Speech & Language Therapy Support Worker: Sponsorship Available

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

 

Are you interested in working alongside Speech & Language Therapists? Are you dedicated to making a difference? This is a fantastic opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to become a Speech & Language Therapy support worker

We have an exciting new vacancy for a speech & language therapy assistant to work in our friendly hospital based Speech & Language Therapy team. You will work directly with our service users who have a range of communication problems and swallowing disorders as well as assisting the clinical staff with a range of administrative and practical tasks. Previous NHS experience and/or knowledge of what an adult acute Speech & Language Therapy team do would be an advantage.

We have excellent links with other MSE hospitals and our community partners.

 

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this role are:

  • To be professionally accountable and work independently, managing and prioritising your workload
  • To use own knowledge, skills and initiative to perform tasks independently, accessing advice and supervision accordingly
  • To communicate delegated factual information to patients, carers using persuasion, reassurance, tact and sensitivity
  • To create individual resources such as communication passports, timetable etc to be used as part of therapist’s intervention.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Maths and English GCSE
  • Recent evidence of Level 3 qualification suitable for role
  • Computer literate

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Understanding of the role of the Speech & Language Therapist in the acute hospital
  • Previous experience dealing with the public
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Reliable, flexible & organised

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

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 20 May 2025

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