Speech Language Therapist

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

**Location**: Hutt hospital

**Service**: Child development service

**Contract**: Permanent, Part-time (0.66 FTE)

**Salary**: $73037.00-$87999.00
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

**You will do**:

- Complete assessments for children referred with swallowing and feeding difficulties including referrals from Special Care Baby Unit ( SCBU) and the children - s ward
- Provide appropriate, effective and timely therapy and intervention as indicated, including individual and/or group work
- Consider the child - s communication needs within the assessment and intervention plan
- Participate in specialist multidisciplinary developmental assessments for children referred for complex disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder
- Participate in specialist Feeding Team assessments and reviews
- Participate in video fluoroscopic swallowing studies
- Provide education and home programs to families and other carers
- Liaise with other internal and/or external professionals as indicated

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team
We are a supportive and collegial
service who like to have fun. The service is made up of occupational
therapists, physiotherapists, speech language therapist. therapy assistant and
psychologists. Our staff work in an interdisciplinary way to provide integrated
care for children with a disability. We are innovative and committed to
providing the best service we can and to developing new models of care to
enable children and their families to maximise function for daily living
Moū - About you

**We are looking for**:

- Minimum of 3 years clinical practice desirable
- Experience in working with children with disability and their families preferably in a Child development service setting
- Experienced in the use of standardised speech and language assessments such as CELF-4 and the PLS-5 Preschool Language Scales
- Experience in the administration of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule ( ADOS) desirable
- Paediatric dysphagia training and experience and experience in the completion of paediatric video swallow ( VFSS ) assessments desirableE pā ana ki a tatou - About us

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

**To find out more about us click on the following links**:
Capital
and Coast
Hutt
Valley
Mental
Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service
Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply
Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai
By joining together we will succeed