Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Speech and Language Therapy Assistant 1.0 WTE Band 4
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Education SLTTeam

Due to new funding, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join the Speech and Language Therapy Education Team at Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust.

You will work within the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) special schools team, supporting children and young people with a range of complex needs including learning difficulties.

The role involves working with the SLTs to deliver interventions to develop children and young people's language and communication skills and supporting the schools to embed good universal and targeted practise within their setting.

In addition, the post holder will also be required to support with making some therapy materials and supporting Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems (AAC).

We are looking for someone with enthusiasm, excellent interpersonal and team-working skills and an interest and experience of working with school-aged children and young people with complex needs.

Join us if you want to:

Access 1:1 supervision and line management as well as peer group supervision.
Access training opportunities including inhouse training programme.
Learn about a range of interventions and work with children and young people with a wide range of needs.
Work in partnership with school staff and families to help them understand and support the language and communication needs of the children and young people attending the schools.
Work as part of a friendly, innovative and motivated team with an active diversity and inclusion ethos.

For more information, please contact:

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Single occupancy accommodation in Central London (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
Support with gaining your driving license *T&C's apply
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ.

Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background.

CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

To develop, plan, and implement programmes of support to children/young people and families under the direction of the Speech and Language Therapy line manager and team, to promote development of communication, language and speech skills for children and young people

To conduct health promotion activities and workshops independently, under the direction of the Speech and Language Therapist e.g. sensory stories, play skills.

To assist the SLTs in assessments, such as taking observations of children's communication skills e.g. social communication, play, attention, understanding, language, communication functions and speech.

To contribute to clinical teams both multi-disciplinary and uni-disciplinary by discussing own and others input around family's needs.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.