Speech and Language Therapist

Are you a Speech and Language Therapist looking for a hours that work around you?

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 

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. 

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

We are 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.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

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.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges 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 and are a Disability Confident Employer. 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. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application. 

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.