Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for those interested in supporting the development of communication skills of children in Wandsworth mainstream primary schools.  Due to investment in our service we are able to recruit an assistant to increase our existing, well established mainstream schools speech and language therapy service.  Supporting children’s communication development is vital and speech therapy plays a crucial role in supporting children to reach their educational potential.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting our SLT team to provide a speech and language therapy service to children attending the children's centres or clinic for communication advice
• To attend stay and play sessions to promote communication development and give advice to parents and carers
• Modelling for centre  staff
• Encouraging and supporting children's centres to become a communication rich environment
• Providing administrative support to SLTs in the children centre and clinic team
• To attend team meetings and frequently liaise with other members of the team
• Recording patient information on client database (RiO)
• Recording numbers attending groups and reporting to the SLT
• Receiving calls from parents and schools etc

Working for our organisation

The Children’s Therapy team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists. Therapists work in multi-disciplinary/multi agency teams across the borough of Wandsworth.

We have a range of working parties to ensure we are utilising best practice including:

• Diversity and Inclusion
• Developmental Language Disorder
• Gestalt Language Processing
• Neurodiversity
• Bilingualism
• Social emotional and mental health (SEMH)

We are very proud of our inclusive and proactive team of therapists and assistants providing evidence based and informed intervention to Wandsworth’s children.

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). 

 After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.