The Limerick branch of Down Syndrome Ireland requires a Speech and Language Therapist to join their expanding team of professionals. 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 team of Senior Speech & Language Therapists, for the Limerick branch of Down Syndrome Ireland.
A mixture of direct and indirect therapy will be required. The successful candidate 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.
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 recently 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:
Essential:
* 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
Desirable:
* Experience of assessment and therapy for children and adults with Down syndrome and/or people with autism spectrum disorder is an advantage
* Experience of Lamh and other Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
* Telehealth
* Hanen It Takes Two to Talk and More than Words
* DIR Floortime
* Own transport and full clean driving licence.
Hours of work & location:
This is a fulltime, 16 month fixed term contract, working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, with flexibility required for evening work and Saturday hours. Our branch location is Castletroy business centre and a satellite service in Newcastlewest.
Benefits:
* 25 days annual leave
* Additional paid sick leave
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Onsite parking
* Career development & opportunities
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