Senior Speech And Language Therapy Assistant

This role has a starting salary of £25,846 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week across 42 weeks per year pro-rata to £37,897. The role is term time, plus an additional 15 days per year.

Your office base will be in Woking although we promote agile and hybrid working. All therapy staff are provided with a laptop and mobile phone to allow flexible working, and we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance, considering flexible working wherever possible.

Do you have a passion for supporting children with communication difficulties at school? Have you been working on Speech and Language Therapy targets in the classroom?

Do you know your Colourful Semantics from your Zones of Regulation?!

Our innovative and supportive school based Speech and Language Therapy service is looking for a Senior Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to work in schools in North West Surrey.

Rewards and benefits

• Flexible working around core school hours with mobile and agile working solutions
• Belonging to a team of students, therapists and assistants led by a Therapies Manager who is a SLT
• Comprehensive clinical supervision programme including a buddy, 1:1 meetings with line manager, extensive in house training programme and formal external training opportunities, access to clinical effectiveness groups, case study groups, termly team study days
• The unique opportunity to work as part of a team of Specialist SLTAs with a wide range of knowledge and experience
• Opportunities to develop coaching skills by taking on support of other Assistants. Training and support is provided
• Generous local government salary-related pension and the option to join the car lease scheme
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave

About the Service

The School-Aged Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service is part of Surrey County Council's local SEND offer, working collaboratively in the Inclusion & Additional Needs team in Surrey's Children, Families and Lifelong Learning Directorate, with other teams like Educational Psychology and specialist Teachers.
We aim to deliver the right support at the right time through assessment and intervention, and by equipping families and professionals with the skills and resources to work together to help and support children with SLCN. We follow the Balance model to offer universal, targeted and specialist support for children, families and the school workforce, and work with children and young people with EHCPs (Education, Health & Care Plan) and those at SEN (Special Education Needs) support.

About the role

This is a great opportunity to work across schools in Surrey. The post is predominantly mainstream based, with the potential for working in a special school or specialist centre for 1 or 2 days per week depending on service needs and your experience.

Your main duties in the role of Senior Speech and Language Therapy Assistant will include but not be limited to:

• Working individually with a child/ young person within the school or with small groups
• Modelling strategies to class teachers/ teaching assistants
• Making resources for the therapy team
• Offering shadowing opportunities and peer support to less experienced SLTAs
• Contributing to project work

Shortlisting criteria

To be shortlisted to interview for this position your application will clearly evidence:

• 2 years' experience of working with children and young people as a SLT Assistant as part of a Speech and Language Therapy Team either within mainstream or specialist schools and centres
• Ability to work independently and flexibly
• Knowledge of communication strategies and approaches used in Speech and Language Therapy

Contact us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 23.04.2024 with interviews to follow via MS Teams.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Our commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.