Graduate & early-career SLT support
Starting your SLT career can bring a lot of questions.
Moving from university into your first Speech and Language Therapy role is exciting, but it can also feel like a big step.
Our SLT graduate support is designed to help students, graduates and early-career Speech and Language Therapists feel more informed and confident as they move from university into professional practice.
How we can support you
What would be useful to you right now?
Our graduate and early-career support focuses on the practical questions that often come up as you move from university into professional practice and begin developing your career.
Moving into practice
Explore the transition from university into your first professional SLT role and what the early stages of practice can involve.
Your first SLT role
Practical conversations around starting work, understanding different settings and finding your feet in a new professional environment.
Building confidence
Explore the questions, pressures and professional development needs that commonly arise during the first stages of an SLT career.
Career development
Think about your professional interests, development goals and the different settings and pathways an SLT career can offer.
Explore further
Useful next steps
Explore more support from Integrated Treatment Services or visit RCSLT for current professional guidance.
Explore ITS careers
Find out more about working with ITS and the opportunities and support available to therapists.
Professional guidance
RCSLT provides information and guidance for graduates moving into the early stages of their professional SLT career.
Future graduate & early-career events
What would you like us to run next?
We’re planning future events and practical support sessions for SLT students, graduates and early-career therapists. Tell us what would be most useful to you and we’ll use your feedback to help shape forthcoming sessions.
Future sessions could explore:
Help shape future sessions
Tell us what would be useful to you
Tell us where you are in your SLT journey and which subjects you’d most like future ITS sessions to cover.
Register your interest ↓There’s no obligation. Your feedback will help us plan future events around the support graduates and early-career SLTs actually want.
