Aphasia Cafe Session Lead

Job summary

Aphasia Support is a passionate, community centred charity. Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of people with Aphasia and their carers by providing tailored speech and language therapy and long term support. We want to create a world where every person with Aphasia has access to support and can communicate with confidence.

Aphasia Support is looking to recruit a Session Leader to oversee the charity's twice monthly Aphasia Cafe group sessions in Calderdale. The Aphasia Cafe meets on the second and fourth Friday of the month from 10.30 to 12. You must have ongoing availability during this timeframe.

We are looking for either:

A qualified speech and language therapist working at NHS band 5 to 7.

A student studying to become a speech and language therapist at undergraduate or post graduate level.

An experienced SLT Assistant or Support Worker working at or above NHS band 4.

Main duties of the job

Leading the Aphasia Cafe in Calderdale twice a month.

Working alongside the Aphasia Cafe group and volunteer support group to design and deliver engaging Aphasia Cafe sessions which consider the varying language abilities of attendees.

Providing guidance and support to volunteers within the groups.

Ensure attendance registers are updated after each session and write a short report providing an overview of the session.

Liaising with the Aphasia Support staff team on fundraising and awareness raising events which involve the Aphasia Cafe groups.

Attend briefings from the charity held twice a year on Zoom.

Successful candidates will be supported by the charity's CEO during their induction period and a thorough handover of responsibilities will be provided.

About us

Aphasia Support currently has a staff team of 4 people (soon to be 5). We rely on sessional worker speech and language therapists to oversee the 1to1 support we provide and our aphasia cafes. We also have an army of amazing volunteers, 2 of whom support the Calderdale aphasia cafe. We are a close knit charity who are striving to make a meaningful difference to the people we support. Come join us!