London Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Full Job Description

London Children’s Practice is a creative and forward-thinking therapy practice looking for ambitious speech and language therapy assistants who want to develop their clinical skills and make a life-changing impact on young people.  We put a high importance on work-life balance, so we offer a Summer Contract with extended annual leave!  We’re also trialling provision for 10% rest every day! 

Job Title: Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Location: Regional Role, London

Salary: £23,000 to £27,000 DOE

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent 

Overview:

We are keen to hear from enthusiastic, creative, and motivated Speech and Language Therapy Assistants, ideally with some experience.  This role is supported with regular supervision and training, and you are supported with clear paths to progress your career.

Band: Band 4 salary band reflects the level of responsibility, expertise, and experience required for the role. 

Contract: Permanent, 50-week contract – Other contract options can be discussed at interview

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, 9am - 5.30pm

About the Group

We’re a thriving multi-disciplinary practice based in Central London, providing services throughout Greater London. We are rapidly expanding our Team and have openings for Speech and Language Therapy Assistants in East London.

Here at the London Children’s practice, we can offer career routes that will enable you to take the next steps in your career journey. With plenty of opportunities for further training, including formal training, we pride ourselves on creating a supportive and friendly environment where our therapists and assistants can flourish.

Our therapists and assistants provide life-changing and enabling work that makes a real difference to our clients’ lives. These roles are extremely rewarding; however, we recognise that they can also be challenging at times. This is why we ensure that our therapists regularly touch base with their team through weekly group “huddles” and team lead check-ins.

What are we looking for?

Speech and Language Therapy Assistants taking on this role will be responsible for providing intervention under the guidance of a registered Speech and Language Therapist. They will also provide feedback on client progress as well as attend meetings and advocate for clients and families alongside the treating therapist. Further, the assistant will participate in indirect actions of speech and language therapy, such as  creating programmes or assisting with scheduling.

At the London Children's Practice, we pride ourselves on providing a workplace where assistants can learn, grow and achieve the best outcomes for themselves and their clients. We provide several CPD opportunities within the year to support the continued skill development of our assistants. Supervisor support is also provided along with our wellbeing team to provide mental health and wellbeing support within your working week if needed.

If you are a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant, why not get in touch to find out more?

Essential requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant area
• GCSEs or equivalent
• Experience of working with children
• Effective communication professional skills 

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within health care
• Previous experience working with children with additional needs
• People management experience 

What we can offer you:

Your health and wellbeing are very important to us, so you will receive an attractive rewards package. We operate a market-leading flexible benefits scheme that enables you to adjust your benefits to fit with your lifestyle:

• 5 weeks off in the school summer break
• 22 days of annual leave + years of service allowance
• 1 CPD day to use towards training
• Annual CPD opportunities + Monthly internal CPD provided
• Exclusive discounts within Benefit Hub
• Competitive medical insurance rates
• A block of free counselling sessions
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric care purchase scheme
• A “Moment in Time” day a year to use as you please.
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover

We are dedicated to providing our staff with the support they need to succeed.

Why work for us?

You will be working with a network of supportive and experienced clinical colleagues with regular forums for peer reflection and practice development. Your career development and wellbeing will be in safe hands, with numerous training and development opportunities, as well as wellness days, quarterly social events and a generous array of flexible benefit options.

We place the outcomes of the people in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS. 

For more information about LCP please visit the below websites

• www.londonchildrenspractice.com       
• www.instagram.com/lcpclinic     
• www.twitter.com/LCPclinic         
• www.facebook.com/LCPclinic 

Main duties are as follows:

To assist the communication need of clients with a range of needs. Duties will be, but not limited to, the following:

• execute appropriate intervention under guidance from SLT individual or group
• support indirect actions of SLT such as compiling programmes, reviewing prioritise and scheduling support.
• continuous evaluation of treatment outcomes and review
• attendance at case discussion alongside treating SLT
• advocate for child and family needs
• flagging to treating SLT additional areas of need
• to be responsible for managing a defined caseload under guidance of SLT
• to work under the guidance of treating SLT’s and team lead
• to work collaboratively with colleagues from other professions and agencies, in particular schools
• to maintain accurate, up to date records for each client
• to maintain clinical space, resources and preform set duties
• support SLTs within their day-to-day role
• take some responsibility for own learning and development

Managing own Performance and Development

• being aware of and complying with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, and reporting all concerns to an appropriate designated person
• contributing to the overall ethos/work/aims of the company
• appreciating and supporting the role of other professionals
• attending relevant meetings as required
• participating in training and performance management as required
• achieve challenging professional goals
• take responsibility for your own professional development
• maintain up to date records of CPD, Supervision and individual professional development plan.
• seek out individual learning opportunities internally and externally to LCP
• ensure you are adequately prepared to perform duties required of you

• manage own sick leave and follow report and communication procedures

  Team Role 

• to attend and contribute to team and department meetings
• to contribute to team/service developments and projects within LCP
• to liaise with other relevant professionals and contribute to multidisciplinary and multi-agency meetings as appropriate
• to provide reports, information, and advice on the needs of this client group

• to disseminate knowledge and training within LCP

  Clinical Governance 

• to adhere to National and local standards relating to professional practice and maintain quality standards of service
• to adhere to HCPC ethics and guidelines and work within your scope of practice
• to continuously develop clinical expertise and achieve goals set for personal and professional development, with reference to ROT guidelines
• to attend workplace on time and prepared to be accountable for your time
• to maintain up to date knowledge of:
• relevant clinical developments
• relevant legislation
• employers’ policies and procedures
• to comply with Health & Safety guidance
• to comply with Safeguarding policy and guidelines
• to represent LCP’s core values at all times
• notify LCP of any changes to your registration or criminal history