Responsibilities

Job Summary

Provide speech therapy services to infants’ toddlers, preschool and school age children for an assigned caseload and conduct speech therapy assessments and evaluations. This position is Per Diem- hours/schedule based on the needs of the school.

Position Functions and Responsibilities

• Provide mandated services to assigned children on caseload in compliance with IFSP/IEP documents
• Participate in meetings and consultations with education staff and the multidisciplinary team concerning the needs of each child as related to his/her mandated services and progress updates
• Work effectively with parents, teaching staff and other professionals directly involved in the care and treatment of the child to develop and monitor IEP services
• Use accurate assessment skills to perform functional evaluations with reports reflecting current knowledge and evidence-based practices and communicate results effectively in both written and verbal formats
• Maintain accurate record keeping and IEP/IFSP goal tracking documentation as required by SED/EI and School’s policies for quality assurance and accountability purposes
• Design and monitor assistive technology, adaptive equipment and augmentative communication needs in collaboration with team and family members
• Implement and monitor feeding programs for children on assigned case load in accordance with the school’s policies and ASHA guidelines for school therapists
• Serves as clinical instructor as needed for SLP students
• Actively participate in the creation and implementation of an individual and School wide Professional Development Plan that inspires personal growth and informs clinical practices
• Carry out standards for customer service; quality improvement; professional development; environmental, safety and infection control practices; confidentiality, corporate compliance and all other ESCS policies and procedures; attend all mandatory in-services to ensure regulatory compliance and best practices in working with students and their families
• Perform other tasks to support the operations of the school as assigned by School Administration

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology
• New York State Speech Language Pathology License
• NYS Teacher of Speech Hearing Certification

Experience

• Minimum of 1-year pediatric SLP experience

Salary:

$70.00/Hr.