Speech and Language practitioner Apprenticeship
Sunday Care Therapy
London (E8 4EB)
Closes in 19 days (Monday 20 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 March 2026
Contents
Summary
Hybrid role between carer and therapy assistant. Deliver safe, compassionate, and effective care aligned with SCT standards.
- Wage
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£22,500 a year
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Advertisted salary of £22500 is starting salary, there is scope for overtime and annual salary reviews.
- Training course
- Assistant practitioner (health) (level 5)
- Hours
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Shift work, depending on needs of service.
Weekends once a month minimum required and unsocial hours also required.
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 1 May 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Deliver safe, compassionate, and effective care aligned with SCT standards
- Support communication, swallowing, and cognitive rehabilitation programmes
- Develop foundational clinical skills relevant to Speech and Language Therapy
- Create a sustainable internal pathway into allied health professions
- Improve client outcomes related to communication, participation, and independence
Where you'll work
6-10 Dunston Street
London
E8 4EB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
Training course
Assistant practitioner (health) (level 5)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Work in line with legislation, policies, standards and codes of conduct that apply to own role
- Work within the scope of practice, the limits of own knowledge and skills, escalating and reporting to others when needed
- Work in partnership with others to champion safe, equitable, non-discriminatory person-centred care and support for individuals
- Promote and maintain the principles of a duty of care, safeguarding and protection, always acting in the best interest of individuals and working across organisations and with other agencies to ensure they do not come to harm
- Undertake and monitor physiological, technical and psychological measurements using the appropriate equipment and tools within scope of own practice
- Select and use the correct equipment and tools to undertake timely assessment of an individual's physical and mental healthcare status within own scope of practice
- Recognise and respond to an individual in pain, distress or discomfort
- Interpret results of assessment in the context of the individual’s health and wellbeing, making appropriate changes or recommendations to the care plan within scope of own practice or escalating in line with local protocol
- Support individuals with nutrition and fluids in line with their care needs, taking action as required
- Undertake evidence-based clinical, diagnostic or therapeutic interventions delegated by a registered healthcare professional in line with scope of practice, and standard operating procedures
- Monitor and review the impact of clinical, diagnostic or therapeutic interventions on an individual’s health and well-being
- Record and store information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, including the safe use of technology
- Report and share information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, maintaining confidentiality
- Delegate work to colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team and engage in supervision
- Liaise with the multidisciplinary team to prioritise and manage own workload
- Communicate with individuals, their families, carers and health and care professionals using techniques designed to maximise understanding
- Promote the use of digital solutions to improve communication systems and practices
- Recognise and respond to limitations in an individual’s mental capacity
- Participate in training and development activities and evaluate the impact of learning on own practice
- Seek out and respond to feedback and engage in appraisals
- Reflect on own practice to improve practice
- Provide leadership and act as a role model for others within the scope of own role
- Identify learning and development needs of others
- Teach, coach and mentor others and confirm that learning needs have been met
- Actively seek out and act on opportunities to support individuals to maximise their health and well-being within the scope of the role
- Promote preventative health behaviours and support individuals to make informed choices to improve their health and wellbeing within the scope of the role
- Conduct and record risk assessments relevant to the activity and scope of own practice
- Uphold the principles of duty of candour, identifying and managing challenging situations, unsafe work practices and addressing comments, compliments, conflict and complaints
- Maintain a safe and healthy working environment for self and others, using techniques for infection prevention and control, including the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and supporting others to comply with policy and procedures
- Move and assist individuals, equipment and other items safely
- Participate in and support others in audit and quality improvement activities in the workplace
- Conduct research activity within the scope of own role and act on the findings
- Identify opportunities to improve quality in the workplace and contribute to local, regional and national quality improvement initiatives
- Work in line with legislation, policies, standards and codes of conduct that apply to own role
- Work within the scope of practice, the limits of own knowledge and skills, escalating and reporting to others when needed
- Work in partnership with others to champion safe, equitable, non-discriminatory person-centred care and support for individuals
- Promote and maintain the principles of a duty of care, safeguarding and protection, always acting in the best interest of individuals and working across organisations and with other agencies to ensure they do not come to harm
- Undertake and monitor physiological, technical and psychological measurements using the appropriate equipment and tools within scope of own practice
- Select and use the correct equipment and tools to undertake timely assessment of an individual's physical and mental healthcare status within own scope of practice
- Recognise and respond to an individual in pain, distress or discomfort
- Interpret results of assessment in the context of the individual’s health and wellbeing, making appropriate changes or recommendations to the care plan within scope of own practice or escalating in line with local protocol
- Support individuals with nutrition and fluids in line with their care needs, taking action as required
- Undertake evidence-based clinical, diagnostic or therapeutic interventions delegated by a registered healthcare professional in line with scope of practice, and standard operating procedures
- Monitor and review the impact of clinical, diagnostic or therapeutic interventions on an individual’s health and well-being
- Record and store information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, including the safe use of technology
- Report and share information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, maintaining confidentiality
- Delegate work to colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team and engage in supervision
- Liaise with the multidisciplinary team to prioritise and manage own workload
- Communicate with individuals, their families, carers and health and care professionals using techniques designed to maximise understanding
- Promote the use of digital solutions to improve communication systems and practices
- Recognise and respond to limitations in an individual’s mental capacity
- Participate in training and development activities and evaluate the impact of learning on own practice
- Seek out and respond to feedback and engage in appraisals
- Reflect on own practice to improve practice
- Provide leadership and act as a role model for others within the scope of own role
- Identify learning and development needs of others
- Teach, coach and mentor others and confirm that learning needs have been met
- Actively seek out and act on opportunities to support individuals to maximise their health and well-being within the scope of the role
- Promote preventative health behaviours and support individuals to make informed choices to improve their health and wellbeing within the scope of the role
- Conduct and record risk assessments relevant to the activity and scope of own practice
- Uphold the principles of duty of candour, identifying and managing challenging situations, unsafe work practices and addressing comments, compliments, conflict and complaints
- Maintain a safe and healthy working environment for self and others, using techniques for infection prevention and control, including the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and supporting others to comply with policy and procedures
- Move and assist individuals, equipment and other items safely
- Participate in and support others in audit and quality improvement activities in the workplace
- Conduct research activity within the scope of own role and act on the findings
- Identify opportunities to improve quality in the workplace and contribute to local, regional and national quality improvement initiatives
Training schedule
The successful candidate must pass an interview with Essex university and be able to attend Colchester campus once a week
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English & Maths (grade Pass)
T Level in:
Any Subject level 3 or above (grade Level 3 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
Other requirements
- All candidates must hold English & maths qualifcations
- Hold a minimum of a Level 3 in any subject
- Have resided in the U.K for a minimum of 3 years
- Will need to be able to do flexible working hours and travel to Essex University once a week
About this employer
Sunday Care Therapy is one of the U.K's only CQC registered home care providers found and run by Allied Health Professionals.
After this apprenticeship
- There is an oppertunity for the course to lead to a full Degree as an Allied Health professional
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Sunday Care Therapy
Derek Sleater
derek@sundaycaretherapy.com
02034887388
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000022578.
Apply now
Closes in 19 days (Monday 20 April 2026 at 11:59pm)