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Job Title: Staff grade Speech and Language Therapist

Position: Permanent, Fulltime, 35 hour week.

Location: Sandymount or Leopardstown

Salary: €43,276 – €57,653

Annual Leave: 32 days annual leave plus 10 bank holidays per annum.

Excel Recruitment are proud to partner with one of Ireland’s leading disability services providers to recruit a Staff Grade Speech and Language Therapist. This exciting job opportunity to work within a well-established Children’s Disability Network Team in South Dublin, providing essential services to children and their families.

Role Purpose

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a speech and language therapy service including assessment, diagnostics and intervention as required to all children accessing the service, and will work as a member of the interdisciplinary team providing services to children and families within the designated area.

The Team is a well-established and very experienced multidisciplinary team. You will work alongside an experienced specialist team of Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers and Psychologists.

Our client will offer access to formal and informal learning opportunities, support and supervision that encourages Therapists to be creative and innovative and to continuously develop their skills. They fosters a culture of continuous learning and innovation, offering access to formal and informal development opportunities, supervision, and mentorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Plans and organizes activities and necessary resources efficiently and effectively.
• Understands the importance of time management for themselves and in particular how this translates to organising their assigned caseload within a team.
• Demonstrates the ability to arrange and schedule activities.
• Deals with unexpected scenarios with persistence and flexibility to ensure the achievement of goals.
• Demonstrates sufficient clinical skills in assessment intervention and diagnostics to meet the specific needs of children with a range of disabilities/developmental delays in children’s services.
• Is adequately aware of policy, legislative and professional requirements to ensure appropriate standards in their area of responsibility.
• Ensure that all records are up to date and available if required.
• Ensures that the needs of the service users are being adequately met by the speech & language therapy service provided.
• Engage in clinical supervision process to ensure evidence based interventions.
• Holds an appropriate and effective set of professional values and beliefs and behaves in line with professional standards as set down and relevant professional bodies.
• Make decisions in a well-judged and timely manner bringing all relevant information to bear.
• Uses logical analysis to break complex problems into their component parts.
• Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills in speech & language therapy relevant to children with a range of disabilities, to make a credible contribution to the service and to actively engage in service development.
• Collaborates and works in partnership with the child/parent/family/carer and all other relevant stakeholders to identify and achieve goals.
• Takes initiatives to move the service forward and shows a willingness to try out new ideas under supervision that add service delivery value.
• Shows enthusiasm and a high level of motivation in completing projects.
• Take responsibility for the maintenance and replacement of equipment and stock.

Essential Criteria:

• Degree in clinical speech and language therapy
• Full CORU registration
• Have a minimum of 1 year work experience as a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Previous Speech and Language Therapy experience working with children with a range of disabilities including physical, sensory, intellectual and autistic spectrum disorder
• Must be eligible to work in the Republic of Ireland
• Full Clean Driving license and use of a car.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of inter/transdisciplinary team working
• Qualification in the management of Feeding, Eating, Drinking, & Swallowing.
• Specific training and experience in assessment of Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
• Experience in assessment of children who have a physical and/or sensory disability and/or intellectual disability.
• Experience of supporting children/young persons with life limiting conditions.
• Previous experience in a senior post.
• Experience of completing assessments under the AON process.

What to Expect:

• Competitive salary, and generous annual leave entitlement of 32 days
• Coastal village with great amenities
• Supportive and innovative working environment.
• Comprehensive Pension Scheme.
• Flexible working hours.
• Free onsite car parking.
• Paid Maternity Leave & Sick Pay scheme.
• Bike to work Scheme.
• The chance to work independently and collaboratively with a well-established team.
• You will have flexible working entitlement.

What you need to do now:

For more information about this opportunity, please reach out confidentially to Charlene Cooke by email or telephone 00353 89 9455139

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