• Job Description

  Req#: C9395-25-0709?language=en&page=79&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a seeking a new role as a band 3 speech and language therapy assistant?At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.

  We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapy assistant to join our special schools team.

  Waltham Forest is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website - www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk.

  Main duties of the job

  Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to children, young people and their families.

  As a speech and language therapy assistant in our service, you will support therapists in special schools with resources making, admin and to deliver therapy.

  You will be working within our well-established, supportive and dynamic Special schools team, with days available for pre-school support.

  About us

  Our Values 2025 - 2030

  Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

  They are:

  • We are kind.
  • We are respectful.
  • We work together with our communities.

  These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.

  Probationary Period

  This post will be subject to a probationary period.

  NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

  High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

  This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).

  High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe

  This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,192 to a maximum of £2,011 p.a. pro rata for part time).

  Details

  Date posted

  11 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year Per Annum, Plus HCAS (pro rata)

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Term time hours

  Reference number

  395-WF011-25-A

  Job locations

  Wood Street Health Centre

  6 Linford Road

  London

  E17 3LA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

  We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

  We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

  Person Specification

  A.C as per person Spec

  Essential

  • Minimum of 5 GCSE's or equivalent

  A.C as per person spec

  Essential

  • Experience working with Children and Young people

  A.C as per person spec

  Essential

  • General Knowledge of child development
  • Ability to communicate with children with impaired communication,

  Person Specification

  A.C as per person Spec

  Essential

  • Minimum of 5 GCSE's or equivalent

  A.C as per person spec

  Essential

  • Experience working with Children and Young people

  A.C as per person spec

  Essential

  • General Knowledge of child development
  • Ability to communicate with children with impaired communication,

  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).

  Additional information

  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

  NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

  Address

  Wood Street Health Centre

  6 Linford Road

  London

  E17 3LA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

  Address

  Wood Street Health Centre

  6 Linford Road

  London

  E17 3LA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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