Aphasia Cafe Session Lead (Scarborough)

Position: Aphasia Café Session Lead (Scarborough)
Hours: 3 hours per month
Location: Coast & Vale Community Action Centre, Scarborough, YO12 7PW

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.

We are looking to recruit a Session Leader to oversee a new monthly Aphasia Cafe support group in Scarborough. The meeting date and time for the group will depend on the availability of the Session Leader. We are hopeful of securing more funds which will enable the Aphasia Café to move to a twice monthly meeting group later in 2026.

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 Scarborough once a month for 1.5 hours, ideally in a morning.
• 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 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 online briefings from the charity held three times a year.

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.

Closing Date: Midday on 3rd June 2026

For an informal discussion about the role please email jamesmajor@aphasiasupport.org or call 0300 102 3500.

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.