Senior Speech & Language Therapy Assistant

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a speech and language therapy assistant to join our Children's Therapy Service working in our West Lancashire team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and forward thinking assistant, who has experience of working with children with communication difficulties and is looking for their next challenge.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is an exciting place to work as a speech and language therapy assistant. We have sound professional structures in place to lead and inspire our workforce. The Children's Therapy Service is a community service that is commissioned for ages 0-19. The team comprises of Speech and language therapy, Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy, which makes up a team of 20 therapists and assistants.

We work closely with colleagues in health, education and social care to provide a child-centred service. We work in a variety of community settings including special and mainstream schools, clinics, and nurseries. We have well-developed evidenced based pathways covering the needs of children with communication and social needs.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work alongside families and other professionals in delivering therapy programmes to children of a range of ages and with a range of communication needs under the supervision of our qualified speech and language therapists. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and effectively manage their own time. The role includes being able to work independently and ability to manage a delegated caseload, with support available as appropriate. The role also includes administrative and organisational tasks to support the team.

We have a strong clinical and professional leadership team who are invested in supporting and developing staff. We offer clinical and management supervision, specialist support from experienced senior staff, continuing professional development and specialist SLT Forums. We support the Trust's commitment towards staff well-being.

You will be well supported by our friendly therapists and assistants. There are opportunities for continuing development with access to in-service training, regular supervision and peer support.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birleywood Health Centre

Skelmersdale

WN8 9BW

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Birleywood Health Centre

Skelmersdale

WN8 9BW

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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