Aurora Meldreth Manor School
Cambridgeshire
£ £13.49 per hour
Expiring soon
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
20 October 2025
Apply by:
3 October 2025
Job overview
Overview and Responsibilities
Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SaLTA) – Aurora Meldreth and Orchard Manor
Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston
Salary: £ £13.49 per hour, £25, £28,059.20 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week, 52 weeks a year
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Friday 3rd October at 12pm
The Aurora Group
The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.
We are currently looking for a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our Aurora Meldreth and Orchard Manor team.
Meldreth Manor School, Meldreth Manor Children's Home and Orchard Manor provide education, care and therapeutic support for children aged 6-19 years and young adults aged 18 – 30 years with severe and profound communication, cognitive and physical difficulties associated with conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism, brain injury and degenerative disorders.
Job Role
The role is a challenging, but exciting one, and will require you to be adaptive in providing communication and feeding support according to the individual needs of the young people we support.
The post will combine clinical and administrative duties. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team under the supervision of the Speech and Language Therapist. You will be delivering therapy programmes to individuals and groups of Aurora Meldreth and Orchard Manor. The post holder will provide speech and language therapy services as directed by the Speech and Language Therapist.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
* Manage a designated caseload with supervision from speech and language therapist
* Regularly review and monitor progress with speech and language therapist
* To carry out communication and feeding programmes as set by the speech and language therapist. These sessions may be individual, small groups or in a class / residential setting
* Reporting any changing communication or eating and drinking needs to the speech and language therapist
* Maintain confidential clinical records
* To contribute to initial communication and eating and drinking assessments
* To design, organise and prepare therapy activities and resources to work on therapy goals
* Contribute to the preparation and running of training for staff and families
* Organising and manage resource base including maintenance and order of equipment
* To work with the wider multi-disciplinary team including education and therapy team
* General administrative duties for the speech and language therapy department
Duties will vary and you must expect to lend a hand wherever is required, this is a busy role that will require the ability to multitasking.
Skills and Qualifications
Skills and attributes required
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Strong IT skills
* Person-centred approach
* Flexible and resilience and initiative
* Ability to reflect on practice and willingness to learn
* Good time management and organisational skills
Ability to work well with others
Experience needed
* Supporting people with complex communication needs
* Working with people with dysphagia
* Working in early years, school or college settings
Benefits and Additional Information
What's on offer?
Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:
* Life assurance
* Competitive pension
* Perkbox - offering high street discounts
* Employee assistance programme
* Car lease scheme
* Fully funded training and qualifications
* Bike to work scheme
* Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more
You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children and young adults.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
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About Aurora Meldreth Manor School
Aurora Meldreth Manor School
Fenny Lane, Meldreth, Royston
Hertfordshire
SG8 6LG
United Kingdom
Welcome to our Special Needs School in Meldreth, Cambridge
Here at Aurora Meldreth Manor, many of our students have complex learning difficulties, often associated with profound physical disabilities and/or medical needs. Whatever a student's abilities or challenges, we aim to provide them with memorable experiences and stimulating activities that promote self-esteem and personal independence.
This approach is enhanced by the imaginative use of a variety of suitable and interesting resources and environments – from the rich experiences of sound, colour and touch in the sensory room, through to energising rebound therapy and physical exercises in the hydrotherapy pool.
As a registered children's home, we can also provide students with a vibrant yet homely space in which to live, whether throughout the year or just for a short break.
We hope you enjoy reading about our school and residential facilities, and we look forward to welcoming you and your child to our community here at Aurora Meldreth Manor.
Denise Grayston - Principal, Aurora Meldreth Manor School and Children's Home
Our School
Aurora Meldreth Manor supports children and young people aged 6-19 with highly complex learning difficulties associated with conditions such as cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, degenerative conditions or autism spectrum conditions requiring a specialist approach.
We offer day placements for 38 weeks of the year and flexible residential placements for up to 52 weeks, including weekly boarding and shared-care arrangements or residential care placements for young people accessing other local schools.
The support we provide enables each of our students to engage and progress at their own level within a living and learning environment designed to help them achieve their full potential as they reach adulthood.
Our Facilities
Aurora Meldreth Manor is situated on a beautiful 14-acre site in the village of Meldreth, on the border of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
The school is fully accessible with hoisting facilities available throughout, and offers a range of modern, creative spaces for living and learning.
Facilities include:
* Interior-designed living areas
* Landscaped gardens
* Multi-use activity area
* Hydrotherapy pool
* Rebound therapy
* Multi-media room
* Multi-sensory areas
* Individual learning areas for break-out time and quiet time
A range of therapy is available at Aurora Meldreth Manor, including physiotherapy, speech and language and occupational therapy. We also offer nursing support where required, and we are one of the few schools in the country that caters for students with specialist medical requirements associated with complex health needs, such as enteral feeding.
Residential Facilities
Aurora Meldreth Manor is also a registered children's home, providing flexible, accessible accommodation and a vibrant yet homely space in which to live.
Houses have spacious living/dining room with TV, games and eating areas and individual bedrooms with a mix of bathing facilities and hoisting throughout for safe and easy movement for those with physical conditions. For those that can eat orally, fresh food is prepared daily by our chef and a variety of tastes and diets are catered for.
Our residential care team is passionate about ensuring that every individual is happy, healthy and well-supported. Alongside delivering personal care and helping with the management of epilepsy and other conditions, our staff support our residents to develop friendships, explore new interests and take advantage of after-school and social activities.
We encourage families to visit regularly and are able to offer limited family accommodation
Our Curriculum
We follow the IMPACTS curriculum, a needs-led programme focusing on the key areas of: communication, cognition, physical development, environmental control technology, and personal, emotional and social wellbeing (which includes self-help and self-advocacy skills).
Where appropriate, the National Curriculum is taken into consideration in the planning and delivery of activities.
Teaching staff work together with therapists and learning support assistants to develop and deliver a meaningful, appropriate and personalised curriculum for every student. Classes are grouped according to students' sensory needs, cognitive understanding and compatibility.
Some of our students have particular interests which are related to their developmental age rather than their chronological age. We consider it important to strike the right balance in acknowledging the students' interests and offering age-appropriate options.
Our Outcomes · 100% of children and young people work towards formal qualifications such as AQA awards · 100% of the children and young people access an integrated therapeutic curriculum in preparation for adulthood · All our outdoor learning areas are fully inclusive, these include a Forest School, a Musical Garden as well as a number of Outdoor Learning Stations.
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