Job Title: Staff/Senior Speech and Language Therapist (CAMHS) Location: Ballymun/ Finglas Contract type: One year Specified purpose contract, full time.
Working week: 35 hours per week, 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday.
Annual Leave: 29 days Staff grade, 30 days per year Senior grade.
Excel Healthcare are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join a Child and Adolescent Mental Health team, based in Ballymun Civic Centre.
We are looking for a CORU-registered, enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist with demonstrable skills, enthusiasm, and compassion to work with children and young people who are experiencing significant mental health difficulties or illness.
Role summary: This is a one-year contract for a Staff/Senior Speech & Language Therapist to provide routine mental health assessments in Dublin north city and county CAMHS and Speech and Language Therapy.
You will be based in Ballymun/Finglas CAMHS, Ballymun Civic Centre, Ballymun.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is a specialist service for children and young people up to age 18 years, who are experiencing significant mental health difficulties or illness and need treatment from mental health professionals.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: Provide mental health assessments and speech and language therapy alongside Health and Social Care professionals, with input from psychiatry.
Communicate intake assessments to CAMHS teams.
Document assessment, referral contacts, and summaries in accordance with discipline and professional standards, in a manner compatible with Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act.
Collaborate with young people and parents/carers, team, and other agencies in treatment planning.
Foster close working relationships with CAMHS colleagues and agencies in maximizing young people's outcomes.
Seek advice and assistance with any assigned duties in line with principles of evidence-based practice and clinical governance.
Qualifications, skills, competencies, knowledge: Hold a qualification approved by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
Have three years post-qualification clinical experience for senior grade.
Have 1 year post-qualification clinical experience for staff grade role.
Demonstrate clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning skills, and evidence-based practice appropriate to carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the role.
Demonstrate the ability to plan and deliver assessments in an effective and resourceful manner.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize workload.
If you are an enthusiastic and dedicated Speech and Language Therapist looking to join a friendly, supportive team, we would love to hear from you.
What you need to do now: For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone EXCLCHAR Skills: CAMHS dysphagia Speech and Language Therapy Mental Health