Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Speech and Language Therapy Practitioner

The closing date is 01 December 2025

Job summary

We are excited to offer the opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated Assistant Speech and Language Therapy Practitioner to work full-time within our SLT team at Parkview Clinic in Birmingham for a fixed term12-month period. Parkview Clinic is an inpatient mental health facility for young people aged 11-18 years with significant psychiatric difficulties.

Although our service is not specifically for autistic young people, a high number of young people admitted are autistic. As a service we have through the National Autistic Society, achieved Specialist Autism Accreditation Status. This means, we are extremely committed to providing high quality, person-centered care tailored to this vulnerable cohort of patients and that we aim to ensure that our interactions, environment, policies and procedures are autism affirming and autism informed. The successful applicant will take a key role in supporting practice, projects and developments with this in mind.

Candidates will need to have the appropriate experience and qualifications to carry out this role as well as an aptitude and willingness to further develop their skills.

Please note whilst we fully support the use of AI and other tools to assist in writing your application, it is essential that the content, especially your supporting statement, is personalised and factually correct. Your application should reflect your genuine experiences and qualifications to ensure authenticity and credibility.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant SLT practitioner will: -

Work as part of the Inpatient Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Team, alongside other therapists and members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to support and provide a specialist SLT service to, young people with significant, complex mental health difficulties and underlying social communication and language needsincluding autism.
Manage, under the supervision of registered SLTs, an independent caseload of patients, reporting on progress, identifying and escalating any concerns and adjusting plans accordingly, within agreed protocols.
Actively support the service at Parkview Clinic to further develop and embed their processes and procedures in line with their Specialist Autism Accreditation Status.
Carryout non-clinical duties including housekeeping, health and safety, clerical and support tasks.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Parkview Clinic is a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Mental Health (CAMHS) facility in Moseley, for young people aged 11-18 years who require admission due to significant psychiatric difficulties.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Date posted

17 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

284-25-7598179-MHSFM

Job locations

Parkview Clinic

60 Queensbridge Road, Moseley

Birmingham

B13 8QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Essential

GCSE or equivalent at Grade 4/C or aboveincluding maths and English
Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care OR BTEC qualification OR NVQ Level 3 OR 'A' Level qualification or equivalent
Experience of working with young people with a broad range of mental health conditions and/or with social communication and language difficulties/autism
Experience of working in a therapy/care setting
Experience of working effectively as part of a team
Highly motivated to work within SLT assistant practitioner role within an inpatient CAMHS environment

Desirable

Experience of providing teaching/training to others

Person Specification

Essential

GCSE or equivalent at Grade 4/C or aboveincluding maths and English
Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care OR BTEC qualification OR NVQ Level 3 OR 'A' Level qualification or equivalent
Experience of working with young people with a broad range of mental health conditions and/or with social communication and language difficulties/autism
Experience of working in a therapy/care setting
Experience of working effectively as part of a team
Highly motivated to work within SLT assistant practitioner role within an inpatient CAMHS environment

Desirable

Experience of providing teaching/training to others

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Parkview Clinic

60 Queensbridge Road, Moseley

Birmingham

B13 8QE

Employer's website

https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Parkview Clinic

60 Queensbridge Road, Moseley

Birmingham

B13 8QE

Employer's website

https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)