SALT Teaching Assistant

Raunds Park Infant School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6NB

16 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

SALT Teaching Assistant job summary

Hours per week: 10 hours

Weeks Per Year: 38 weeks

The Role:

The SALT Teaching Assistant works under the supervision of the class teacher, SENCo and linked Speech and Language Therapist to support pupils with speech, language and communication needs.

The role focuses on delivering targeted speech and language interventions, supporting communication development across the curriculum, and promoting inclusive practice to enable pupils to access learning effectively.

Key Tasks:

Deliver structured speech and language programmes designed by a qualified Speech and Language Therapist (SALT) or SENCo.

Support pupils individually and in small groups to develop speech clarity, vocabulary, expressive and receptive language, social communication and interaction skills.

Implement and monitor specific communication targets from EHCPs, IEPs and therapy plans.

Use specialist strategies such as visual timetables, Now/Next boards, communication boards ETC.

Model high-quality language, extend pupil vocabulary and scaffold responses to promote language development.

Support pupils with speech sound difficulties through structured articulation and phonological awareness activities.

Provide social communication and interaction support, including turn-taking, conversation skills and emotional literacy.

About You:

Experience working with children with speech, language and communication needs

GCSE Grade A-C (or equivalent) in English and Maths

Understanding of child language development

Knowledge of speech sound development and phonological awareness

Benefits

• Access to retail discounts and technology schemes.
• Access to Cycle to Work
• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter.
• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional
• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged.
• Discounted gym membership
• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours - while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work
• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process.

Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks.

We look forward to your response.

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated*

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Raunds Park Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 165 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Raunds Park Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/raunds-park-infant-school

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