The Role

• Working across Orchard Community Care (Disability) the Speech & Language Therapist will join our multidisciplinary team to provide of a range of speech and language therapy inputs to children and adults with an intellectual disability. This full-time role will be based from our Sligo office and will support individuals across the North west and western regions.
  

Role Objectives

• Provide comprehensive speech and language therapy assessments and interventions to children and young people with complex disabilities focusing on enhancing their communication and functional abilities and participation in daily activities.
• Demonstrates exemplary clinical skills in SLT assessment intervention and diagnostics to meet the specific needs of children and young people with a range of disabilities including physical, sensory, autism, etc.
• Provide a speech and language therapy service to include communication assessment, diagnostics and intervention, and ongoing service delivery to children and adults with a range of disabilities.
• Develop individualized treatment plans support plans based on evidence-based practices.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team other MDT members in an interdisciplinary model and support the Regional Directors to provide holistic care.
• Engage with families and care givers staff and families to provide education and support regarding their child’s the supported individual communication needs.
• Participate in service development initiatives and quality improvement projects.
• Team Support: Provide education, training, and support to team members providing care to empower them to facilitate the development of the people we support.
• Develop and Maintain accurate and timely documentation of assessments, treatment individualised support plans, and progress reports in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
• Continuous Professional Development: Stay abreast of the latest research and best practices in paediatric occupational therapy and apply this knowledge to improve service delivery. To monitor and keep up-to-date with developments in speech and language therapy especially in the field of disabilities, including attending training courses and participating in research to improve service delivery

Reporting Relationship and Location
The post holder will report to the Regional Director of Orchard Community Care.
The post holder will be based in Sligo be required to travel to our premises across the West and North West.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The successful candidate must meet the following criteria:

• A recognised third level qualification in Speech and Language Therapy.
• A minimum of 2 years post-qualification experience, preferably working with children and young adults with disabilities.
• Ideally experience in delivery of communication aid programmes to include Lamh
• Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Must have valid Garda Clearance and valid Overseas Clearance (if applicant lived abroad for more than 6 months).
• Full Drivers licence with eligibility to drive in Ireland & access to a vehicle.
• Be eligible to work in the state without restriction.

Desirable Criteria:

• Clinical experience of working with children, adults and their families as part of an interdisciplinary team with relevant specific training
  • or
• Demonstrates sufficient clinical skills in Speech and Language Therapy assessment, intervention and diagnostics to meet the specific needs of the relevant caseload.

Values
At Orchard Care Group we have strong values that are lived across our teams every day and you will need to be excited to be part of a team that work to the following values.

• Advocacy
  • We are the voice of the people we support
• Integrity
  • We ensure trust, accountability, respect and responsibility in how we work
• Excellence
  • We deliver quality services to the people we support
• Collaboration
  • We work in partnership with the people we support, our employees and our external stakeholders
• Human Rights
  • We take a rights-based approach to how we plan and deliver services, to uphold equality and human rights for the people we support

Skills:
Therapy disabilities LAMH Speech & Language

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