Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for those interested in supporting the Speech and Language Therapy team working with children in Wandsworth community clinics.  Supporting children’s communication development is vital and speech therapy plays a crucial role in supporting those who have delayed communication skills.

This role will involve working directly with children under the guidance of a therapist. This role will involve supporting with administrative tasks such as booking appointments, making resources, uploading assessments and at times may involve supporting therapy under the guidance of a therapist. 

We have a group of assistants who form an important part of our dynamic therapy team.  

This role would suit someone with excellent people skills and admin skills who is interested in working as part of  a service that supports children and families.

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To support our SLT team to provide a speech and language therapy service within Wandsworth community clinics to 

• Run 1:1 therapy sessions in Clinics/Schools across Wandsworth
• Set up and run groups for families
• Support the running of trainings for parents
• To attend team meetings and frequently liaise with other members of the team
• Recording patient information on electronic systems
• Inviting families to therapy
• Recording numbers attending groups and reporting to the SLT
• Receiving calls from parents and carers
• Scanning and uploading secure documents

Working for our organisation

St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for improving the health of a culturally diverse population of people in south west London.  St George’s University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust is one of the UKs largest healthcare organisations and is integrated with community services Wandsworth.  Wandsworth is located in the heart of south west London with a vibrant and multicultural community. There are excellent public transport links to Central London and many shops, restaurants, cafes and bars in the area. 

Benefits of working in our team!

1. We receive inner London weighting and travel expenses during the working day are paid
2. Check out some of our team here 
3. We have working parties for diversity and inclusion and neurodiversity 
4. Wellbeing activities after work such as book club and craft clubs 
5. Local initiatives such as running local training for schools
6. Whole team training days