Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Job overview

Ealing Community Partners: NHS, Ealing Council, voluntary and specialist providers working together to deliver health and social care for the people of Ealing

We have multiple full time positions available as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant within the Ealing Speech and Language Therapy team. This post involves supporting a large team of therapists with administration tasks and resource-making as well as carrying out clinical work under therapist supervision.

Ealing Speech & Language Therapy Department offers a wide range of opportunities for continuing professional development, and is committed to providing excellent levels of support and supervision. You will work as part of the Ealing Services for Children with Additional Needs.

This is a fixed-term appointment for the period specified. Completion of the contract does not, by itself, guarantee renewal or further or permanent employment.

Main duties of the job

Ealing SLT Team works across Primary, Secondary and Special schools as well as Community Clinics and Children's Centres, providing a range of services to children aged 0-18 years and their families. The post holder will be involved in:

• General administration duties, e.g. filing, sending out appointment letters, answering phone calls, scanning and arranging training
• Making materials to be used in therapy
• Working with individual children and small groups of children under the supervision and guidance of a Speech and Language Therapist
• Providing training and modelling of SLT specific interventions to parents/education staff, under the guidance of a Speech and Language Therapist

Training will be provided, but the post holders are required to have excellent communication skills, proven administration and IT skills and to be effective team workers. The post holder should also have an interest in and experience of working with children and young people.

The role involves a combination of on site visits to Education Settings, Clinics, Children's Centres and admin time at the main base.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Administrative:

To assist and support SLTs in day to day admin tasks as requested which may include:

• Uploading reports/letters/programmes/assessments to System 1
• Support with discharge process on system 1 and archiving
• When required to type reports. minutes of meetings etc
• To collect and input statistical information as required
• To manage the administration associated with new or developing parts of the service
• To cover the duties of absent assistants as directed by Team Leaders
• To monitor stock levels of equipment, stocking up small storerooms as required and ensure documentation is maintained.

Clinical:

• To prepare equipment for individual speech and language programmes as directed by the SLT
• To carry out routine work with clients in the following levels of input under the guidance and supervision of the SLT:
• Universal (eg, , Training of Others, coffee mornings)
• Targeted (Groups*/Training) *eg, running groups of 3/4 children with language difficulties and advising and monitoring staff regarding how to carry out programmes
• Specialist interventions (1:1, paired and small groups)
• To assist in the delivery of therapy sessions and recording of progress, with regular monitoring and programme adjustment provided by the SLT. To follow/ carry out treatment plans for patients as prescribed by the therapist, observe general behaviour, ability and response of the patients and to document the information, reporting back to the appropriate therapist or manager of the team.
• Ensure patient documentation meets the standards set by the professional body in conjunction with Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Trust standards of note keeping.

Professional Development

To be responsible for own CPD, by attending:

• any in-service training days
• team meetings
• care-group or other clinical meetings as arranged.
• Ensure up to date knowledge of Information Governance
• To attend mandatory training sessions
• Continual Personal Development Programmes as agreed with Team Leaders
• To support SLTs in the placements of SLT Students in the following ways:
• Induction training for students
• Co-running groups/whole class/training sessions with students
• Feeding back to SLT re: students’ work when co-working with them

Please note, you will be invited to complete a pre-task prior to invitation to face to face interview.

The advert may close early if there are a large number of applicants.

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.