Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Children's Services

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated practitioner to join us as a Speech and Language Therapist Assistant and work alongside our established East locality team.

What we can offer you

• be part of an established and supportive children's service who have a strong ethos on promoting staff wellbeing
• regular clinical and managerial supervision and robust professional support offer from our clinical leads
• Regular CPD through in house away days, team meetings and through the trust's central development fund
• flexible working options

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will ;

• Provide Speech and Language Therapy support to children with speech, language and communication needs in either East Locality team under the supervision of a speech and language therapist.
• Activities will include the setting up and running of parent groups, children’s groups, individual assessment and intervention, advice and target setting within settings/ home and developing resources and packages of care
• To independently manage, with support from a Speech and Language Therapist, a caseload of children with developmental communication and acquired disorders of speech, language and communication
• To set up resources within programmes to be carried out by other key workers/Parents
• To contribute to written reports collated by the Speech and Language Therapist
• To provide training and support to Parents and carers, other professionals including early years and school staff, appropriate Voluntary Organisations, at local level etc

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.