Work for us

Join our small and passionate team of clinical and operations staff at our London or Oxfordshire centre.

Current Vacancies:

Finance Assistant

This is a rare opportunity for someone with previous experience in finance role to join a dynamic charity that needs to expand its operational team to support the organisation’s growth and activities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, well organised, positive and hard-working individual to join our team in Bicester, Oxfordshire. This post is part-time (9-12 hrs/wk) and can be worked flexibly around core hours. The role is varied, encompassing many core finance functions and offers the opportunity to be developed further.

Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire

Salary: c. £20-24,000 pa pro rata (depending on experience) + benefits

Closing date for applications: Monday 09 July at midday

Interviews: Wednesday 18 July 2018

Start date: August/September 2018

Download job pack and application form

If you would like to register your interest in working for with us please email [email protected]

Volunteer Receptionists

Do you have some free time during the week? Are you interested in volunteering with an award-winning charity that supports families and their deaf babies and children? AVUK is currently looking for volunteer receptionists to help welcome families and support with administration at our London and Bicester centres. To find out more, please see the volunteer receptionist job description and application form. Please email your application form to [email protected]

We are always looking for other volunteers to support us in our work in both of our centres. If you have experience of any of the following, please get in touch:

Financial administration
Database development
Media and marketing communications
Design and copy writing
Reception/administration

If you are interested in applying, then please complete the Volunteer Application pack and send to [email protected]

Volunteer application pack

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Our policies and publications to ensure we deliver high quality services to families and professionals.
Our mission

At Auditory Verbal UK, we want to see a world where all deaf children have the same opportunities in life as hearing children.
Our patron

Janine Roebuck became AVUK‘s first Patron in 2010.
Our founder

Jacqueline Stokes was an inspirational woman; the first Auditory Verbal therapist in the UK, with a heartfelt belief that all deaf children should be allowed to achieve their full potential.
Our history

Auditory Verbal UK was founded in 2003 to raise expectations for deaf children and to provide access to auditory verbal therapy for the first time in the UK.
Our strategy

Based around our Theory of Change, our strategy explains our plans over the next five years.
Our funding

How we get our funding.

What is Auditory Verbal therapy?

Auditory verbal therapy is a highly specialist early intervention programme which equips parents with the skills to maximise their deaf child’s speech and language development.
Evidence base for Auditory Verbal therapy

Deaf children can learn to listen and speak – like their hearing peers. What's the evidence?
Training to be an Auditory Verbal Therapist

Find out how you can train to become an Auditory Verbal Therapist in the UK.
Our mission

At Auditory Verbal UK, we want to see a world where all deaf children have the same opportunities in life as hearing children.
Work for us

Do you have an interest in transforming children’s lives? See our vacancies.
Therapy sessions

Auditory Verbal therapy (AVT) is about enabling your child to learn to talk through listening. Read more about the therapy we provide.
Foundation level

This 6-month course is available in a distance-learning format and a centre-based format at our two centres. Designed to equip professionals with the core skills needed to develop auditory practice when working with children with hearing loss and their families, we are also able to deliver this course in-service to employers wishing to train groups of staff. For professionals who want to train to become LSLS CertAVT®s this foundation course is accredited by AG Bell Academy and carries 36 CEUs.
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We want to make sure you are able to access information, guidance and support at a pace that suits you. Find out how you can join the programme.