Job Introduction
Working under the guidance of a registered Speech and Language therapist within the team to assist with providing speech and language therapy support to children and young people in clinics and designated education settings in Wiltshire. This will include both working as part of a team and working independently in school settings.
- Provide regular intervention to children and young people (CYP) with Speech, Language & Communication Needs (SLCN), delivering programmes as devised by a qualified SLT.
- Develop the skills of the Team around the Child (TAC).
- Keep regular accurate written records of the progress of the CYP.
- Provide some administrative support for the clinical work of SLTs.
- Work as an integral part of the SLTA team to promote best practice.
This is a Term Time Only post.
For more information on the role, please contact Caroline Almeida on the following email, caroline.almeida@hcrgcaregroup.com
Main Responsibility
Key responsibilities
- Independently implement programmes of regular intervention, following aims and objectives set by the SLT. These may need to be delivered individually or in small groups and in a wide range of environments, including clinics, preschools and schools.
- Plan, devise and create activities and resources to meet the aims of the programme of intervention.
- Demonstrate speech and language activities to professionals and parents/carers.
- Train the team around the child (TAC) through regular interventions with a child or young person (CYP), in order to ensure that the CYP achieves their optimum communication potential.
- Provide training to the TAC through the delivery of specific communication programmes e.g. narrative therapy.
- Evaluate the response of the CYP to the intervention and modify and adapt activities accordingly, and decide when further liaison with the SLT is required.
- Provide feedback to professionals and parents/carers about the programmes of intervention and about the progress of the CYP.
- Use an electronic record-keeping system to maintain ongoing accurate records of a CYP’s progress.
- Administer some basic screening assessment tools as requested by SLTs.
- Complete written templates to summarise the CYP’s progress at the end of a period of intervention.
- Independently create and manage a timetable of visits, taking into account geography and other variables linked to the CYP to ensure best use of time.
- Routinely travel to a variety of locations within the service’s geographical area, while carrying and/or transporting resources relevant to the intervention.
- Support the administrative work of the SLT where appropriate e.g. resource-making.
- Provide broader support within the SLT department e.g. maintaining toys/resources.
- Be an integral part of the SLTA team whose role includes peer support and sharing of best practice.
For a full list of responsibilities for this role please see attached Job Description
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
- Minimum GCSE grade 4 or C in English & Maths
or
- NVQ level in relevant field
- Minimum two years’ experience working with children
- Ability to learn as demonstrated by previous education/qualifications.
- Have relevant and practical work experience related to the clinical area of this post, demonstrating an awareness of client needs and likely service issues.
- Have an excellent standard of spoken and written English.
- Have a high level of self-motivation and enthusiasm.
- Show an ability to be organised and manage own time efficiently.
- Be able to on occasions cope with and appropriately manage the emotional consequences of working with patients with distressing conditions, or in challenging situations.
- Demonstrate good interpersonal skills including the ability to listen well and show empathy as well as be able to deal with difficult/sensitive situations.
- Have a willingness to learn and develop.
- Be able to communicate clearly, directly and honestly, in an open manner.
- Have a good awareness of self and of others.
- Good skills with IT.
- Demonstrate ability to document details clearly and accurately.
Desirable
- Knowledge or experience of working with children with speech, language and communication needs
- Other requirements: Have means to travel across the Wiltshire area to carry out the duties required for the role.
Package Description
As a Speech & Language Therapy Assistant (SLTA) you’ll be part of our valued team at our Greenways Business Park, Chippenham, Hub.
You will feel valued as a Speech & Language Therapy Assistant (SLTA) within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £23,100 (Please note this will be Pro Rata to Term Time Only Hours not the Full Time Equivalent of £23,100)
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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