Meet your trainer

Ruth Sedgewick

Ruth is Head of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Northern Ireland (RCSLT NI), a role she has held since July 2021. She enjoys the opportunities this post brings in representing NI members and advocating for people with speech, language, communication and swallowing needs across Northern Ireland. Ruth is also a Director of the Special Educational Needs Advice Centre (SENAC).  Before joining RCSLT NI, Ruth worked within the Belfast Trust, where she led the Clinical Lead Mental Health pilot post established in 2019, which secured permanent funding in 2021. Earlier in her career, she set up the first dementia Speech and Language Therapy post within the Belfast Trust in 2012 and completed her Master’s in Dementia Studies in 2016. Ruth worked as a Speech and Language Therapist across Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2021.