Speech and language Therapy Assistant

Location: Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ

Salary: £12.88 - £13.49 per hour (£23,013.97 - £24,103.92 actual salary per year) Dependant on experience and qualifications

Hours: 40 hours per week, Term time only

Contract: Permanent

Start date: September 2025

Aurora White House School is currently looking for a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join our primary provision. You will be working closely with a small number of class teams and the other therapists to create an enabling environment and support students to actively engage with their social and academic environment.

Main Purpose of the Role:

To assist the Speech and Language Therapist in providing speech and language therapy services, covering speech, language and social communication, to children and young people, working in a way that puts their health, safety and welfare first. The main focus of this role will be to support the implementation of speech, language and communication support and therapy programmes in specific primary classes (Key stage 1).

Key Duties:

• Assist the Speech and Language Therapist and class team(s) in creating a communication friendly and enabling environment.
• Implement therapy programmes in class(es) as directed by the Speech and Language Therapist and wider clinical and SEN team.
• Together with the class team(s), support students to access their social and academic environment.
• Liaise with colleagues and external professionals involved with the children to ensure that speech and language interventions are aligned to all plans for the child and that all issues and progress are effectively communicated onwards.
• Research, advise on and source, or prepare and make, equipment and materials which contribute to the efficient delivery of speech and language services.
• Under direction of senior clinical team members, prepare training materials and/or provide training to staff in communication and other speech and language techniques and methods as appropriate and as required.
• Administrative duties as assigned by senior clinical team members and clinical lead.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the school when required.

Skills and Qualifications:

• GCSE Maths and English Language qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
• Interest in language and communication difficulties.
• Commitment to and experience of supporting children and young people with a variety of communication needs.
• Skills in working with pupils with special needs.
• Confidence in own communication skills, and ability to guide and motivate other staff.
• Personal organisation skills, capacity and flexibility for large and varied workload.
• Competence and confidence in computer literacy skills.
• Knowledge of and/or experience of Intensive Interaction, PECS, Alternative or Augmentative Communication systems, Attention Autism, Zones of Regulation.
• Experience of creating visual resources such as social stories, visual timetables.

Desirable:

• Previous study in related area.
• Experience in managing others and organising resource materials.
• Innovative and practical skills.
• Training in Intensive Interaction, PECS, Attention Autism or other relevant training.
• Completed ELKLAN training.

Due to the rural location of the school, candidates are strongly advised to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle.

Benefits and Additional Information:

• Life assurance.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme.
• Free lunches when working on site.
• Free onsite parking.
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Car lease scheme.
• Fully funded training and qualifications.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Family Swim.
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to Apply:

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Liz in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at Liz.Hudson@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. 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.