Whittington Health
Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
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Band 4 SLT Assistant
Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Fixed Term - one year contract
We are seeking a Band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our Special Schools Team. The postholder will be mainly based at Richard Cloudesley, which is an outstanding school for children and young people with educationally significant physical disabilities.
They will be responsible for assisting in the effective delivery of individualised support and care to children undergoing assessment and receiving interventions from Speech and Language Therapists. They will develop skills in alternative communication methods suitable for children with severe and complex needs e.g. PODD, Makaton and other AAC systems both low and high tech. They will carry out individual or group programmes as directed by trained speech and language therapists.
In addition they will also support other special school teams with administrative tasks such as ordering equipment, audits and information management.
We are a friendly and relaxed service who promotes equal opportunities and access for all. The post holder will have excellent training opportunities, supervision and peer support.
The Therapy Assistant will work as a member of Special Schools Team and will be responsible for assisting in the effective delivery of individualised support and care to children undergoing assessment and receiving interventions from Speech and Language Therapists at special schools- primarily Richard Cloudesley school. She/ he will undertake clerical and clinical duties as directed to provide a health service to children and young people across special schools. In addition to clinical duties, the postholder will assist the wider MDT team
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- with overseeing and organisation of equipment ordering,
- co-ordination of clinics,
- managing spreadsheets and
- assisting therapists with follow up documentation.
The post holder will be split between Richard Cloudesley primary and secondary school sites. Dependent on need, there may be times when the Therapy assistant is required to work in other teams or departments within the service which may include Samuel Rhodes or Bridge school. They will receive regular supervision from a therapist in the team and receive training in-service and via team meetings and events.
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
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Within Whittington Health, the Islington Additional Needs and Disability Team is a multidisciplinary service for children and young people 0- 19.
Our friendly and welcoming team based at Richard Cloudesley school is made up of a range of healthcare professionals including speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, specialist nurses, therapy assistants, and health care assistants Our integrated service allows professionals to work holistically and to provide a responsive and streamlined family and school focused service.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Christine Hale
- Job title: Team Lead
- Email address: chale@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 02077864800
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