Assistant Practitioner

Job summary
Are you looking for an opportunity to join the NHS and work within Children's Speech and Language Therapy Services? Do you have experience supporting children's speech, language and communication in an education setting?

We are expanding our team of Band 4 assistant practitioner roles to enable us to deliver the SEND White Paper's new Experts at Hand in settings and schools. This is a great opportunity to join our highly motivated and innovative team based in Worcestershire. We have a number of new roles, based in the West and East of the county.

We are looking for positive, enthusiastic practitioners with a commitment to collaborative working to join our team.

As a county wide speech and language therapy team, we offer a strong commitment to supporting personal and professional development with ongoing mentor support, supervision and CPD opportunities.

This is a full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.

We have positions available within our Catshill and Franche Clinics.

Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.

Main duties of the job
We are a well-established team offering a range of services for 0-19 year olds. This post will potentially involve working within our early years, mainstream schools and complex needs teams in Worcestershire, working alongside speech and language therapists and other speech and language therapy assistants to deliver universal, targeted and specialist level support. It will include:

• Working with families, demonstrating practical ways to support children
• Visits to schools to set up targeted and specialist interventions and share resources
• Delivery of targeted and specialist interventions in settings and schools
• Resource development
• Working within our SLTA team to develop our service

We are looking for good team players, with good communication skills, who can be flexible and a supportive member of the team.

About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website Staff benefits | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

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Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Qualifications
Essential

• Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (or equivalent award, e.g. Higher National Diploma (HND) or BTEC Level 4)
• GCSE Maths and English (Grade A-C) or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience working within the clinical area - supporting children with speech, language and communication needs

Skills
Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English and in both verbal and written formats

Additional Criteria
Essential

• Able to travel efficiently to meet the needs of the job - travelling from setting to setting

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).