Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Job summary

The Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service in the Central area of West Sussex is looking to recruit a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (Band 4) to join our Pre-School Complex Needs team for part time hours - 18.75 hours per week.

You will have experience of working with children in a clinical or educational setting. You will have knowledge of child development and experience of making and recording observations of children learning, development and behaviour. You will have a specific interest in children's communication and how it can be supported. You will be able to work as part of a team and independently and will be willing to learn new skills.

The successful candidate will be join our large Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service working with children with complex development and communication needs and their families to support their interaction, communication, language and play skills.

Main duties of the job

To be clinically responsibility for a caseload of patients who have been delegated by a registered member of staff.

To progress and manage own caseload of patients with freedom to act within structured parameters.

To have the ability to use initiative and feedback to relevant registered member of staff.

To provide treatment and care programmes to clients on an individual or group basis.

To report and document variances in a patient's condition or planned pathway of care to the registered member of staff.

To maintain high standards of clinical care as defined by the Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust.

Work autonomously within the MDT or service in the delivery of planned rehabilitation, interventions and health care programmes.

To assess patients within an agreed caseload under the direction of the therapist, using a predetermined protocol.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.