Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Health · Southwark, London
Sponsors visaFull-time£32k-33k/yearSouthwark, LondonHealth and Care Worker
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Job summary

We have full time vacancies in our SLT Assistant team. The post holder will join our existing team of 12 SLT assistants to support the work of the SLT department. The role will involve working in local schools and/or nurseries to screen children's communication skills, deliver language groups and train staff in the settings. It will also involve jointly running groups in clinics and supporting clinical and administration tasks for the wider SLT team. There will be an opportunity to develop your knowledge and understanding of communication development in children.

Please note, this job vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high number of applications.

Main duties of the job

We can offer you:

  • A department that is actively committed to diversity, equality of opportunity and elimination of discrimination.
  • Excellent supervision and support
  • A commitment to learning and development, including a broad and varied programme of internal training and shadowing opportunities
  • Mobile working supported by 4G enabled laptop/device and smartphone
  • Varied and interesting work with a diverse population
  • A professionally led, data and evidence-based service
  • Support from a friendly and sociable team - including a team choir, book club and other activities
  • Access to a full range of health and wellbeing activities within the Trust, e.g. sports and social club, swimming pool, Cycle to Work scheme, psychological support

Interviews for this post will be held on the 31st July 2026

Please see attached job description and person specification for details of the role. Contact Susanna Keusch with any additional questions:

Email: susannakeusch@nhs.net

About us

The Speech and Language Therapy department provides focused and clinically driven services across the boroughs of Lambeth & Southwark). Our aim is to ensure clear delivery and development of services for the specific populations we serve, enabling smoother transitions, enhanced skill development across the team and greater job satisfaction.

We provide separate line management and clinical supervision to ensure strong clinical performance and development opportunities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

  • Screening children's communication skills in nurseries or schools.
  • Leading language groups in nurseries, schools and/or clinics across the 2 boroughs.
  • Supporting nursery staff to deliver groups in their nursery settings
  • Supporting administration for the Early Years SLT team and other SLT teams for example: data entry, preparing resources, ordering resources, and various other admin tasks

See Job description document attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of the role of the Speech and Language Therapist and the assistant's role in supporting the work of the team

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of administrative work
  • Experience of working with children in a community setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working with children under 5.
  • Experience of training/coaching others
  • Experience of working as an SLT Assistant

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrates clear communication skills, both spoken and written.
  • Able to manage and prioritise competing demands, seeking advice when necessary.
  • Able to develop practice to meet individual families' circumstances, including regard for cultural and linguistic differences

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sunshine House

27 Peckham Road

London

SE5 8UH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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