Job requirements
Essential
13 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Able to meet the travel requirements of the job
- Experience
Practical experience in working with children and/or young people with a range of speech, language, and communication difficulties.
- Experience
Significant experience working with or within a Speech and Language Therapy Service.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of different therapeutic interventions and techniques and ability to evaluate their use.
- Knowledge and Skills
Good understanding of the development of language and communication.
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work unsupervised in the delivery of therapy.
- Knowledge and Skills
Good analytical and reflective skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Good organisation, negotiation and problem solving skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy.
- Knowledge and Skills
Awareness of relevant national policies and procedures pertinent to children’s Speech and Language Therapy, eg School and Early Years Curricula and current best practice, Children’s and Families legislation, Children’s Safeguarding.
- Training and Qualifications
To be educated to GCSE or equivalent level, including qualification in English language.
- Training and Qualifications
Holds a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant qualification, such as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant BTEC or equivalent, or holds an NVQ4, BTEC, HNC or higher apprenticeship in a relevant field of child development and has significant experience in working with children with speech, language, and communication needs.
- Training and Qualifications
Shows demonstrable evidence of attendance at recent short courses in speech, language, and communication
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
We are excited to announce the launch of recruitment to support the development of our new Experts at Hand team, enabling the local delivery of the national SEND reforms.
The Experts at Hand initiative, from the Department for Education, brings speech and language therapists (SLTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) directly into mainstream schools and colleges to provide early Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) support
We are inviting applicants with experience in working alongside Speech and Language Therapists with children or young people with speech, language and communication needs to join our team as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.
The role will involve working in Shropshire with children in early years and mainstream schools across the age range. The successful applicants will join a team of SLTs and OTs in delivering support to schools in line with the new Expert at Hand guidance. [gov.uk]
There may also be opportunities to work in the core SLT service to strengthen your clinical experience and maintain/extend your wider clinical skills.
As part of your personal statement in your application please tell us in no more than 100 words us how you have made a difference for a child with speech, language and communication needs and/or improved their family's lives.
Main duties of the job
- To implement, under the guidance of speech and language therapists, therapy programmes with children with speech, language and communication difficulties.
- To support parents and educators to make changes to be confident in their knowledge and skills.
- To make adaptations to therapy and training programmes to meet the needs of children and young people, their parents, carers and educators, and to escalate any required adaptations that are out of scope of this role to a speech and language therapist
You will also join a wider team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists who work collaboratively and are committed to delivering NHS values and providing compassionate support to children and young people, parents, and one another.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Children's Speech and Language Therapy Assistant with Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust in Oswestry, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Speech and language therapy assistant role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum/pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Sep 2026.
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