Assistant Speech and Language Therapist

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nottingham is seeking an Assistant Speech and Language Therapist to provide support to adults with intellectual disabilities. The role involves working with a multidisciplinary team, developing communication resources, and assisting individuals in achieving the best outcomes in their care. Candidates should possess strong IT skills, experience in teamwork, and a commitment to inclusivity. The salary ranges from £27,485 to £30,162 per annum pro rata.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills to work with service users and families.
• Experience of co/delivering training to staff teams.
• Commitment to working as a part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Independently carry out agreed communication support to users.
• Observe service users and report to speech and language therapists.
• Develop resources for effective communication.

Skills

Communication tools

IT skills

Teamwork

Flexible working

Organizational skills

Experience with learning disabilities

Education

Good standard of general education to GCSE level including English and Maths

Tools

Symbol Software

Graphics software

Job description

The closing date is 01 December 2025

Assistant Speech and Language Therapist

To provide agreed support to adults with intellectual disabilities, their families, carers and the multi-disciplinary team. Specifically, this will relate to the communication needs of an individual, and subsequent environmental needs. Support may be for individuals, environments or providers and is under the direction of qualified Speech and Language Therapists but often delivered without direct supervision, across different multi-agency day and residential settings.

Main duties of the job

The role will help support the delivery of an efficient and effective Speech and Language Therapy Service to ensure that individuals with mental health conditions and associated communication and swallowing needs receive the best possible outcomes in relation to their care, treatment and recovery. The SLT service involves providing individual assessment, intervention, advice, training, and a consultative approach and the post-holder will support the qualified SLT to deliver this service. Well-developed IT skills are essential for this post to support production of accessible information and resources. The post holder needs excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work confidently and flexibly with service users, families and support staff within a fast-paced inpatient environment.

About us

TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Job responsibilities

To independently carry out agreed communication and eating and drinking support to users of the speech and language therapy service, as directed by a qualified speech and language therapist.

To observe service users in a range of settings and report observations to the speech and language therapist.

To participate in assessment alongside speech and language therapists.

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across a variety of agencies and locations in order to maximise communication opportunities for service users and support eating and drinking needs.

To develop resources to support effective communication and to support others to enhance mealtimes. This will include symbol books, charts, communication profiles, and accessible information literature.

To carry out other administrative duties related to clinical work, such as photocopying and collating materials, data entry and sending out letters.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Person Specification

contractual

• Car driver with ability to travel across different sites within the Nottinghamshire area

Knowledge and experience

• Experience/familiarity with/ of using a range of communication tools
• IT skills/experience developed to a standard in order to produce Communication tools independently
• Demonstration of, commitment to and ability to work as a team member
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Ability to work flexibly and independently
• Well organised
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people
• Experience of co/delivering training to staff teams
• Competence with relevant IT and graphics software used to produce visual communication resources (e.g. Symbol Software)
• Competence with communication approaches such as developing easy read information, Social Stories and decision-making tools such as 'Talking Mats'.

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata