Aphasia Café Session Lead (Calderdale)
Position: Aphasia Café Session Lead
Hours: 6 hours per month
Location: Calderdale Aphasia Café based at Holy Trinity & St Jude Church, Halifax, HX1 2XE
Responsible to: CEO
Salary: £30 per hour
The Charity:
Aphasia Support is a forward thinking Yorkshire based charity. Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of people with Aphasia and their carers by providing tailored speech and language therapy and long term support. We want to create a world where every person with Aphasia has access to support.
Aphasia Support (AS) is looking to recruit a Session Leader to oversee the charity's twice-monthly Aphasia Cafe group session in Calderdale. The Aphasia Cafe meets on the second and fourth Friday of the month from 10.30 – 12.
We are looking for either:
• A qualified speech and language therapist working at NHS band 5 – 7.
• A student studying to become a speech and language therapist at undergraduate or post graduate level.
• An experienced SLT Assistant working at NHS band 4.
Tasks will include:
• Leading the Aphasia Café in Calderdale (twice a month).
• Working alongside the Aphasia Café group and volunteer support group, to design and deliver engaging Aphasia Cafe sessions which consider the varying language abilities of attendees.
• Providing guidance and support to volunteers within the groups.
• Ensure attendance registers are updated after each session and write a short report providing an overview of the session.
• Liaising with the Aphasia Support staff team on fundraising and awareness raising events which involve the Aphasia Café groups.
• Attend briefings from the charity held twice a year on Zoom.
Successful candidates will be supported by the charity’s CEO during their induction period and a thorough handover of responsibilities will be provided.
To apply please email your CV with a supporting statement to: jamesmajor@aphasiasupport.org
For an informal discussion about the role please email: jamesmajor@aphasiasupport.org
Interviews will take place as applications are being submitted therefore an early application is recommended.
Closing Date: Thursday 17th April at 5pm
