Role Purpose
To provide a family-centred and quality-driven Speech and language Therapy Services as part of an inter-disciplinary team and within established professional standards, guidelines and policy for children with complex needs attending services in the Children Disability Networks (CDN) under the Stewarts Care Services as the lead agency.
- The scope of the post will be working with children and young people (0-18) with complex needs and their families.
- The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide quality evidence-based Speech & Language Therapy service including assessment of family needs, and a range of advisory, practical and skilled emotional supports The service is provided within the Progressing Disabilities Services for Children and young people (PDS) framework, with interdisciplinary team working and family centred practice at its core.
- The brief of the post will be working with children in CDNT 6 in Stewart’s Care Services which is the lead agency for CDNT’s (CDNT-5 and 6) in line with ethos of Progressing Children’s Disability Services (PDS). These teams will be based in Stewarts Care Palmerstown and Rossecourt, Lucan. Flexibility, however, may be required by the post-holder to meet the needs of the children supported by the organisation if deemed necessary as may be directed by the CDNM.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for providing essential assessment skills to identify the individual health and educational needs of the child on their designated caseload.
- Provide a quality speech & language therapy service through assessment, diagnosis and management of speech, language and communication and FEDS difficulties for children with a range of disabilities.
- Monitor, audit and evaluate speech, language and communication and FEDS plans and interventions.
- Responsible for completing reports in a designed time frame.
- Responsible for maintaining confidentiality.
- Contribute to CDNT’S quality improvement work that may include, project work, research, evaluation, audit, service development and evaluation of resources.
- Attend and participate in Interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure integrated care for the Service User.
- Attend Individual family service plan (IFSP) meetings and provide SLT input relevant to the child’s goals.
- Contribute to CDNT quality improvement that may include; service development, in-service training, and evaluation of resources within the interdisciplinary team working
- Represent the department at CDNT team meetings and conferences as designated by the CDNM.
- Consult with parents/guardians/service users regarding assessment, treatment and education as appropriate.
- Participate in the development of clinical protocols and guidelines reflective of evidence-based practice.
- Manage clinical and non-clinical caseloads appropriate to the post.
Role requirements
- Hold a qualification in Speech and Language Therapy approved by the Speech and Language Therapy Registration Board at CORU.
- Practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Speech and Language Therapy Register maintained by the Speech and Language Therapy Registration Board at CORU.
- Experience carrying out SLT and working within an interdisciplinary team for children with complex needs is desirable.
- Qualified to practice in, and experience supporting people with Feeding, Eating, Drinking and Swallowing (FEDS) needs.
- Knowledge of the Disability Act 2005 and Health Act 2007.
- Have a full clean driving license and access to a car.
- Ideally, we are seeking candidates with experience working with children and adolescents with a range of disabilities with complex needs.
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