Job Title: Speech & Language Therapy Assistant

Location: Mirfield (WF14 0DQ)

Hours: 37hrs per week

Salary: £10.20/hour

Hollybank Trust is a charitable organisation with a national reputation for excellence, working with adults and children with complex physical and associated learning disabilities. Based in West Yorkshire, Hollybank trust provides education, residential and nursing care to over 100 adults and children. Work will be across both adult and children’s services.

Overall Aim:

To work within the Speech & Language Therapy team, providing implementation of communication and eating/drinking interventions to children and adults with complex difficulties.

Day-to-day duties:

•                 To facilitate speech and language therapy sessions (both group and individual).

•                 To carry out office based, computer, and admin tasks as required by the SLT team.

•                 To work independently at times, without direct supervision.

•                 To provide advice to others regarding communication and eating difficulties with the support and guidance of qualified Speech and Language Therapists.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience required:

The post holder will have excellent communication skills, and the ability to adapt their communication to meet the needs of the children, young people, and adults within Hollybank. Knowledge of different communication approaches, and experience facilitating sessions and activities would be advantageous.

The post holder must be confident and competent with computers and be willing to extend these skills with the appropriate training into the programming of high-tech communication aids. As this post holder will be required to work independently within the community houses as well as on the main site, a car driver is highly desirable.

As an employer we offer:

·        A competitive salary and great pension scheme.

·        A fantastic, open, and supportive working environment

·        Comprehensive Training & Development opportunities.

·        Paid pre-employment training to give you a great head start.

·        A wealth of opportunities to gain experience in a variety of skills.

·        An employee rewards scheme with retail discounts and more.

·        A great pension scheme, and life insurance scheme.

 To find out more, please call Jenny Pemberton (SLT Clinical Lead) on 01924 490833 for an informal chat or via email on j.pemberton@hollybanktrust.com

Hollybank Trust is committed to Safeguarding vulnerable people, and our Safer Recruitment process requires all employees to have an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks in line with our Recruitment policy.

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 We want people from underrepresented groups such as Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBTQIA+) communities to succeed at Hollybank Trust and our policies and procedures ensure that this can happen. Click here to find out more about our approach to equality and diversity.

 Hollybank Trust is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job.