Speech & Language Therapy Assistant (Complex needs & community)
The closing date is 25 June 2026
We are currently looking to recruit a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our dynamic and enthusiastic paediatric team working delivering speech and language therapy interventions for children with complex needs (including ASD) and developmental speech and language delay/disorder.
Based across three sites (Lighthouse Child Development Centre, and two community clinics in the Castlepoint and Rochford area) you will join a team of SLTs and SLT assistants to deliver a range of programmes/interventions to support the speech, language and communication development of children and young people aged 0 – 18. The role may also include attending local Special Needs Schools to deliver demonstration and direct therapy for pupils under the direction of a qualified SLT.
The children and young people supported will have complex needs (such as learning disability, physical disability, Cerebral Palsy and genetic conditions impacting on their communication) or diagnosed/suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or in the community developmental speech/language delay/disorders.
The post is across four days per week. As the role requires the post holder to regularly visit early years and school settings to demonstrate strategies a car driver is preferred.
You will receive all necessary training to deliver programmes/interventions from the SLT you work alongside and from the very experienced SLT Assistants already in post across the service.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for delivering packages of intervention with children and young people with ASD/Complex/speech and/or language delay at clinic bases and also in a local Special Needs School. You will have direct supervision from a qualified Speech and Language Therapist who will set the intervention targets that you will be working on with the children you see.
We have excellent links with other professionals within the health service and education and robust clinical supervision and support networks in place. The Lighthouse Child Development Centre is a multi agency centre and therefore close liaison with other professions such as Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Audiology and community Paediatricians is achieved.
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
Job responsibilities
Under the supervision of a qualified Speech and Language Therapist the post holder will manage their own diary to offer direct therapy sessions with children/young people at the three work bases and local Special needs schools. This will involve liaising with parents/carers and other professionals support the child or young person.
Person Specification
Experience with preschool children
- Recent experience of working with preschool children (within last 2 years)
- Experience of working with preschool children (over 2 years ago)
Experience with complex needs and/or ASD
- Relevant experience working with children and/or young people with complex needs and/or ASD
- Evidence of observation of work with children/young people with complex needs/ASD without direct experience
Qualifications
- Relevant child care qualification
- Experience of child care but no formal qualification
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.
Employer name
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Lighthouse Child Development Centre
Central Canvey Primary Care Centre
Leigh Primary Care Centre
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