Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Crawley; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Crawley seeks a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join their Pre-School Complex Needs team. This part-time role involves working with children with various communication needs, providing clinical support, and fostering their development. Ideal candidates should have experience in educational or clinical settings and knowledge of child development. The position offers a salary between £27,485 to £30,162 pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Experience working with children in a health or education setting.
• Experience making and recording observations.
• Knowledge of child development.
• Experience working with families.
• Experience with children with speech, language and communication needs.

Responsibilities

• Clinically responsible for a caseload of patients.
• Progress and manage own caseload with some autonomy.
• Provide treatment and care programs to clients.
• Document variances in patient conditions.
• Maintain high standards of clinical care.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Independent working

Problem solving

Education

GCSE English and Maths or equivalent

Job description

The Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service in the Central area of West Sussex is looking to recruit a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (Band 4) to join our Pre-School Complex Needs team for part time hours - 18.75 hours per week.

You will have experience of working with children in a clinical or educational setting. You will have knowledge of child development and experience of making and recording observations of children learning, development and behaviour. You will have a specific interest in children's communication and how it can be supported. You will be able to work as part of a team and independently and will be willing to learn new skills.

The successful candidate will be join our large Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service working with children with complex development and communication needs and their families to support their interaction, communication, language and play skills.

Main duties of the job

To be clinically responsibility for a caseload of patients who have been delegated by a registered member of staff.

To progress and manage own caseload of patients with freedom to act within structured parameters.

To have the ability to use initiative and feedback to relevant registered member of staff.

To provide treatment and care programmes to clients on an individual or group basis.

To report and document variances in a patient's condition or planned pathway of care to the registered member of staff.

To maintain high standards of clinical care as defined by the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

Work autonomously within the MDT or service in the delivery of planned rehabilitation, interventions and health care programmes.

To assess patients within an agreed caseload under the direction of the therapist, using a predetermined protocol.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more detailed information about the role, including main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge and experience

• Experience working with Children in a health or education setting in a professional capacity
• Experience making and recording observations
• Knowledge of child development
• Experience working with families
• Experience of working with children with speech, language and communication needs

Skills

• Evidence of well developed written and verbal communication
• Evidence of independent working
• Evidence of ability to engage in effective problem solving

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent

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.

£27,485 to £30,162 a yearper annum pro rata