Speech & Language Therapy Assistant

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Children's Speech and Language Therapy Servicearelooking for a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our large, diverse and supportive team, working across the Early Years and School-Aged pathways. The role will involve working in health centres and clinics, nursery settings and schools across the borough of Lewisham, working with children and young people aged 0-19 with a range of speech, language and communication needs.,

• Supporting our Speech and Language Therapy drop-in clinics
• Undertaking observations and contributing to assessment and information gathering as well as working independently or with colleagues to deliver speech and language interventions to children on the caseload, under the guidance of qualified therapists
• Working with children and young people individually and in group settings
• Supporting delivery of training and workshops to parents/carers and education staff
• Providing a range of technical and administrative support to the service
• Taking responsibility for specific areas of work as delegated, such as taking photographs and video, making appointments and producing resources for therapy and/or training.
  
  Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, thepatients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture ofengagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability3. Improving the experience of staff with disabilityLGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development5. Making equalities mainstream