# Assistant Practitioner- Speech and Language Therapy > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for HCRG Care Group. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-practitioner-speech-and-language-therapy/fe37533f-88b0-42b4-b975-ac619b1ac00d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/assistant-practitioner-speech-and-language-therapy/fe37533f-88b0-42b4-b975-ac619b1ac00d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** HCRG Care Group - **Town:** Gravesend - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £27,674 to £30,557 a year - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part-time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T07:02:23.654Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0279-26-1665?employerCode=E0279 - **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1528860026&supplierId=153&utm_campaign=NHSJobs&utm_source=supplier ## Job Content ### Job summary Package Description: Are you passionate about helping people to communicate and achieve their potential? We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly Speech and Language Therapy team. You will support the childrens speech and language therapy service to provide high quality of care through assessment and therapy intervention for children and young people in nursery and school settings in Wiltshire. We have 2 part-time roles available working 30 hours per week, term time only. Flexible hours: We're open to discussing working hours to help you balance work with family or other personal commitments. Base - Derby Court, Trowbridge, BA14 0XQ Main Responsibilities: To independently devise and implement specialised treatment programmes for children with a wide range of complex speech, language and communication difficulties, with access to supervision by qualified speech and language therapists. To be responsible for assessing the effectiveness of interventions in meeting the required outcomes and making necessary modifications within personal scope of practice and based on evidence. ### Main duties of the job Are you passionate about helping people to communicate and achieve their potential? We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly Speech and Language Therapy team. You will support the childrens speech and language therapy service to provide high quality of care through assessment and therapy intervention for children and young people in nursery and school settings in Wiltshire. We have 2 part-time roles available working 30 hours per week, term time only. We're open to discussing working hours to help you balance work with family or other personal commitments. Main responsibilities include independently devising and implementing specialised treatment programmes for children with complex speech, language and communication difficulties, with access to supervision. You will assess the effectiveness of interventions and make necessary modifications within your scope of practice. You will be working unsupervised in community/specialist settings and providing feedback to therapists. ### About us HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. Established in 2006, they work with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. They deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and musculoskeletal services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. HCRG Care Group supports millions of communities across England and directly helps more than half a million people each year. They are committed to equal opportunities and have policies in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices. ### Details - Date posted: 22 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £27,674 to £30,557 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Part-time - Reference number: 1528860026 - Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Trowbridge, BA14 0XG, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Package Description: Are you passionate about helping people to communicate and achieve their potential? We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly Speech and Language Therapy team. You will support the childrens speech and language therapy service to provide high quality of care through assessment and therapy intervention for children and young people in nursery and school settings in Wiltshire. We have 2 part-time roles available working 30 hours per week, term time only. Flexible hours: We're open to discussing working hours to help you balance work with family or other personal commitments. Base -Derby Court, Trowbridge, BA14 0XQ Main Responsibilities: - To independently devise and implement specialised treatment programmes for children with a wide range of complex speech, language and communication difficulties, with access to supervision by qualified speech and language therapists. - To be responsible for assessing the effectiveness of interventions in meeting the required outcomes and making necessary modifications within personal scope of practice and based on evidence. - To work unsupervised in a range of community/specialist settings implementing programmes, monitoring intervention, undertaking formal and informal assessment procedures, providing feedback and suggestions for potential changes to the responsible therapist. Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have - Essential: - Educated to diploma level or equivalent - Good interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills - Negotiation and problem solving skills - Demonstrates ability to be a good team member including working with other agencies - Prioritisation skills - Well-developed concentration skills - Good presentation skills both written and verbal - Good organisational skills and ability to work independently - Prioritisation skills - Experience working with children with speech, language and communication difficulties - Experience of working independently to deliver packages of care - Experience of developing relationships with staff from other agencies/organisations - Knowledge of Makaton - Experience of working within mainstream and/or specialist education provision. - Experience of delivering training - Valid UK Driving License in order to carry out duties of the post Desirable: - Knowledge of Makaton - Experience of working within mainstream and/or specialist education provision. - Experience of delivering training Package Description As an Assistant Practitioner, youll be part of our valued team based at Derby Court. You will feel valued as a Assistant Practitionerwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: - A salary of £27,674 - £30,557 Pro Rata with access to our group pension - Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location - Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you - Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates - Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling - Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise - An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leadingindependentproviders of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, wesupportcommunities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We'recommittedto equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you.If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to diploma level or equivalent, good interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills, negotiation and problem solving skills, ability to be a good team member including working with other agencies, prioritisation skills, well-developed concentration skills, good presentation skills both written and verbal, good organisational skills and ability to work independently, experience working with children with speech, language and communication difficulties, experience of working independently to deliver packages of care, experience of developing relationships with staff from other agencies/organisations, knowledge of Makaton, experience of working within mainstream and/or specialist education provision, valid UK Driving License ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.