Assistant Practitioner - Children's Speech & Language Therapy

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Bromsgrove; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A county health trust in Worcestershire is seeking an Assistant Practitioner for Children's Speech & Language Therapy. This role involves delivering interventions in schools and providing family support. Applicants should have a foundation degree in Health & Social Care or equivalent, along with relevant experience. The position offers full-time or part-time opportunities, flexibility, and benefits including 27 days leave and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working within a relevant clinical service as a senior HCA/HCSW.
• Ability to travel efficiently to meet the needs of the job.

Responsibilities

• Support children's speech, language, and communication needs.
• Work with families and deliver interventions in schools.
• Collaborate with speech and language therapists to develop services.

Skills

Clear communication skills in English

Education

Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care

GCSE Maths and English (Grade A-C) or equivalent

Job description

Assistant Practitioner - Children's Speech & Language Therapy

The closing date is 04 January 2026

Are you looking for an opportunity to join the NHS and work within Children's Speech and Language Therapy Services? Do you have experience supporting childrens speech, language and communication in an education setting?

We are expanding our team of Band 4 assistant practitioner roles. This is a great opportunity to join our highly motivated and innovative team based in Worcestershire. We have two new roles, one based in Bromsgrove and one in Kidderminster.

We are looking for positive, enthusiastic practitioners with a commitment to collaborative working to join our team.

As a county wide speech and language therapy team, we offer a strong commitment to supporting personal and professional development with ongoing mentor support, supervision and CPD opportunities.

This is full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.

Main duties of the job

We are a well-established team offering a range of services for 0‑19 year olds. This post will potentially involve working within our early years, mainstream schools and complex needs teams in Worcestershire, working alongside speech and language therapists and other speech and language therapy assistants to deliver universal, targeted and specialist level support. It will include:

• Working with families, demonstrating practical ways to support children
• Visits to schools to set up targeted and specialist interventions and share resources
• Delivery of targeted and specialist interventions in settings and schools
• Resource development
• Working within our SLTA team to develop our service

We are looking for good team players, with good communication skills, who can be flexible and a supportive member of the team.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work‑life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We valuediversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats

Qualifications

• Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (or alternative equivalent award e.g. Higher National Diploma (HND) or BTEC (level 4)
• GCSE Maths and English (Grade A-C) or equivalent
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Additional Criteria

• Able to travel efficiently to meet the needs of the job travelling from setting to setting

Experience

• Significant experience working within a relevant clinical service as a senior HCA / HCSW

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearpro rata for part time