The Clare branch of Down Syndrome Ireland requires a part time Speech and Language Therapist to join our 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 nationwide team of Speech & Language Therapists.  

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 part-time contract, working 15 - 20 hours per week between Monday to Friday, 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