Our Team

Meet our team of talented and dedicated professionals

The Words First team

For schools, MATs, Local Authorities and the NHS our team is here to support you

  • Every therapist is permanently employed and has undergone in-depth interviewing and vetting.
  • Some therapists are in the process of registering with the UK’s Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) / awaiting HCPC registration. They will be identified on our website as ‘not HCPC registered’.

    The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is the statutory regulator of the following professions, and they must be registered with the HCPC in the UK:
    - Speech and Language Therapists
    - Occupational Therapists
    - Educational Psychologists
    Individuals labelled as not HCPC regsitered are not registered in the UK.

    Unregistered therapists listed on our website are qualified therapists (in their relevant profession) and have application numbers with the HCPC. During the period leading up to their registration, they work under the guidance of their HCPC registered supervisor and all communication is signed off by them as 'not HCPC registered'.
  • Every professional shares the values of Words First and is committed to offering an interdisciplinary, child-centred and flexible approach to optimise each student’s potential. 
  • All our professionals have regular clinical supervision, mentoring and continuing professional development. 

Meet the professionals who make Words First so special