Speech and Language Therapy Assistant: Sponsorship Available

Job Summary

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapy Assistant with very good communication skills to join our Children’s Speech and Language Therapy service within Gloucestershire Health and Care Foundation Trust.

The role will provide support to the Speech and Language Therapy team in the delivery of a wide range of assessment and intervention packages for children with communication difficulties and their families. Intervention will primarily be for children in community clinics and early years settings on a 1:1 basis or in a group.

The role will include supporting our digital triage platform for new referrals. There will be a requirement to create and prepare therapy resources and support with administrative tasks.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong IT skills with good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Teams and PowerPoint packages. The post would suit someone with excellent organisational skills, a flexible approach and an enthusiasm to learn new skills.

The Speech and Language Therapy Service covers the whole county of Gloucestershire and offers regular support through whole team meetings and individual and group supervision sessions.

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to information gathering and assessment process through observation and joint evaluation of a child’s response to speech and language intervention
• To participate in training of setting staff, parents and other professionals as required.
• To deliver therapy treatment programmes as designed by the therapists without direct supervision, but with appropriate instruction and monitoring.
• To record personally generated clinical observations and provide feedback to the supervising Speech and Language Therapist.
• To prepare therapy materials and bespoke IT generated communication resources to meet speech and language targets identified by the Speech and Language Therapist.
• To undertake as directed administrative tasks, e.g. scanning, photocopying, filing, registration of patients, co-ordinating appointments and arranging clinic appointments
• To liaise closely with the Speech and Language Therapy Assistants team

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.