1. Volunteering in a low-income country
By Clare Barker
Speech and Language Therapist

2. 1990 BA Drama
2007 PG Dip Speech and Language Therapy
2007 Cambodia

3. APPG on Global Health (2013) How overseas volunteering from the NHS benefits the UK and the world

4. Sustained gains 2007 SLT + public health Service delivery models
Cambodia
Cleft speech assessment
Visual support Me
Learning about clinical conditions
Problem solving
Considering ethical dilemmas
Strategic planning
SLT + public health
Service delivery models
Working with translators
Delivering training
Travel

5. Best practice guidance: 2010 Framework for NHS Involvement in International Development
First principle of appropriate contributions: “Led and driven by the needs of developing countries, not by the enthusiasm and interests of UK participants.”

6. ‘When I was appointed minister, I thought I was the minister of health and responsible for the health of the country. Instead, I found I was the minister for health projects run by foreigners.’
Former Mozambique Minister of Health Quoted in NHS and DH (2010).

7. Locally appropriate

9. Annual study day

10. Joint professional practice
York 2012
Leeds 2014

11. 70-page resource pack for AHPs

12. Mainstream schools
Person Centred Planning (Afasic)
CTI
Cambodia
Elklan Tutor
New setting + client group: needs assessment
CTI committee
CTI + ADAPT + OTF
Universal level project
Service into new setting
2008
2010
2011
2012
2013

14. References
ADAPT, Communication Therapy International, OT Frontiers (2014). Working Abroad: Guidance for Allied Health Professionals Contact to request a copy
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health (2013). Improving Health at Home and Abroad available at:
NHS and DH (2010). Framework for NHS Involvement in International Development available at: framework-for-nhs-involvement-in-interntional-development