Speech & Language Therapy Assistant (Complex needs & community)

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Southend-on-Sea is seeking a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to work in a dynamic team delivering interventions for children with complex needs, including developmental disorders. The role involves direct supervision by qualified staff and delivering therapy sessions at various sites. Candidates should have relevant experience and strong communication skills. Benefits include NHS discounts and training opportunities.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with complex needs.
• Ability to deliver therapy under supervision of qualified staff.
• Strong communication skills with children and parents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver speech and language therapy interventions for children.
• Manage own diary to offer sessions at various locations.
• Liaise with parents and professionals to support children.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant experience in speech and language therapy

Job description

A Vacancy at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.


We are currently looking to recruit a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our dynamic and enthusiastic paediatric team working delivering speech and language therapy interventions for children with complex needs (including ASD) and developmental speech and language delay/disorder.

Based across three sites (Lighthouse Child Development Centre, Leigh Primary Care Centre and Central Canvey Primary Care Centre) you will join a team of SLTs and SLT assistants to deliver a range of programmes/interventions to support the speech, language and communication development of children and young people aged 0 - 18. The role may also include attending local Special Needs Schools to deliver demonstration and direct therapy for pupils under the direction of a qualified SLT.

The children and young people supported will have complex needs (such as learning disability, physical disability, Cerebral Palsy and genetic conditions impacting on their communication) or diagnosed/suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or in the community developmental speech/language delay/disorders

The post is across four days (1 day each at Central Canvey Primary Care Centre and Leigh Primary Care Centre and 2 days at the Lighthouse Child Development Centre).

You will receive all necessary training to deliver programmes/interventions from the SLT you work alongside and from the very experienced SLT Assistants already in post across the service.

You will be responsible for delivering packages of intervention with children and young people with ASD/Complex/speech and/or language delay at clinic bases and also in a local Special Needs School. You will have direct supervision from a qualified Speech and Language Therapist who will set the intervention targets that you will be working on with the children you see.

We have excellent links with other professionals within the health service and education and robust clinical supervision and support networks in place. The Lighthouse Child Development Centre is a multi agency centre and therefore close liaison with other professions such as Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Audiology and community Paediatricians is achieved.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans

• NHS discounts for staff

• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas

• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

• Day One Flexible Employer

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Under the supervision of a qualified Speech and Language Therapist the post holder will manage their own diary to offer direct therapy sessions with children/young people at the three work bases and local Special needs schools. This will involve liaising with parents/carers and other professionals support the child or young person


This advert closes on Monday 18 Aug 2025