Senior Speech

Down Syndrome Ireland requires an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join their expanding team of professionals. Based in Clare, the successful candidate will hold a caseload and will be responsible for the co-ordination and some delivery of the Speech & Language Therapy service, alongside a nationwide team of Speech & Language Therapists. 

A mixture of direct and indirect therapy will be required. The successful candidate will need to be confident working with all age groups. Linking in with pre-schools, schools, adult training centres and workplace will be essential. As well as clinical and operational performance supervision of other colleagues, and management of service delivery.

Qualifications and Experience

Experience Required:

• Recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
• Current CORU registration
• Current IASLT membership
• A minimum of three years' experience working as a Speech & Language Therapist.
• Experience of assessment and therapy for children and adults with Down syndrome and/or people with autism spectrum disorder is preferable
• Dysphagia Qualification.
• Experience of Lamh and other Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Experience delivering training workshops to parents and teachers
• Experience supervising staff grade Speech & Language Therapists and/or Speech & Language Therapists in Training.
• Relevant experience providing speech and language therapy services in a person and family centred manner.
• Telehealth
• Hanen It Takes Two to Talk and More than Words
• DIR Floortime
• Supporting both mainstream and special schools
• Own transport and full clean driving licence.

Our talented and passionate therapists provide a wide range of support including:

• Attention and Listening Skills
• Introducing and using AAC systems including manual sign (Lamh), paper based and high tech approaches
• Speech sound approaches- articulation, phonological, motor speech, prosody and rate
• Language work approaches - vocabulary, grammar, sentence building, narrative, questions, social language and literacy
• Fluency work / Stuttering

Roles and Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate and deliver the Speech & Language Therapy service for Down Syndrome Clare branch
• Collaborate with service users, families, carers and other professionals in goal setting and intervention planning in an efficient and timely manner whilst ensuring a holistic approach.
• Be responsible for assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of intervention programmes for service users
• Deliver a range of therapeutic models appropriate to the client population.
• Generate and manage documentation in respect of assessments, diagnoses, intervention plans, and clinical notes
• Planning and organising (including the scheduling of) individual and group therapy for a caseload of people with Down syndrome.
• Being innovative in the use of resources to maintain and enhance service delivery standards.
• Monitoring, recording, and reporting individual and service delivery performance to the reporting committee.
• Responsibility for the line management and clinical supervision of the staff grade therapist, therapists in training and volunteers, as required.
• Working collaboratively and in partnership with families, schools and other service providers.
• Maintaining standards of service delivery in line with policy, CORU guidelines and relevant legislation.
• Ad-hoc duties as requested by Senior Management for Down Syndrome Clare Committee

Hours of work & location:

This is a part-time contract, working 15 - 20 hours per week between Monday to Friday afternoons, with flexibility required for evening work and Saturday hours. Our branch location is based in Ennis, Co Clare. 

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave pro rata
• Additional paid sick leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite parking
• Career development & opportunities