Speech and Language Therapist

Down Syndrome Ireland; Ireland; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Down Syndrome Ireland invites qualified Speech & Language Therapists to join our expanding team. You will manage a caseload and contribute to the co-ordination and delivery of the Speech & Language Therapy service across branches in Tipperary, Carlow, Wexford, Cavan/Monaghan, and Longford/Westmeath.

You will collaborate with families, schools and other professionals, delivering direct and indirect therapy. CORU registration, IASLT membership, and a passion for working with people with Down

Qualifications

• Must have a recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Current CORU registration is required.
• Current IASLT membership is required.
• Minimum of one year experience as a Speech & Language Therapist.
• Experience with Down syndrome and/or autism spectrum disorder is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Be innovative in the use of resources to maintain and enhance service delivery standards.
• Work collaboratively with families, schools and other service providers.
• Maintain standards of service delivery in line with policy, CORU guidelines and relevant legislation.

Education

Registered CORU Speech and Language Therapist

IASLT membership

Recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy

Tools

Lámh

AAC

Job description

Down Syndrome Ireland is seeking Speech and Language Therapists to join their expanding team of professionals.

The successful candidates will hold a caseload and will be responsible for the co-ordination and some delivery of the Speech & Language Therapy service, alongside a team of Senior Speech & Language Therapists, for the following branches of Down Syndrome Ireland: Tipperary, Carlow, Wexford, Cavan/Monaghan, Longford/Westmeath.

A mixture of direct and indirect therapy will be required. The successful candidates will gain experience working with all age groups, from birth to adulthood. Linking in with pre-schools, schools and adult training centres will be essential.

A panel may be formed and further vaccancies filled as arise.

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

This is a great opportunity for a qualified SLT to join a nationwide team and develop their career and progress as a therapist with the support of an experienced therapists who can provide peer supervision, training and support.

Duties & Responsibilities

• 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
• Being innovative in the use of resources to maintain and enhance service delivery standards.
• 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.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
• Current CORU registration
• Current IASLT membership
• A minimum of one 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 an advantage
• Experience of Lámh and other Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Hanen It Takes Two to Talk and More than Words
• DIR Floortime
• Own transport and full clean driving licence.

Hours of work:

Variable and flexible hours avaialble, for enquiries please contact [e-mail]