DNE Speech And Language Therapist, Senior Camhs Teiripeoir Urlabhra Agus Teanga, Sinsearach

Informal Enquiries for the role:

Contact:

Name: Laura Barragry

Title: Acting Speech and Language Therapist Manager, Mental Health Services, CAMHS

Email: laura.barragry@hse.ie

Phone: 087 113 6705

HR Enquiries:

Integrated Health Areas of Dublin North County and Dublin North City & West is committed to providing information and services which are accessible to all, if you have a recruitment related query or require accessibility assistance throughout any stage of the recruitment process, please contact: nicola.hutchinson@hse.ie

Details of Service

The HSE has created six new health regions. Each region is responsible for providing both hospital and community care for the people in that area. Bringing community health services and hospitals together means we can take a more patient-centred approach to healthcare.

HSE Dublin North East provides health and social care to North Dublin, Louth, Meath, Monaghan and most areas of Cavan.

Community Healthcare Services are delivered through the HSE and its funded agencies to people in local communities, as close as possible to people’s homes. Community Healthcare Services focus on keeping you well so that you can continue to live at home or close to home through our health promotion, disease screening, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation programs. You can refer yourself to most Community Healthcare Services or through your GP, public health nurse, community mental health team, etc. Services include - Primary Care, Social Care - Older Persons, Social Care – Disabilities, Mental Health, Health and Wellbeing, Quality, Safety and Service Improvement.

HSE Dublin North East Region includes the following hospitals;

• Beaumont Hospital

• Cavan General Hospital

• Connolly Hospital

• Louth County Hospital

• National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh

• Monaghan General Hospital

• Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

• Our Ladys Hospital Navan

• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

• Rotunda Hospital

Dublin North County (DNC) & Dublin North City & West (DNCW) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (DNC & DNCW CAMHS) provides community multi- disciplinary mental health assessment and treatment to children and young people under 18 years presenting with moderate to severe mental health difficulties or illness. Dublin North County (DNC) & Dublin North City & West (DNCW) CAMHS is reconfiguring by mapping on to community networks and includes 8 community CAMHS teams, in 7 locations, specialist teams- day hospital, an eating disorder team, an ADHD team and by 2026, a CAMHS Hub.

The Speech and Language Therapy Discipline group is a dynamic group of SLTs that provide services across 8 CAMHS teams and the Day Hospital. The SLT service operates within an established staffing complement, including a CAMHS SLT manager, a Clinical Specialist SLT (Day Hospital), ten senior speech and language therapists, and a staff grade SLT.

CAMHS offers varied multi-disciplinary intervention with young people, individually and in groups, presenting with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, eating disorders, complex selective mutism, ADHD, psychosis and self- harm. Young people and their families are supported by a key worker. Within this context, the senior SLT:

· Provides assessment of speech, language and communication needs of young people attending CAMHS in line with best practice. Formal assessments are based on needs identified and tailored individual interventions are offered to young people.

· Informs multidisciplinary formulation, diagnosis and intervention planning through observations and assessment findings relating to speech, language and communication profiles.

· Provides specialist advice and guidance to team members in relation to speech, language and communication needs.

· Works alongside team members in assessment, joint reviews, key working, interdisciplinary work, and parent support and intervention.

· Works in liaison with the team to provide outside agencies with guidance relevant to the management and support of the young person and their family in educational/ vocational/ community activity.

· Supervises staff grade SLTs and senior SLTs in Dublin North City and County CAMHS.

· Contributes to service improvement/ quality initiatives in mental health.

· The profile of young people attending is marked by high levels of co-occurring diagnoses and complexity.

CAMHS teams comprise a multidisciplinary team including Consultant Psychiatrists, Senior Registrars and Registrars in training, Clinical Psychologists, Social Workers, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Team Co-ordinators, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Administrative staff.

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