About The Role

Are you a passionate Speech and Language Therapist looking to shape the future of young lives?

Imagine joining a vibrant, wellbeing-focused team with an Ofsted Outstanding rating, where your expertise can truly transform the trajectory of students' lives. At East Kent College Group, we're dedicated to empowering young people to unlock their potential—and we want you to be a part of that journey.

Here, you’ll find a unique blend of autonomy and support, working alongside a highly experienced senior therapist. Whether you're based in Canterbury or at one of our other campuses in Broadstairs, Ashford, Folkestone, Sheppey, or Dover, we’ll work with you to create the perfect environment for you to thrive.

You’ll support students with Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs) and personalised learning pathways, helping them navigate a diverse range of challenges from learning difficulties to social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs. From pre-entry levels to vocational courses at Level 3, you'll work with students aged 16 and over—each with unique stories, goals, and potential.

If you're ready to make a real difference and help students build incredible futures, join us at East Kent College Group. Your journey to impact starts here!

The role will involve:

carrying out assessments
delivering therapy
supervising support staff who deliver language and communication programmes
offering staff training
contributing to the EHCP process
working with staff to support them to differentiate teaching and support

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

Competitive salary and holiday entitlement
Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
Generous pension scheme - 18% employer contribution
Being part of a company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
Time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
Being part of Community Days and Annual Staff Celebration Day

Please note that this is a 18.5 hours per week position and the salary is pro rata at £22,999 per annum. The hours are to be worked Monday - Friday (8:30am-5.00pm) with specific hours open to discussion.

This is a Group role and will require visits to all our colleges across South East Kent, with a base in Canterbury College.

About You

You’ll have a minimum of four years’ experience of delivering speech therapy with experience of working with post 16 aged young people.

You will also:

Have a recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
Be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Be a registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists or eligible for membership.
Be a team player.
Be flexible in meeting the challenges that can arise day-to-day in a Further Education environment.
Have an excellent understanding of safeguarding procedure and practice

Don’t worry about updating your CV for this position. We have a short online application form and will get back to everyone who applies, successful or otherwise.

Simply click ‘apply’ and we’ll let you know about an interview date. We may close this vacancy early dependent on the number of applicants.

Please contact the Resourcing Team at [email protected] if you have any general queries. Alternatively, please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions about working for the group or about the role itself.

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

EKC Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. The Group’s designation as a ‘designated establishment’ means that all posts within EKC Group are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. We therefore have an obligation to carry out robust checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults; applicants are therefore advised that appropriate safeguarding checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken on all successful applicants; job offers will be made on the basis of satisfactory DBS and other checks, including the receipt of two references. If you are successful in obtaining an interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process. Applicants should note that it is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. All applicants are required to complete and submit a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.

Commitment to Equal Opportunities

EKC Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce. We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award; this confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. Similarly, our commitment to Care Leavers means that we will interview applicants who meet the minimum criteria and who have declared on their application that they are a Care Leaver.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.

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