Speech and Language Associate Practitioner

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Aberaeron; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Hywel Dda University Health Board is seeking a Speech and Language Therapy Associate Practitioner to support the Flying Start and Families First programme across Ceredigion. The role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team with Speech and Language Therapists and Assistants in a flexible, community-based environment.

Key duties include supporting pre-school children aged 0-5, training families and staff, and contributing to resource development.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children aged 0-5 is essential.
• Experience working with children with Additional Learning Needs is highly desirable.
• Personal qualities: excellent time management, organisational and interpersonal skills; creativity; confidence to support others; empathy towards children and families.

Responsibilities

• Support early years to develop Speech, Language and Communication skills.
• Assist Speech and Language Therapists in training and upskilling families, pre-school settings and professionals.
• Embed training within settings and develop resources for clinics and training.
• Work across varied settings including client homes, nurseries, schools and clinics.

Skills

Welsh language

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Creativity

Empathy

Job description

Job Overview

This is a fixed term/secondment vacancy until 31/07/2027 to cover maternity leave.

If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated individual to join the Speech and Language Therapy Service in Ceredigion as a Speech and Language Therapy Associate Practitioner (Speech and Language Therapy Assistant) for a fixed term until end of July 2027.

You will be working within a friendly and established team of Speech and Language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy Assistants. This role is to support the Flying Start and Families First programme in Ceredigion. This will involve working within a multi agency model linking with a wide range of professionals including families, pre-school staff and other Health Board colleagues.

The post-holder will be expected to work across a variety of settings including client homes, Cylchoedd Meithrin/nurseries, non-maintained settings, schools and clinics.

Job Overview

This is a fixed term/secondment vacancy until 31/07/2027 to cover maternity leave.

If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, flexible and motivated individual to join the Speech and Language Therapy Service in Ceredigion as a Speech and Language Therapy Associate Practitioner (Speech and Language Therapy Assistant) for a fixed term until end of July 2027.

You will be working within a friendly and established team of Speech and Language Therapists and Speech and Language Therapy Assistants. This role is to support the Flying Start and Families First programme in Ceredigion. This will involve working within a multi agency model linking with a wide range of professionals including families, pre-school staff and other Health Board colleagues.

The post-holder will be expected to work across a variety of settings including client homes, Cylchoedd Meithrin/nurseries, non-maintained settings, schools and clinics.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work with the early years to support pre-school children to develop their Speech, Language and Communication skills. There will be opportunities to support Speech and Language Therapists in training and upskilling families, pre school settings and other professionals. You will also be supported to embed this training within the settings. There are opportunities to develop your skills at the universal, targeted and specialist level and you will work under the guidance and support of a Speech and Language Therapist.

There will be opportunities to engage in creative development of training resources and clinic based resources and therefore knowledge of IT systems would be advantageous.

Relevant experience of working with children aged 0-5 is essential. It would be highly desirable to demonstrate experience of working with children with Additional Learning Needs.

Personal qualities required are excellent time, organisational and interpersonal skills, creativity, confidence to support others and empathy towards children and families in varying circumstances. Experience of providing reflective and constructive feedback to Speech and Language Therapists regarding clinical and non-clinical observations would also be beneficial.

The ability to speak Welsh is essential for this post

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.

We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health