Regional Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
Company
Location
Grimsby, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/21/2025
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Description
Are you someone who is motivated, enthusiastic and passionate about working in Speech and Language Therapy? Then join Elysium Healthcare’s therapy department in our Learning Disability & Autism services in the North & Midlands, as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team to support service users across the North/Midlands region across a number of small complex care services, and care homes.
As a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant, working 37.5 hours a week, you will assist in clinically related activities, including working directly with service users where required, clinical administration, conduct of audits, creation of documentation, development of audit and/or research projects, and training of staff. You will engage with the multidisciplinary team and ensure that the service users are fully engaged in their care pathway.
Your role will include a significant focus on providing communication support to Autistic adults and adults with a Learning Disability. With support and supervision from the Regional Lead Speech and Language Therapist, you will develop and implement individualised communication interventions and communication supports based on service users’ needs and strengths, encouraging co-production of service, service user independence, and development of life skills with a focus on improving quality of life.
You will be responsible for supporting with induction programmes, delivering training on communication for new starters at the company, bespoke workshops for individual service users’ communication methods and needs, and other training programmes as required.
Training opportunities will be available for the successful candidate along with clinical and management supervision.
The role involves travelling to different services within a geographical region so a driving licence and access to a car would be required to fulfil this role.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
As this a regional role, you will cover the following sites: Bradley Complex Care and Apartments in Grimsby, Jubilee House in Barnsley, and Kingswood House in Rotherham.
You will work at a specialist service for men and women living with complex needs who may have a primary diagnosis of Learning Disability, Mental Health issue or Personality Disorder.
You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to support people who display behaviours of concern and pose challenges for services, including those with highly complex and severe challenging behaviour.
What You Will Get
About Your Next Employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team to support service users across the North/Midlands region across a number of small complex care services, and care homes.
As a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant, working 37.5 hours a week, you will assist in clinically related activities, including working directly with service users where required, clinical administration, conduct of audits, creation of documentation, development of audit and/or research projects, and training of staff. You will engage with the multidisciplinary team and ensure that the service users are fully engaged in their care pathway.
Your role will include a significant focus on providing communication support to Autistic adults and adults with a Learning Disability. With support and supervision from the Regional Lead Speech and Language Therapist, you will develop and implement individualised communication interventions and communication supports based on service users’ needs and strengths, encouraging co-production of service, service user independence, and development of life skills with a focus on improving quality of life.
You will be responsible for supporting with induction programmes, delivering training on communication for new starters at the company, bespoke workshops for individual service users’ communication methods and needs, and other training programmes as required.
Training opportunities will be available for the successful candidate along with clinical and management supervision.
The role involves travelling to different services within a geographical region so a driving licence and access to a car would be required to fulfil this role.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Working closely with the people we support to develop and implement individualised easy read versions of their care documentation in order to promote co-production.
- Completing speech and language assessment tools and analysing results (with support from the SLT)
- Creating and maintaining the bank of Communication related documentation for the region
- Supporting with staff training & development
- Providing high quality written reports (supervised by the SLT)
- Attending regular clinical and service development meetings
- Being an integral part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Contributing to audit and research
- Carry out these duties in consultation and under supervision of the Regional Lead Speech and Language Therapist and contribute to the maintenance and development of a high-quality Speech and Language Therapy service
- Need to be a driver
- Have experience working in a care or therapy environment
- Some experience of working with adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Autistic adults, and a passion to learn and develop, to join our friendly team in the region
- Be able to understand and follow instructions accurately and to learn new skills quickly
- Effective oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Be computer literate: ability to use Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Understand the importance of maintaining confidentiality and implication of non- compliance
- Be able to demonstrate the ability to work with patients with behaviours that challenge
As this a regional role, you will cover the following sites: Bradley Complex Care and Apartments in Grimsby, Jubilee House in Barnsley, and Kingswood House in Rotherham.
You will work at a specialist service for men and women living with complex needs who may have a primary diagnosis of Learning Disability, Mental Health issue or Personality Disorder.
You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to support people who display behaviours of concern and pose challenges for services, including those with highly complex and severe challenging behaviour.
What You Will Get
- Annual salary of £25,058
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
- Free parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
- Pension contribution to secure your future
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time
About Your Next Employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
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