Job summary
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Children's Speech and Language Therapy Serviceare looking for a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our large, diverse and supportive team, working across the Early Years and School-Aged pathways. The role will involve working in health centres and clinics, nursery settings and schools across the borough of Lewisham, working with children and young people aged 0-19 with a range of speech, language and communication needs.
The post is simply 30 hours a week, across term time.
Main duties of the job
- Supporting our Speech and Language Therapy drop-in clinics
- Undertaking observations and contributing to assessment and information gathering as well as working independently or with colleagues to deliver speech and language interventions to children on the caseload, under the guidance of qualified therapists
- Working with children and young people individually and in group settings
- Supporting delivery of training and workshops to parents/carers and education staff
- Providing a range of technical and administrative support to the service
- Taking responsibility for specific areas of work as delegated, such as taking photographs and video, making appointments and producing resources for therapy and/or training.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, thepatients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture ofengagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability3. Improving the experience of staff with disabilityLGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development5. Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Accountable to the Head of Therapies, Team Leads and other AHP Clinical Specialists
- To work independently as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant, undertaking observations, informal/formal assessments, and therapeutic interventions, within their scope of clinical competence, on an individual and group basis with children seen by the team, within the under the guidance of qualified therapists.
- To provide a range of technical and administrative support to the service, taking responsibility for specific areas of work as delegated, such as taking photographs and video, making appointments, and producing resources for therapy and/or training.
- To help provide clinical support to the service when necessary, including non-direct and direct work with children, their families/carers and early years/school staff, and making and maintaining resources to support clinical interventions.
- To assist in the provision of high quality clinical administrative support to the team, being competent to carry out all the basic admin tasks whilst taking responsibility for specific areas of work which align themselves with the clinical work undertaken.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Accountable to the Head of Therapies, Team Leads and other AHP Clinical Specialists
- To work independently as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant, undertaking observations, informal/formal assessments, and therapeutic interventions, within their scope of clinical competence, on an individual and group basis with children seen by the team, within the under the guidance of qualified therapists.
- To provide a range of technical and administrative support to the service, taking responsibility for specific areas of work as delegated, such as taking photographs and video, making appointments, and producing resources for therapy and/or training.
- To help provide clinical support to the service when necessary, including non-direct and direct work with children, their families/carers and early years/school staff, and making and maintaining resources to support clinical interventions.
- To assist in the provision of high quality clinical administrative support to the team, being competent to carry out all the basic admin tasks whilst taking responsibility for specific areas of work which align themselves with the clinical work undertaken.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- GCSE including Maths and English level 4 (C) or above or equivalent
- Competence/willingness to undertake relevant training including level 5 apprenticeship
Experience
Essential
- Basic knowledge of the role of a Speech and Language Therapist working with children and young people, families and education settings.
- Extensive experience of working independently.
- The ability to recognise own professional boundaries through interpretation of clinical/professional policies
- Experience of direct work with children and young people aged 0-16.
- Experience of dealing with the public and handling sensitive and confidential information.
- Experience of working in public sector / voluntary sector customer services role or equivalent.
- Experience of team working.
- An understanding of equal opportunities
- Ability to follow policies/protocols/guidelines
- Ability to use and explain to others guidance and strategies to enhance developmental outcomes with confidence
Desirable
- Ability to take on role of teaching specific ways of carrying out activities with children, families &/or school staff
- Experience of working with children with additional /special needs
- Some experience of direct work with children and parents in an educational, voluntary or health setting
- Experience of working in a clinical and/or education environment
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- GCSE including Maths and English level 4 (C) or above or equivalent
- Competence/willingness to undertake relevant training including level 5 apprenticeship
Experience
Essential
- Basic knowledge of the role of a Speech and Language Therapist working with children and young people, families and education settings.
- Extensive experience of working independently.
- The ability to recognise own professional boundaries through interpretation of clinical/professional policies
- Experience of direct work with children and young people aged 0-16.
- Experience of dealing with the public and handling sensitive and confidential information.
- Experience of working in public sector / voluntary sector customer services role or equivalent.
- Experience of team working.
- An understanding of equal opportunities
- Ability to follow policies/protocols/guidelines
- Ability to use and explain to others guidance and strategies to enhance developmental outcomes with confidence
Desirable
- Ability to take on role of teaching specific ways of carrying out activities with children, families &/or school staff
- Experience of working with children with additional /special needs
- Some experience of direct work with children and parents in an educational, voluntary or health setting
- Experience of working in a clinical and/or education environment
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
