2026

Position: Speech and Language Therapist
(Highly Specialist) Band 8

Location: CENMAC (Greater London) / Havering
Salary: Band 8
Contract: Full-time

 

Join our team! Speech and Language Therapist (Highly Specialist) Band 8
 

Join us in shaping the future of inclusive education as part of the Experts at Hand. We are seeking an exceptional, experienced Speech and Language Therapist to lead a new, innovative service working across mainstream schools in Havering to develop a model that strengthens the capacity of schools.

You will inspire and lead a team of Band 6 / 7 therapists, build strong partnerships across education and health, and drive high-quality, evidence-based practice to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

This is a unique leadership opportunity for someone who is creative, strategic, and passionate about inclusion—someone who can bring teams together, build capacity in schools, and ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive through aspirational outcomes.

We welcome local and international applications.

For further information and application form, please download the Job Description/Person Specification, Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form below:

> CENMAC Job Description & Person Specification(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab)

> CPA & CENMAC Application Form(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab)

> CPA & CENMAC Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Salary Band

Band 8

Hours

Full time
About CENMAC

CENMAC is a team of professionals supporting children and young people experiencing barriers to learning and/or communication to access the curriculum and/or to communicate using assistive technology.

Our unique service offers assessments, reviews and the loan of assistive technology (AT) and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

We work across the Greater London area, with children and young people aged 2 to 25 with Education Health Care Plans (EHCP) in mainstream education, special schools, and those who are home educated.

Support is ongoing and can be maintained for as long as required. Reviews of both support and equipment are held a minimum of once a year.

CENMAC is based at Charlton Park Academy(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab) in South-East London.

We support children and young people in the following Local Authorities:

Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, Ealing, Greenwich, Havering, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richmond, Southwark and Wandsworth.

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