Speech & Language Assistant Practitioner - Expert at Hand

Have you ever wanted to work with children and young people supporting them to develop their communication skills?

As part of the Norfolk plan we are excited to be able to introduce an innovative Experts at Hand (EaH) model to our speech and language service, supporting children and young people across education and early years settings within Norfolk with a focus on strengthening universal and targeted provision and improving outcomes for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.

This is an opportunity to be part of a creative and motivated team shaping this new innovative programme for Norfolk.

We are looking for enthusiastic speech and language therapy assistants who have a strong interest in working with children and young people, supporting them to develop their communication skills to ensure better outcomes., To implement speech and language therapy packages with children and make modifications as necessary for child or circumstances, using knowledge and understanding of children's development and disorders and other learning disabilities.

To assist in the planning of routine activities. This includes children of pre-school and school age on the community caseload in location. To assist SLTs in running groups as required.

To monitor the children's progress and assess their progress in response to treatment.

To make observations about children's communication skills and responses to activities and use initiative to change intervention in order to assist in assessment and therapy. The speech and language therapist will be available by phone to discuss changes to therapy packages.

To contribute to administrative duties connected with the caseload including updating children's case records, following service standards.

Provide verbal and written feedback to the supervising therapist, other professionals and carers regarding an individual patient's response to therapy and progress made., If you receive a suspicious job offer or recruitment-related communication, do not make any payments, share personal information, or provide identity documents. We encourage you to report the matter to your local police or relevant law enforcement agency. Any concerns relating to potential recruitment fraud should also be reported to our Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) as soon as possible.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.