Overview
We are inviting applicants with experience in working alongside Speech and Language Therapists with children or young people with speech, language and communication needs to join our team as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant. The role will involve working with children primarily in mainstream early years, reception and Key stage 1.
Responsibilities
* To implement, under the guidance of speech and language therapists, therapy programmes with children with speech, language and communication difficulties.
* To support parents and educators to make changes to be confident in their knowledge and skills.
* To make adaptations to therapy and training programmes to meet the needs of children and young people, their parents, carers and educators, and to escalate any required adaptations that are out of scope of this role to a speech and language therapist.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas.
Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work and actively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life and balanced work life/home life. These posts in Children SLT provide therapists with the opportunity to work directly with children, families and education setting partners in the community, mainstream schools, early years, and in special schools, delivering both assessments and a range of interventions.
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