Specialist AAC Speech and Language Therapist

This is an opportunity to combine specialist clinical practice with training, consultancy and service development. You will support children and adults with complex communication needs through individualised assessment, ongoing therapy, coaching and collaboration.

We believe great AAC provision goes beyond selecting a communication system. It involves developing skills, empowering communication partners and creating environments where people can communicate, connect and participate in everyday life.

If you are enthusiastic about AAC, enjoy sharing your knowledge and want to make a meaningful difference, we would love to hear from you.

Connect with AAC Ltd provides specialist Speech and Language Therapy (SLT), AAC assessment and intervention for individuals with complex communication needs.

Our work spans medico-legal rehabilitation, Local Authority contracts for Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) provision, direct work with families, and consultancy with schools, day centres and other organisations.

We provide assessment and longer-term therapy, often over at least a year, enabling therapists to build relationships, develop communication skills and make a lasting difference.

Our expertise includes Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), assistive technology and alternative access methods. We support people at different stages of their communication journey, from early cause-and-effect skills and intentional communication to confident AAC use, social communication and literacy development.

We work with individuals with a wide range of needs, including cerebral palsy, brain injury, learning disabilities, autism, Down syndrome, motor neurone disease (MND), dementia, stroke, sensory impairments and profound and multiple learning disabilities.

We are building Connect with AAC into a sustainable, social-impact business. Growth enables us to extend our clinical impact and share AAC knowledge more widely, making information, resources and learning opportunities accessible free of charge or at minimal cost wherever possible.

You will have opportunities to contribute to community AAC play days, accessible training, resources, collaborative projects and potential research, helping improve AAC access and communication inclusion.

This hybrid role is based in London and the surrounding areas, combining community-based clinical work with remote administration, development and project work.

You will deliver specialist AAC assessment, therapy, consultancy and training while helping develop our organisation and social-impact activities.

Working in clients’ homes, schools and day centres, you will support individuals and their communication partners to implement AAC in everyday life. The role combines independent clinical practice, collaboration with families and professional teams, and opportunities to develop your skills and contribute ideas.

• Conduct comprehensive AAC and SLT assessments for people with complex communication needs across home, education, community and workplace settings.
• Explore communication, language and literacy, cognition, sensory needs, access methods, participation and environmental factors.
• Use feature matching and dynamic assessment to identify appropriate paper-based and electronic AAC systems.
• Assess and support access methods, including direct touch, eye gaze, switch access, head pointers and partner-assisted scanning.
• Develop person-centred therapy plans supporting communication, independence, relationships and participation.
• Develop operational, linguistic, social and strategic…