NHS
Speech and Language Therapy Associate Practitioner
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Job Description
- Req#: C9229-25-0784?language=en&page=414&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Supporting Pre-school and KS1 children develop their language skills based in mainstream settings
- Supporting the adults around the children to develop their confidence and competence to provide ongoing support to these children and their settings.
- An opportunity to work within small groups supporting some of the Counties most complex pre-school children
- Working alongside Speech and Language Therapy colleagues in both special & mainstream schools supporting children with a diagnosis of Autism.
- Multi disciplinary team working experience is essential.
- Foundation Degree / Diploma in Early Years Care and Education or similar
- At least 2 years' experience working with pre-school/school aged children and their families
- Accredited courses such as Elklan, POPAT, Signalong, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction
- Post qualification experience working with children and parents/carers.
- Evidence of working with pre-school children with Autism
- Evidence of working with pre-school children with a range of needs including some complex needs.
- Awareness of multi-disciplinary team working
- At least 2 years' experience working with pre school children and their families
- Experience of training parents/carers or other professionals
- An awareness & understanding of the SEND Code of Practice
- Foundation Degree / Diploma in Early Years Care and Education or similar
- At least 2 years' experience working with pre-school/school aged children and their families
- Accredited courses such as Elklan, POPAT, Signalong, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction
- Post qualification experience working with children and parents/carers.
- Evidence of working with pre-school children with Autism
- Evidence of working with pre-school children with a range of needs including some complex needs.
- Awareness of multi-disciplinary team working
- At least 2 years' experience working with pre school children and their families
- Experience of training parents/carers or other professionals
- An awareness & understanding of the SEND Code of Practice
Job summary
The Speech and Language Therapy team are looking to recruit 2 Speech and Language Therapy Associate Practitioners to join an excellent, relatively small, highly professional team. This is a Fixed Term Contract for 1 year.
This fantastic opportunity may include:
Main duties of the job
To support the delivery of targeted intervention for children in the Early years and KS1 under the guidance of a speech and language therapist
To assist in assessing/screening the needs of children with speech and language difficulties, liaising with SALT as appropriate.
Provide individual and small group support to pre-school children presenting with complex clinical presentations.
Write clinical notes and support target writing. Engage with reviews and further assessment as required. Support parents/carers to engage fully with services and support onward referrals as required.
Provide Nursery/Home visits as required.
Liaise with other professionals in health and education on a regular basis.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
13 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year pro rata, pa
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
229-IC-7564212
Job locations
Various/TBC
Vaughan Building
Hereford
HR2 9RP
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For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
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Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
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Experience
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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 details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Various/TBC
Vaughan Building
Hereford
HR2 9RP
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Various/TBC
Vaughan Building
Hereford
HR2 9RP
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.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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