Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Permanent

The Liffey Area Partnership (LAP) has an excellent opportunity, with attractive leave entitlements, for a Senior SLT to work as part of its Area Based Childhood (ABC) Family Matters multidisciplinary team. This is an opportunity for an experienced SLT to work in educational settings in the community which is dedicated to improving child and family outcomes. The role has a high degree of autonomy within a team structure and offers the practitioner, within the programme framework, a flexibility of work delivery. The successful candidate will display a passion for working with children and display a high level of experience as an SLT professional.

Role purpose:

The Speech and Language Therapist will work closely with an SLT colleague and the Family Matters team of parenting and family support workers, in delivering therapeutic interventions to children in both early years settings and primary schools, who are referred to the Family Matters Area Based Childhood Programme (ABC). They will also lead the oral language training and development with parents, early year’s practitioners, teachers and family development workers engaged in the Family Matters ABC Programme.

Family Matters ABC:

Family Matters ABC is a child-centred, family wellbeing initiative, providing a spectrum of support programmes and innovative responses to children and young people while enhancing the capacity of parents/guardians as their primary educators.

The successful candidate will have recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy and will be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU. They will have at least 3 years’ experience as an SLT with children.

This person will be a self-starter with a strong ability to work on their own initiative, but to be equally able to work as part of a dynamic creative team. The post holder will require excellent interpersonal skills and will be engaged in constructively developing relationships with a wide cohort of stakeholders, particularly children, parents and educational/community-based staff. The appointed candidate will be supported with regular clinical and management supervision. Liffey Area Partnership values and promotes continuous professional development within its staff team. It strongly encourages and supports staff learning and training opportunities. The appointed candidate will be required to understand, accept and promote the social inclusion ethos of the Company as well as its remit to deliver the highest possible standard of service to its clients and the local community.

Application process:

Interested candidates are requested to complete a signed ‘Key Approaches Form’, detailed cover letter and CV and send by:

• email to tdunphy@liffeypartnership.ie
  or
• by post or hand delivered marked Private and Confidential to Teresa Dunphy, Executive Assistant, Liffey Area Partnership, 4 Drumfinn Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10

Closing date for receipt of applications is 12 pm Wednesday 29th May 2024.

Prior to application, informal conversations are welcome, including visits to the Family Matters Programme, either during work hours or after work. Please contact Liz O’Sullivan Family Matters Manager @ 087 748 7375 or losullivan@liffeypartnership.ie

Liffey Area Partnership limited is an Equal Opportunity Employer