Job Description

Ealing Community Partners:

NHS, Ealing Council, voluntary and specialist providers working together to deliver health and social care for the people of Ealing



We have one full time position available as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant across the Special Schools and Mainstream Schools Team. This post involves supporting a large team of therapists with administration tasks and resource-making as well as carrying out clinical work under therapist supervision.



Ealing Speech & Language Therapy Department offers a wide range of opportunities for continuing professional development, and is committed to providing excellent levels of support and supervision. You will work as part of the Ealing Services for Children with Additional Needs.



The needs of the communities we serve can change requiring the service to evolve and develop. In light of this, the duties required in this role may also change in line with the service and therefore the successful candidate needs to be flexible to accommodate this.



Ealing SLT Team works across Primary, Secondary and Special schools as well as Community Clinics and Children's Centres, providing a range of services to children aged 0-16 years and their families. The post holder will be involved in:



General administration duties, e.g. filing, sending out appointment letters, answering phone calls, scanning and arranging training

Making materials to be used in therapy

Working with individual children and small groups of children under the supervision and guidance of a Speech and Language Therapist

Supporting Teaching Assistants in schools to run clinical groups, under the supervision of a Speech and Language Therapist

Supporting and being involved in summer groups



Training will be provided, but the post holders are required to have excellent communication skills, proven administration and IT skills and to be effective team workers. The post holder should also have an interest in and experience of working with children and young people.



The role involves a combination of on site visits to schools, admin time at the main base as well as some time spent working from home after school visits.



We're thrilled that you are thinking of joining us. With the new Elizabeth line, our trust has never been so well-connected to East and Central London and as far out as Reading making it easier to further your career with us! Ealing is a leafy green and bustling borough situated in West London. Ealing's vibrant multi-cultural population makes the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.



Our vision



Keeping children and young people's education, health and well-being at the centre of decision making to achieve the best possible outcomes.



Ealing Speech & Language Therapy Department feel strongly that Continual Professional Development is central to the delivery of the service and the development of the staff who work within it.



Ealing Speech and Language Therapy department is a friendly team who embody the Trust values of Compassion, Respect, Empowerment and Partnership. We are committed to providing care and services which are inclusive and treat everyone with respect. The trust is committed to supporting equality, diversity and inclusion and have an Inclusive Heritage Staff Network whose focus is to improve EDI, staff voice and experience and promoting active bystander behaviour.



Working within this role will require travel across the vast Borough of Ealing to a range of schools with your base being located at Ealing Broadway (Carmelita House).



Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against.