Chit Chat Coordinator (Senior Speech and Language Therapist)

About CDI:

CDI is funded under the Government’s Area Based Childhood Programme (ABC), which builds on the learning from the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme (PEIP). The initiative aims to break the cycle of child poverty in areas where it is most deeply entrenched and to improve the outcomes for children and young people where these are currently significantly poorer than they are for children and young people living elsewhere in the Irish State.

Based in Tallaght and delivering nationally, CDI designs, delivers and evaluates a suite of programmes across a spectrum of local needs including language, literacy, health, early years, conflict management and community safety. All CDI programmes are evidence-informed and manualised and are delivered through existing structures and services.

CDI’s overall objective is that every child in Ireland is thriving, healthy, happy, and free from poverty. CDI works in partnership, taking a strengths-based, family- and child-centred approach; using evidence, innovation, and prevention and early intervention approaches to underpin our work. In addition to the direct work to improve outcomes for children and families, CDI supports parents to enhance their confidence and skills to enable children to achieve their milestones, and delivers a range of capacity building measures for professionals.

About the Role:

Purpose of the Role:

To provide strategic and clinical leadership which results in the delivery of effective, efficient, quality assured and client centred Speech and Language Therapy Services within the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI), ECECs and designated primary schools.

The Chit Chat Coordinator will:

• Have responsibility for the planning, management and delivery of the Chit Chat Speech and Language Therapy services in the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI), in line with CDI policies and procedures, legislation and professional guidelines.
• Maintain and develop professional standards (including quality assurance standards and ethics), always guided by evidence-informed practice, practice-based evidence and relevant research both within and outside the profession.
• Govern and support a continuous quality driven service in line with patient safety and quality developments.
• Plan and deliver an effective resource management programme in conjunction with CDIs Programme and Quality Manager (PQM), supporting efficient use of staffing levels responding to changing demands.
• Establish and maintain liaison with all relevant agencies, and keep up to date with new developments, policies, skills, and technology to initiate and respond to changes in the work environment e.g., data analysis, clinical audit.
• Develop a shared sense of commitment and participation among staff in the planning and development of the service.
• Report on gaps and identified needs in service delivery to the PQM and HSE providing a focused approach to responding to same.
• Liaise with the clinical supervisor in relation to issues of complex patient care.
• Line manage and clinically supervise clinicians working within the Chit Chat programme.
• Liaise with PQM in relation to programme budget, including the financial planning of the service.
• Ensure expenditure is controlled within budget and identify potential for efficiency saving through improved practices.
• Carry out all other duties appropriate to the post as may be assigned from time to time.

Please see Recruitment Information Pack and Application Form attached below.

Application Process:

• Please submit your CV and Application Form to info@cdi.ie by midday on Tuesday 29th October
• CDI takes a competency-based approach to our recruitment processes and the interview will provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience.

Shortlisting and Interviews:

Shortlisting will take place on Wednesday 30th October, and interviews will be held on Monday 4th November, 2024 in the CDI offices, Fettercairn, Dublin 24.