Band 5 - Newly Qualified Speech & Language Therapist - Chorley - Permanent

Job Title: Newly Qualified Speech & Language Therapist
Banding: Band 5
Location: Chorley, Lancashire
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £28,992 – £36,636 per annum (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits
Working Hours: Full-time

A valued client is seeking a compassionate and motivated Newly Qualified Speech & Language Therapist to join their team at Westmorland School in Chorley. This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified professional to gain hands-on experience in a supportive, inclusive environment that celebrates every young person’s unique communication style and sensory needs. Check out this video on what life as a Speech and Language Therapist at Witherslack Group is like!

Key responsibilities

Westmorland School is part of a wider network of specialist schools and children’s homes that deliver one of the most integrated models in SEND. The school supports pupils with a wide range of communication profiles, including non-speaking learners, AAC users, and those with developmental language differences and delays. The young people often present with complex needs such as developmental trauma, neurodevelopmental conditions, and special educational needs.

This role offers the opportunity to work with a diverse caseload and develop clinical skills in a setting that values learner-centred practice. The ideal candidate will bring a passion for special educational needs (SEN), a commitment to ongoing professional development, and a reflective, feedback-driven approach to their work.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, the successful candidate will support educational and residential colleagues in creating therapeutic living and learning environments. They will conduct clinical assessments, develop personalised care plans, and deliver individualised therapeutic interventions. The role also involves assessing mental health needs and recommending appropriate interventions. Building strong rapport with young people is essential to delivering effective counselling and providing meaningful feedback on progress.

What's in it for you

For your hard work and commitment, they reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With them, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training


• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays days holiday including bank holidays


• Clinical Development: If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, they provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development


• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out their benefits here


• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance


• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts


• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out their schools here


• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future. Embedded within their living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You’ll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way. Here’s a few things they’ll need from you:

• Be a qualified Speech and Language Therapist registered with the HCPC


• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to engage and deliver therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs


• Need experience of supporting teams around a child or young person to ensure they are being provided with clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences


• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer.


• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative


• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

Why work with Pulse?

From the moment you register with us, our focus is entirely on you. During our first conversation, you’ll quickly see that we understand your specialty inside and out.Our expert recruitment consultants are dedicated to finding you the best opportunities and supporting you every step of the way to secure the perfect placement. With our preferred or sole supplier status with many clients, you’ll have access to exclusive opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else.We always prioritise your best interests, engaging in meaningful conversations and truly listening to you. You are an individual, a professional—not just a resource.

How to Apply

If you are interested in registering with us, would like to know more about this position, or simply wish to discuss other opportunities we have available, we would love to hear from you. Please apply using the link below.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents of countries listed on the Red or Amber list of the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel in England, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.