Job Title: Assistant Practitioner
Agency: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Location: Kidderminster, United Kingdom, Worcestershire
Salary/Rate: 27,485 to £ 30,162 / Year
Job Summary
Are you looking for an opportunity to join the NHS and work within Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Services? Do you have experience supporting children’s speech, language, and communication in an education setting?
We are expanding our team of Band 4 assistant practitioner roles. This is a great opportunity to join our highly motivated and innovative team based in Worcestershire. We have two new roles, one based in Bromsgrove and one in Kidderminster.
We are looking for positive, enthusiastic practitioners with a commitment to collaborative working to join our team.
As a county-wide speech and language therapy team, we offer a strong commitment to supporting personal and professional development with ongoing mentor support, supervision, and CPD opportunities.
This is a full-time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part-time.
Main duties of the job
- We are a well-established team offering a range of services for 0-19-year-olds. This post will potentially involve working within our early years, mainstream schools, and complex needs teams in Worcestershire, working alongside speech and language therapists and other speech and language therapy assistants to deliver universal, targeted, and specialist level support. It will include:
- Working with families, demonstrating practical ways to support children
- Visits to schools to set up targeted and specialist interventions and share resources
- Delivery of targeted and specialist interventions in settings and schools
- Resource development
- Working within our SLTA team to develop our service
We are looking for good team players, with good communication skills, who can be flexible and a supportive member of the team
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (or alternative equivalent award e.g., Higher National Diploma (HND) or BTEC (level 4)
- GCSE Maths and English (Grade A-C) or equivalent
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at the point of offer.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to travel efficiently to meet the needs of the job, travelling from setting to setting
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working within a relevant clinical service as a senior HCA / HCSW
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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Closing Date: 04 January 2026
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