Welcome to AT Therapy | Building Richer Lives Through Communication

Welcome to ATtherapy

At ATtherapy, we believe in building richer lives through communication.

Our expert team of speech and language therapists assess, diagnose and provide therapy for people with speech, language and communication and/or swallowing problems to help them communicate to the best of their ability.

We have provided speech and language therapy expertise for many years to support people with communication problems. We offer a wide range of services to meet your needs, including:

face-to-face sessions at your home, school or workplace
dedicated personal therapy plans
online e-therapy support
teletherapy
training and resources

We have specialist expertise in the field of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and Assistive Technology (AT) and , and our award-winning team of AAC Mentors and communicators will be happy to share their experiences with you.

Our team of highly experienced therapists are all members of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) who define the professional standards we follow. We all hold enhanced DBS checks and are approved to work with adults and children.

Trust ATtherapy with your communication needs. Contact us today.

Join The Team

ATtherapy are are a thriving independent company with an office base in Oldham. We are proud to provide innovative, evidence based therapy approaches for our clients who often have complex and diverse needs. We are currently looking to expand our team due to demand for our services. We are looking for Band 5 and Band 6 enthusiastic speech and language therapists who would like to join our team. You will be working as part of a friendly and skilled team of therapists and therapy assistants, alongside a business support team. ATtherapy are involved in a range of innovative projects and have visiting academic status with MMU. We have an ATmentor team which is a team of inspirational AAC users that support our less confident clients in developing their AAC competencies. ATtraining provides training on a wide range of communication topics by our specialist therapists.

We offer flexible working hours, a pension scheme and your own iPad / laptop. You will have access to regular supervision and can build skills in line with interests and specialisms. A driving licence is essential for this post.

Here are what some of our team say.

Working at ATtherapy has been the best decision I have made in my career. I have excelled in my competence as a therapist through well supported clinical leadership and and a variety of CPD opportunities including presenting at conferences. The clinical area in which we work allows for frequent and extensive direct working with clients alongside indirect opportunities to work with multiple MDTs. There is a real sense of team spirit here, and the ATtherapy team are the most supportive, nurturing and positive team I have ever worked with. Alongside competitive salary, pension and annual leave, there is a huge focus on employees health and well-being and flexible working. The quality of work life balance is second to none and I would highly recommend joining the ATtherapy team – Emma Bowers – Specialist SLT and previous MMU student

I can honestly say that taking the leap out of the NHS and joining ATtherapy has been a huge positive for me and I’ll honestly never look back. There is a definite family / positive / supportive vibe amongst the team and I feel like I have known everybody for years. I have received a tremendous amount of support with supervision, CPD, friendly work chats and opportunities to share ideas and resources. I adore working with my clients and it doesn’t even feel like work as I am enjoying the interaction and therapy so much. ATtherapy is awesome and I would recommend us to anyone! Lois Thomson – Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Midlands team.

After 20 years of working at my previous job to say I was apprehensive about moving jobs was an understatement….but after two months I can safely say it was the best move I’ve ever made. The team are wonderful and I have no regrets at all. Sally Featon – Therapy and Communication Assistant.

Apply by sending CV to Hayley Power (hayley@ATtherapy.co.uk)

Testimonials

The most amazing part of all this is that you include not just us as parents but you always include his brother. You really blew me away when you asked to involve him in the communication passport – you are truly amazing, thank you.

Parent

We now have these precious moments and memories to see our very own super hero do us so proud – you’re amazing you really are!

Parent

I can’t thank you enough – to be honest the support you have given us as a family is incredible. It’s such a proud moment watching Owen work with his switch adapted toys – thanks to you. The fact Owen knows to keep the switch pressed in if he is enjoying the reaction, we would never have had the opportunity to know Owen could do these things.

Parent

My son has made incredible progress since working with Niki which is invaluable and has made a huge difference to his overall development. Niki works flexibly around his, ours and schools requirements. We didn’t appreciate how communicative my son could be until he started to work with ATtherapy. Niki’s work has shown how much he is capable of. Previous people supporting my son have used Lego therapy but in a different way and it has never been successful. The Lego therapy provided by Niki included in his wider support by her is yielding measurable and obvious results Other adults supporting my son have commented on the difference in his ability to communicate and how noticeable the difference in him is. Niki is professional and courteous at all times. We are truly grateful for the amazing support my son has received and the difference she is making to his life.

Parent

My son has worked with Emma Bowers, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for approximately 3 years now. Not only is she professional, knowledgeable, and friendly, she was able to build a good rapport with him very quickly and has consistently supported him positively in his growth; identifying areas to focus on and improve upon. She has a very practical and considered approach looking at his therapy with a long-term view as well as being highly adaptable to focus on any immediate changes.
As a parent taking on the role of case manager for my son, I have found her professional knowledge and support invaluable.
As a parent of a child with additional needs, we have fought for many years to give him access to education and therapies and ATtherapy has consistently worked with me, learnt from me about my son and been able to use their professional experience and knowledge to support him in the best way. I couldn’t ask for more and hope to continue to work with them for as long as we need them.

Parent

Just a quick note to say we have worked with Henry using the suggested methods over the weekend. Daniel and I both agree they have already made a difference just over the past couple of days. “Go” is very clear and we have had a very clear “more tea” also. We are really pleased!

Parent

I think it is marvellous for Kit to have a male mentor..friend and a person he can learn from and engage with in the coming future, a spur to get him inspired to put a lot of effort into coming to grips with his technology, especially someone who is not family or teachers, his own comrade….

Kit's Family

Just to say thanks again for letting me shadow you last week. I found it really interesting, and it gave me a very good insight into how complex your role is.

Health Professional

I just wanted to share with you that Will has a line to say verbally in an assembly at school. I never imagined that he would ever do that. Thank you. I know a lot of work, time and effort from many people yourself included has gone into getting him here and we still have a long way to go but Words for Life has played a huge part and still is.

Parent

Having a therapist on site, especially one who is keen to work as ‘one of the team’ is invaluable. Since using AT Therapy we have been able to address the needs of pupils more promptly and provide a much needed source of regular advice and support for staff. As a result our whole school practice around communication, the use of speech, sign and assisted communication has been improved.

Head Teacher at Special School