Speech & Language Therapy Assistant

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Assistant Speech and Language Therapist to join the Complex Needs SLT team. The role involves supporting our SLTs to deliver interventions across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire in homes, clinics, nurseries and schools.

You will work with children with significant SEN and communication difficulties, including AAC users, and you will be supervised by Specialist SLTs with opportunities for CPD and development within a supportive

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 equivalent qualification.
• Ability to work flexibly and in a team.
• Experience with safeguarding children.
• Experience with children with significant SEN and speech, language and communication difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Support SLTs to deliver a range of interventions across community venues (homes, clinics, nurseries, schools).
• Manage own clinical diary and prioritise appointments within a supervisory framework.
• Work across settings such as homes, clinics, nurseries and schools to support children with complex needs.
• Experience with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems is essential.

Skills

Flexible working

Motivate others

Team player

Organisation skills

SEN experience

AAC systems

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

This role is based in our Complex Needs SLT team providing advice and support to children with complex needs and their families across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.

As an assistant speech and language therapist in the team you will be supporting our SLT's to deliver a range of interventions across community venues such as homes, clinics, nurseries, special and mainstream schools.

The Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service aims to maximise the potential of childrento communicate in the environments and languages in which they need to function, includingrelated impairments of eating and drinking.

This is an opportunity to join our innovative Speech and Language Therapy service at an exciting time of transformation. You will be well supported and supervised by Specialist SLT's, with many opportunities for peer support.

Working across settings such as children's homes, clinics, community venues, nurseries and schools, you will have extensive relevant experience of working with children with significant SEN and associated speech, language and communication difficulties. Some experience of working with children who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication systems (High and Low Tech) is essential.

You will have a relevant qualification at equivalent level of NVQ Level 3 and be able to demonstrate an ability to work flexibly, motivate others, show initiative, and work as part of a team under the direction of a Speech & Language Therapist. You should have a working knowledge of safeguarding children.

You will be responsible for managing your own clinical diary, so strong organisation and prioritisation skills are needed.

You will be working within a supportive team that are committed to your personal development through appraisal and clinical supervision. You will have support and CPD opportunities across the Children's Speech & Language Therapy service.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!