Job summary
Band 4 Therapy Assistant - working in the Social Communication Team (0-5 years)
5 sessions (18.75 hrs per week) Fixed term - 12 months
Band 4
Whittington Health comprises Islington community services, Haringey community services, Camden speech and language therapy and the Whittington Hospital.
Islington Additional Needs and Disability Service (IANDS) provides a multi-agency team approach to working with babies, children and young people who present with a wide range of needs.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated person to join the Social Communication Team; a specialist service for autistic children of 5 years and under. The team provides assessment, diagnosis and post diagnostic support for autistic children and their parents/carers. The team also provides support, training and consultation to staff across a range of providers. You will need to be passionate about autism, working in a multi-disciplinary team and able to work sensitively with very young autistic children and their parents/carers.
You will be responsible for assisting in the effective delivery of individualised support and care to children undergoing neurodevelopmental assessments and receiving post-diagnostic support. You will work as part of a team of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists and Neurodevelopmental Paediatricians. The role comprises of a mix of administrative and clinical duties.
The post holder will be based primarily at the Northern Health Centre. You will receive regular supervision and receive relevant in-service and external training. The post will evolve and is subject to change as the neurodevelopmental pathway develops across North Central London (NCL).
About us
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.
Details
Date posted
19 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£31,081 to £33,665 a year Per annum inclusive of HCAs
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
220-WHT-3169
Job locations
The Northern Health Centre
580 Holloway Road
London
N7 6LB
Employer details
Employer name
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address
The Northern Health Centre
580 Holloway Road
London
N7 6LB
Employer's website
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