Aphasia Cafe Session Lead (Rugby)

Position: Aphasia Café Session Lead (Rugby)

Hours:  6 hours per month

Location:  Willoughby Village Hall, Main Street, Rugby, CV23 8BH

Responsible to: CEO

Salary: £30 per hour (qualified) / £20 per hour (unqualified) 

Aphasia Support is a forward thinking charity whose 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 is looking to recruit a Session Leader to oversee a brand new twice monthly Aphasia Cafe in Rugby. The Aphasia Cafe will meet on the first and third Wednesday of the month. You must have ongoing availability during this time frame.

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 Rugby twice a month.
• Working alongside the Aphasia Café group and volunteer support group to design and deliver engaging aphasia cafes sessions which consider the varying language abilities of attendees.
• Providing guidance and support to volunteers within the groups.
• Ensure attendance registers are updated 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 other session leaders who run the charity’s Aphasia Cafe's.

To apply please email your CV with a supporting statement of no more than 2 pages to jamesmajor@aphasiasupport.org

For an informal discussion about the role please email jamesmajor@aphasiasupport.org

Closing Date: Midday on 24th June 2026

Interviews will be arranged as applications come in therefore an early application is recommended. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should suitable candidates be interviewed.