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Location: Calderdale Aphasia Café based at Holy Trinity & St Jude Church, Halifax, HX1 2XE Responsible to: CEO Qualified Salary: £30 per hour Unqualified Salary: £20 per hour The Charity: Aphasia Support is a passionate, community-centred 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 and can communicate with confidence. Aphasia Support 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. You must have ongoing availability during this timeframe. 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. Interviews will take place as applications are being submitted therefore an early application is recommended.#J-18808-Ljbffr