Speech and Language Therapist Team Lead
Job Reference togethertrust/TP/685/340
Job Introduction
Speech & Language Therapist Team Lead
Liverpool & surrounding area
37.5 hours/week | 41 weeks (term time)
£48,022 FTE (pro-rated to term time)
Permanent
Lead change. Shape services. Transform lives.
Are you an experienced Speech & Language Therapist ready to step into leadership — or deepen your impact as a clinical specialist? At Together Trust, you’ll lead high-quality therapy services within specialist SEN school settings, supporting children and young people with complex needs to thrive.
You’ll be part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary Clinical Service working alongside Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, and Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners. This is a role where your clinical expertise, leadership skills, and passion for inclusive practice genuinely shape outcomes.
Our mission is simple: champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support — and stand beside them every step of the way.
What you’ll be doing:
✨ Lead and manage a specialist Speech & Language Therapy caseload.
✨ Deliver evidence-based assessment, intervention and therapy programmes.
✨ Provide training, guidance and consultation to school staff, families and carers.
✨ Supervise and develop junior colleagues within a supportive team culture.
✨ Lead a clinical specialism (e.g. AAC, Autism, SEMH, Dysfluency) and influence service development.
✨ Ensure best practice, safeguarding and professional standards across services.
What you’ll bring:
✔ Degree in Speech & Language Therapy with HCPC registration.
✔ Membership of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.
✔ Significant post-qualification experience, ideally with Autism and complex needs.
✔ Experience supervising others and contributing to service development.
✔ Strong communication skills and confidence working autonomously and collaboratively.
✔ Knowledge of EHCP processes and outcome measurement.
Why join Together Trust?
- Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card.
- Proud to be a real living wage employer.
- Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.
- Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home.
You’ll be joining a team that learns together, supports each other, and is committed to improving lives every single day.
Curious about the role? Watch our Speech & Language Therapy careers video:
https://youtu.be/P9SsSjd5hNo
Safeguarding & Inclusion
Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. This role requires an Enhanced DBS check and involves regulated activity.
