Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 11 months (fixed term for up to 11 months - term time only considered)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-7469059-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Coral House
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
Band 4
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Job overview
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 with children primarily in mainstream early years, reception and Key stage 1.
In no more than 100 words please tell us how you have made a difference for a child with speech, language and communication needs and/or improved their family's lives.
As a successful applicant you will be committed to providing high quality care and sharing your innovative ideas for service delivery.
It is essential to us that you enjoy coming to work and feel satisfied with the difference you are making to children and young people’s development and skills.
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.
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.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
These posts in Children's SLT provide therapists with the opportunity to work directly with children, families and education setting partners in the community, mainstream schools, early years, and in special schools, delivering both assessments and a range of interventions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- To be educated to GCSE or equivalent level, including qualification in English language.
- 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.
- Shows demonstrable evidence of attendance at recent short courses in speech, language, and communication
Experience
Essential criteria
- Practical experience in working with children and/or young people with a range of speech, language, and communication difficulties.
- Significant experience working with or within a Speech and Language Therapy Service.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of different therapeutic interventions and techniques and ability to evaluate their use.
- Good understanding of the development of language and communication.
- Ability to work unsupervised in the delivery of therapy.
- Good analytical and reflective skills.
- Good organisation, negotiation and problem solving skills. Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy. Awareness of relevant national policies and procedures pertinent to children’s Speech and Language Therapy, eg School and Preschool Curricula and current best practice, Children’s and Families legislation, Children’s Safeguarding.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy.
- 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.
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the job
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gillian Hackett
- Job title
- ELSEC Project Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01743 450800
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