HLCP - Higher Level Communication Practitioner
New national initiative!
Become a Higher Level Communication Practitioner (HLCP) and gain national recognition for your role as the teaching assistant or early years practitioner in your setting with specific responsibility for supporting children and young people with SLCN and liaising with colleagues. This new role will involve linking with local SLCN and SaLT services.
This new national award is for teaching assistants and early years practitioners in early years, primary, secondary, and special settings.
Jump to info for:
Practitioners
SLCN/SaLT Managers and
Teams
Information for practitioners
Full information about the award, eligibility criteria, pilot programme timeline and costs can be found in the HLCP Programme Information document.
If you are interested in becoming an HLCP, you can register your interest in the HLCP programme.
Register interest in the HLCP ProgrammeInformation for SLCN and SaLT service managers/teams
Information about the HLCP programme and how it will affect local SLCN and SaLT services can be found in the HLCP Programme Information for local SLCN and SaLT managers and teams document.
Live information webinars for managers
Attend one of our live webinars >below to find out more about the HLCP programme and to ask questions.
You are welcome to ask someone else from your service to attend on your behalf.
Any separate live webinars for TAs and EYPs may be found above.