SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST (BAND 5)

Salary: NHS Band 5, Points 9-11£32,074 - £39,043 (Actual starting salary £28,990)
Full-time/Part-time: Full time 37 hours per week – term time only + INSET + 2 weeks in holidays
Days/Times Monday - Friday
Closing Date: We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of applications
Starting Date:  1st September 2026
Status: Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly, well established and highly specialist multi disciplinary team. This role is ideal for a newly qualified professional seeking a term time only position, a supportive start to their career, and genuine variety within their working role.

St Rose’s School and St Martin’s College is an exceptional organisation providing education, therapy and care for students aged 2–25 with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties, complex physical and sensory needs, communication difficulties and autism. Due to continued growth in student numbers, we are delighted to welcome applications for an additional therapist to join our team.

We are seeking a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist who:

• Is passionate about supporting young people with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs
• Is keen to learn and develop specialist skills in areas such as AAC, complex physical and sensory needs including visual and hearing impairments, autism and learning disability
• Values a rewarding, varied and interesting caseload
• Thrives within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrates excellent communication, teamwork and a creative, dynamic approach to practice

The successful applicant can expect:

A nurturing, structured and truly supportive environment designed to help you flourish as a newly qualified therapist. You will receive regular one to one clinical supervision from experienced colleagues and will work closely with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, teachers and specialist support staff. We take pride in providing a warm, friendly and collaborative atmosphere where your wellbeing, growth and success genuinely matter.

St Rose’s and St Martin’s are inspiring, stimulating and rewarding places to work, where no two days are the same. We have a strong commitment to ongoing professional development and offer a wide range of CPD opportunities to help you develop specialist skills and progress your career. Our staff enjoy a vibrant sense of community, strong peer support and a cheerful, welcoming working environment.

We offer a generous range of staff benefits, including:

• A supportive ethos focused on staff wellbeing
• Employee Assistance Programme through Care First
• Employer contributions to Nest Pensions or the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Excellent CPD and career progression opportunities
• Free parking on site
• Free use of our hydrotherapy pool on Monday evenings (term time only)
• Non teaching staff salaries aligned with NJC and NHS Bands
• Paid study support (criteria apply)
• Subsidised on site nursery places
• Low cost hot lunches
• Very generous annual leave entitlement for non teaching staff (30 days plus bank holidays, pro rata
• Staff referral/recruitment bonus of £100

We are a warm, friendly and supportive community focused organisation, centrally located in Stroud with excellent transport links and beautiful grounds.

If you would like to visit or have an informal chat about the role with Katherine Marchant, Lead Therapist, please telephone on the number in the contact details.

An enhanced DBS check and two satisfactory references are required prior to appointment.
Candidates will require an enhanced DBS check and two satisfactory references prior to taking up the post.

Applications should be made by application form only. CVs will not be accepted

For an application form and job description please email by clicking on Apply Now or call the number in the contact details.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE.                                                 

St Rose’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff, and volunteers, to share the same commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check.