Main area: Speech and Language Therapy Assistant for Children with Special Educational Needs (SEND)
Grade Band: 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 270-TF606-ACS-C
Site: St Mary's Hospital
Town: Kettering
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our service with the newly developed school team who will be providing S< input to C&YP. The post will involve supporting children who have identified speech, language, and communication needs as part of their Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP's).
As part of this role you will be working in partnership with education and other professionals and parents/carers to provide therapy support. Working primarily within schools, early years and educational settings delivering S< interventions.
Main duties of the job
1. Independently plan and implement therapy programmes for specific areas of speech, language and communication work, this will include educating school staff, parents and other health care professionals by demonstrating, coaching, training and modelling the SLT approaches.
2. Complete routine interventions with supervision from the SLT as required e.g. delegated intervention with new clients, observation and informal assessment through play and interaction, advice, coaching and teaching to parents/carers and school staff.
3. To autonomously plan and carry out SLT interventions for children working in different educational locations across the county.
4. Support new staff through the induction process and offer ongoing mentoring and training where appropriate to colleagues.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Person specification
Qualifications
* 5 GCSE or equivalent including English
* NVQ111/B tech in SLT or 2.5 years relevant in a SLT service or 5 years relevant work experience if over 21 years.
* Relevant practical work experience related to the clinical area of this post.
* Excellent general communication skills with excellent standard of written and spoken English
Knowledge and Experience
* Previous experience of working with children e.g. in a school or pre-school setting
* Previous experience of working with children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
* Awareness and understanding of the role of other professionals
* Working with children with SLT needs
* Specific therapy approaches e.g. Signalong, Derbyshire Language Scheme, Intensive Interaction
* Engage and communicate effectively with service users, carers and other relevant key individuals
Skills and Abilities
* Good communication skills – both written and spoken
* Good interpersonal skills, including skills in observation, listening and empathy
* Good organisational and time management skills, including ability to prioritise and work flexibly
* Able to work as part of a team
* Able to use IT to support client management
* Able to contribute and present in group forums
Applications will be transferred to the TRAC system. By completing an application, you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.
Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.
We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role.
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.
Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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