Alex Hennessey

Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist🧸🫧🗣✨

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

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[Cleft Lip and Palate Action @CLAPACOMMUNITY]

‘I am 22 and was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate...I graduated last year with a degree in linguistics, and...I’m hoping to use my experiences of growing up with a cleft in the future, working as an SLT!’

Thank you for sharing, Alex!

#DailySmile

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

This week has been the busiest of my career so far! Successfully interviewed for a Band 6 role which means I will become paediatric dysphagia trained!🍼🍽️🧠 and started my cleft palate speech course @cardiffmet 🗣️📚 all alongside a busy week in clinic😵‍💫 grateful and exhausted😅😴

[Cleft Lip and Palate Action @CLAPACOMMUNITY]

You did a fantastic job, Alex! So proud to have you up there with us💙

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

So grateful to have been invited by @CLAPACOMMUNITY to co-chair a keynote at the @CFSGBI conference yesterday! Also honoured to be the first person with lived experience of cleft lip and palate to do so! Patient representation in these spaces is so important♥️🧠🗣️✨

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

Lovely presents today from my student at the end of her placement! It was my first time being a practice educator, and it’s helped me feel so much more confident in my own role!☺️♥️ #MySLTDay

[Cleft Lip and Palate Action @CLAPACOMMUNITY]

Every year, CLAPA runs over fifty online events, including support groups, skills workshops and more. They're a vital way for the cleft community to share their experiences with others who truly understand them.

[Cleft Lip and Palate Action @CLAPACOMMUNITY]

Are you making savings on your shopping this Black Friday? Please consider adding CLAPA to your gift list and donate some of your savings this Giving Tuesday! If you donate between Tuesday, 28 Nov – Tuesday, 5 Dec, your donation will be DOUBLED! - https://t.co/XifOeWTaEt

[Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust @qvh]

We’ve just started a special pilot project for parents of children attending our #cleft clinics, championed by Stacey (pictured) who first came to QVH as a child and is now one of our brilliant medical photographers...

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

I guess I can no longer call myself newly-qualified! So proud of everything I have achieved over the last 11 months and so lucky to work with the most supportive team♥️🎉🥂 #MySLTDay

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

Had the best day yesterday celebrating achieving my masters degree 🎓♥️ #mySLTday

[Cleft Lip and Palate Action @CLAPACOMMUNITY]

Join Alex and Mary in the CLAPA Lounge on Tuesday, 28th February, at 7:30 on Zoom to chat about 'Psychological Support. ' This event is for all adults born with a cleft lip and/or palate. ☕
Book your free place - https://t.co/J2W2BuAz8G

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

@SltLane @HCS_Sheffield Wow well done Hannah! Good luck♥️✨

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

Former Leeds Rhinos player Rob Burrow is to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story using ground-breaking technology, the first time a bedtime story has been read this way.

https://t.co/C39eDnntGm

[Cleft Lip and Palate Action @CLAPACOMMUNITY]

"It breaks my heart to ask like this – I know that so many are struggling at the moment. But I believe you have a right to know what’s happening so you can help us turn it around."

An urgent appeal from our Chief Executive: https://t.co/TmNZfoWqXh

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

A bit of a full circle moment… I attended a cleft palate training day delivered by the very same cleft team I was under growing up!♥️✨ it was a challenging course but I’m so grateful for the opportunity and so excited to keep learning☺️ #mySLTday

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

@yvonnewren Thanks so much Yvonne! All going well so far - hope you’re well too☺️

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

First week as an NQP✅ It has been overwhelming to say the least, but made so much easier by the most welcoming team♥️ Looking forward to (and slightly terrified for) my first sessions after the long weekend!!🗣✨ #mySLTday

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

Feels so surreal to say that we have finished our MSc🎉🥂 it’s been a tough 2 years but we did it!!!🥳 now to relax before starting my NQP role in less than 2 weeks!😧
University of Essex 2020-2022♥️

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

@ines_slt So beyond proud of youuuu!♥️✨

[Alex Hennessey @AlexH_SLT]

And just like that… I’ve finished my last ever placement!😦💙 It’s a bittersweet feeling but I can almost see the finish line✨🧠🗣 #SLT2B

[Uni of Essex SLT Soc @SLTsocietyEssex]

🎉SLT Ball ‘22 🎉
Huge thank you to all the wonderful ladies on the ball committee who made this evening possible! Well deserved night of fun for all 💃🏼✨
We hope everyone had a great evening 😇 We raised an extra £150 for @ICANcharity through the raffle too!