Band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Team Overview

The Sirona Speech and Language Therapy School Aged Team is a friendly and supportive team that deliver a variety of core and commissioned clinical Speech and Language Therapy Services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. We offer regular training opportunities to our staff, a buddy system for new starters, regular line management, whole team and smaller team meetings. A large and supportive team means that there is plenty of opportunity for development and progression internally.

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

You will work as a Band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Assistant Practitioner working in a Special School with children with complex communication needs associated with severe disability. You will also be supporting children using high tech communication aids across a number of primary and secondary schools. You will work with Specialist Speech and Language Therapists to support the students and staff.

The post holder should have interest and/or experience in alternative and augmentative communication (AAC), and supporting children/YP in both primary and secondary schools. Please do contact us to find out more detail about the position.

Main duties of your role will be:

• Work within primary and secondary schools (specialist and mainstream) to deliver specific skilled support along with speech and language therapy programmes to children/young people and their families to improve their outcomes and support children/young people to reach their full potential.
• Monitor children/young people's response to therapy intervention and feedback to the therapist, jointly setting new targets as required.
• Work closely with the Speech and Language Therapists in the Special School and AAC Support Team.
• Prepare equipment, materials and make resources to support the Speech and Language Therapy team.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.