Speech & Language Therapy Assistant (Complex needs & community)

Integrated Care System; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to support children with complex needs. The role involves delivering therapy under supervision, managing sessions, and collaborating with parents and professionals. Ideal candidates have recent childcare experience and relevant qualifications. Training will be provided, and the position offers flexible working in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Recent experience of working with preschool children within the last 2 years.
• Relevant experience working with children with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver therapy sessions for children with complex needs.
• Manage own diary for direct therapy sessions.
• Liaise with parents and other professionals.

Skills

Experience with preschool children

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Relevant child care qualification

Job description

Go back Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Speech & Language Therapy Assistant (Complex needs & community)

The closing date is 18 August 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

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;

o Season Ticket Loans

o NHS discounts for staff

o Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

o Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

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

o Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

o 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.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Experience

• Recent experience of working with preschool children (within last 2 years)
• Experience of working with preschool children (over 2 years ago)

Qualifications

• Relevant child care qualification
• Experience of child care but no formal qualification

Experience

• Relevant experience working with children and/or young people with complex needs and/or ASD
• Evidence of observation of work with children/young people with complex needs/ASD without direct experience

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.

Employer name

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lighthouse Child Development Centre/Central Canvey Primary Care Centre/Leigh Primary Care Centre

Lighthouse Child Development Centre/Central Canvey Primary Care Centre/Leigh Primary Care Centre