Assistant Practitioner - Children's Speech & Language Therapy

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust; Kidderminster; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking enthusiastic Band 4 assistant practitioners to join its Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Services in Worcestershire. The role involves supporting children’s speech and language development, visiting schools, and delivering targeted interventions. Applicants should have experience in education settings and a commitment to collaborative working. Benefits include flexible working, generous leave, and a supportive team environment. This position has full-time availability, but part-time candidates are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children's speech, language, and communication.
• Experience in an educational setting.

Responsibilities

• Work with families to support children.
• Visit schools to set up interventions.
• Deliver targeted interventions in various settings.
• Develop resources for the service.

Skills

Good communication skills

Team player

Flexible and supportive

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to join the NHS and work within Childrens 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.

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 the Trust

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 value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

Benefits

• 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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