Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SLTA) to join the East Hampshire and Southampton Community Learning Disabilities Service. The role involves assisting the Learning Disabilities Speech and Language Therapy service within a wider integrated multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will undertake therapy interventions under supervision, contribute to planning and evaluation of therapeutic activities, and provide observations on communication and eating/drinking needs. This is a fixed-term maternity cover contract for 30 hours per week.
Essential criteria
- Must be willing to undertake service induction and other appropriate training as needed.
Desirable criteria
- NHS Care certificate
- Foundation degree or equivalent level study (or above).
- Work experience in health/ social care/ teaching setting.
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities.
- Experience of working with people with communication difficulties.
- Awareness of the importance of non-verbal communication.
- Experience of NHS electronic records system.
- Knowledge of medical and SLT-related terminology
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing training
- Additional Criteria
- Must be able to communicate effectively and be able to develop project based skills.
- Proactive
- Understand the need to maintain accurate client records and demonstrate this.
- Must be able to use initiative whilst recognising the scope of one's competence and authority.
- Actively influence others and feed this back to colleagues appropriately and promptly.
- Good personal organisational skills.
- Demonstrates a strong team-working ethos in all aspects of work.
- Able to recognise change in service user's behaviour/condition and inform colleagues effectively.
- Experience in making communication resources.
- Can develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship with service users and professional relationships with colleagues and other professionals.
- Ability to lone work in the community settings under the direction of a qualified therapist.
- Ability to use IT programmes such as word documents, PowerPoint, publisher and Excel.
- Able to commit to hours
- Sensitive approach
- Ability to efficiently attend community visits.
- Willing to work across whole locality as required.
- Flexibility in working hours
- Knowledge of picture/symbol communication systems and packages.
- Current Full British Driving Licence and use of a vehicle with business use
- Must be willing to undertake service induction and other appropriate training as needed.
- NHS Care certificate
- Foundation degree or equivalent level study (or above).
- Work experience in health/ social care/ teaching setting.
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities.
- Experience of working with people with communication difficulties.
- Awareness of the importance of non-verbal communication.
- Experience of NHS electronic records system.
- Knowledge of medical and SLT-related terminology
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing training
- Additional Criteria
- Must be able to communicate effectively and be able to develop project based skills.
- Proactive
- Understand the need to maintain accurate client records and demonstrate this.
- Must be able to use initiative whilst recognising the scope of one's competence and authority.
- Actively influence others and feed this back to colleagues appropriately and promptly.
- Good personal organisational skills.
- Demonstrates a strong team-working ethos in all aspects of work.
- Able to recognise change in service user's behaviour/condition and inform colleagues effectively.
- Experience in making communication resources.
- Can develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship with service users and professional relationships with colleagues and other professionals.
- Ability to lone work in the community settings under the direction of a qualified therapist.
- Ability to use IT programmes such as word documents, PowerPoint, publisher and Excel.
- Able to commit to hours
- Sensitive approach
- Ability to efficiently attend community visits.
- Willing to work across whole locality as required.
- Flexibility in working hours
- Knowledge of picture/symbol communication systems and packages.
- Current Full British Driving Licence and use of a vehicle with business use
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 8d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
There is currently an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SLTA) to join the East Hampshire and Southampton Community Learning Disabilities Service.
This will be a fixed term Maternity cover contract for 30 hours per week and will provide a chance to join an integrated MDT.
We are looking for an SLTA who is passionate about the support of adults with a learning disability. The successful candidate will assist the Learning Disabilities Speech and Language Therapy service within a wider community health team. We welcome creative thinkers who can adapt to meet the individual needs of each service user.
The Hampshire and Isle Of Wight Learning Disabilities Division works across 7 clinical areas of practice, meaning a variety of approaches and skills are requires to meet the differing needs of service users. The clinical areas of practice are; Autism, Challenging Behaviour, Complex Health , Dementia, Epilepsy, Mental Health and Forensic.
We have opportunities for peer supervision alongside other SLTAs and apprentice SLTs, in-house training, joint working with other members of the MDT including Physiotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy, Learning Disabilities Nursing and Art therapy.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of a qualified Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) the post holder will b
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