Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SaLTA)

Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SaLTA) – Aurora Meldreth and Orchard Manor 

Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston 

Salary: £12.37 - £13.49 per hour, £25,729.60 - £28,059.20 per annum 

Hours: 40 hours per week, 52 weeks a year  

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: Friday 3rd October at 12pm

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.   

We are currently looking for a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our Aurora Meldreth and Orchard Manor team.

Meldreth Manor School, Meldreth Manor Children’s Home and Orchard Manor provide education, care and therapeutic support for children aged 6-19 years and young adults aged 18 – 30 years with severe and profound communication, cognitive and physical difficulties associated with conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism, brain injury and degenerative disorders.

Job Role

The role is a challenging, but exciting one, and will require you to be adaptive in providing communication and feeding support according to the individual needs of the young people we support.  

The post will combine clinical and administrative duties. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team under the supervision of the Speech and Language Therapist.  You will be delivering therapy programmes to individuals and groups of Aurora Meldreth and Orchard Manor.  The post holder will provide speech and language therapy services as directed by the Speech and Language Therapist.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage a designated caseload with supervision from speech and language therapist
• Regularly review and monitor progress with speech and language therapist
• To carry out communication and feeding programmes as set by the speech and language therapist. These sessions may be individual, small groups or in a class / residential setting
• Reporting any changing communication or eating and drinking needs to the speech and language therapist
• Maintain confidential clinical records
• To contribute to initial communication and eating and drinking assessments
• To design, organise and prepare therapy activities and resources to work on therapy goals
• Contribute to the preparation and running of training for staff and families
• Organising and manage resource base including maintenance and order of equipment
• To work with the wider multi-disciplinary team including education and therapy team
• General administrative duties for the speech and language therapy department

Duties will vary and you must expect to lend a hand wherever is required, this is a busy role that will require the ability to multitasking. 

Job Description: SaLTA MMOM

Skills and attributes required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong IT skills
• Person-centred approach
• Flexible and resilience and initiative
• Ability to reflect on practice and willingness to learn
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work well with others 

Experience needed

• Supporting people with complex communication needs
• Working with people with dysphagia
• Working in early years, school or college settings

What’s on offer?

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Competitive pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more

You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact kirsty.wilkinson@theauroragroup.co.uk

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children and young adults.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.