Saltsa (Speech and Language Therapy Support

**SALTSA (Speech And Language Therapy Support Assistant)**:
**Closing date**: 11/12/2024**Reference**: REQ105744
- 34 hours / Permanent- 25,584 - 26,835 *- Penmorfa, Aberaeron- *All salary values are pro-rata.- About the roleWe are looking to recruit a speech and language therapy support assistant (SALTSA) to join the ALN team on a permanent basis for 34 hours per week.

The role will involve providing speech and language therapy sessions to individual pupils under the guidance of the Speech and Language Therapist for during school term times only. The delivery of the sessions is anticipated to be mainly face to face sessions within Ceredigion primary schools.

On a day to day basis you will:

- visit pupil in their Ceredigion schools
- provide individualised support for specific pupils with speech and language difficulties
- use specialist skills/training/experience to provide outreach support to pupils with speech and language difficulties
- establish constructive relationships with the pupils and interact with them according to individual needs
- establish constructive relationships with parents/carers
- provide detailed and regular feedback to teacher and speech and language therapist on pupils achievement, progress, problems etc
- prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources to reinforce Speech and Language Therapy programmes
- attend and participate in relevant meetings and training and other learning activities and performance development as required

We are looking to recruit an individual who has:

- experience of working with or caring for children of primary school age
- effective ICT skills to support learning
- ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
- ability to relate well to children and adults
- work constructively and flexibly as part of a team, understanding roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
- ability to travel independently
- the ability to speak Welsh fluently

Job Description and Person Specification
- What we offer- Work-life balance- Lifestyle savings scheme- Generous employer pension scheme- Cycle to work scheme- Learning and development- Where you'll work**Schools and Culture**

We offer appropriate challenge and support to our schools, to help them deliver first class education to all pupils, across the age and ability range. Our primary functions are as follows:

- School Improvement: Leadership; Support and Challenge, Teaching and Learning; Digital Literacy; Literacy and Numeracy; Welsh in Education
- Additional Learning Needs: Provision for pupils with Additional Learning Needs, Inclusion; Attendance; Educational Psychology
- Pupil Wellbeing:Counselling; Welfare; Anti-Bullying, Pupil Voice
- Education Governance: Data ; Governor Support, Policy support
- School Admissions
- Culture: Music Service; Cered; Felinfach Theatre; Museum
- Infrastructure and Resources: Planning School Places; Modernisation and Twenty First Century Schools Programme; Buildings; Grants
- Catering: Day Centres; Primary Schools; Residential homes.
- Childcare Unit: Childcare Sufficiency Assessment; Childcare & Play Grant; Childcare Offer; Out of School (After School Clubs and Holiday Playschemes); Day Nursery, Cylch/Playgroup & Childminder business support and staff training

**Penmorfa**

Penmorfa is our most central office, it is where our Chief Executive and Councillors are based.
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**Aberaeron**

Aberaeron is a picture perfect harbour town and is one of Ceredigion's best loved holiday destinations with fashionable places to stay and eat.