The starting salary for this position is £30,121 per annum for 36 hours per week, across 42 weeks of the year. The role is term-time, plus an additional 15 days per year. The full time equivalent for this role is £32,512.

Your office base will be in Woking although as a team we promote agile working.

The North West Surrey School SLT team is looking for a full time Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Assistant. The role involves working in our specialist and mainstream schools, supporting children to meet their communication potential, empowering school staff to confidently support communication needs, and taking part in service development work.

Rewards and Benefits

Flexible working around core school hours with mobile and agile working solutions
Comprehensive clinical supervision programme including a buddy, 1:1 meetings with line manager, extensive in house training programme and formal external training opportunities
A mixed and varied caseload across settings and age groups
Termly themed study days for the whole SALT team
An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many moreAbout the Team

The School-Aged Speech and Language Therapy Service is part of Surrey County Council's support for children with Additional Needs and Disabilities, working collaboratively in the Inclusion and Additional Needs team in Surrey's Children, Families and Lifelong Learning directorate, with other teams like Educational Psychology, and specialist teachers. The Surrey SLT service is a large team (over 160) of both qualified Therapists and non-qualified Therapy Assistants.

We have excellent supervision and CPD models plus a rolling in-house training programme. One of our Therapists was voted People's Choice in the Surrey Stars Awards receiving over 500 votes showing how well the service is regarded in the organisation!

About the Role

In this role you will work under the direction of Speech and Language Therapists in the team but will spend a large amount of the working week working autonomously within schools. You will take a lead role in the development and support of new or less experienced assistants in the team.

Your main duties in the role of Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Assistant will include:

Working individually with a child / young person within a school / college to deliver therapy, review progress and suggest new targets in liaison with the link Therapist
Giving feedback to parents on their child's progress
Modelling strategies to school staff
Problem solving with the class team around meeting children's needs
Working with small groups, setting and reviewing group session plans
Offering shadowing opportunities and peer support to less experienced SLTAs
Leading Assistant meetings
Taking part and leading on project work relating to Therapy Assistants to develop the Assistant teamShortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for interview for this position your application will clearly evidence:

Experience of working with children and young people under the guidance of a Speech and Language Therapy team for at least 5 years
Experience of working as an SLT Assistant in mainstream schools / colleges and specialist schools / centres
Evidence of working independently and flexibly
Evidence of using a range of communication approaches in mainstream and specialist schools
Strong IT skills
Evidence of supporting othersSurrey has both urban and rural areas and you will need to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel to meet the demands of the role. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 13th October 2024 with interviews planned for 23rd and 24th October.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application formOur application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups