Early On Speech Therapist
Early On Speech Therapist
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Job Description
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters Degree in Speech/Language Pathology.
- Certificate of Clinical Competency or eligibility for Clinical Fellowship Year.
- Responsibility of employee to obtain and maintain all training(s) certificate(s) approval(s) etc. and provide documentation to the business office before expiration date of said document(s).
- Must be able to lift 30 pounds.
- Required to have a physical presence at the designated job site each scheduled work day.
- Must have regular and reliable job attendance performance and the physical ability to do the job.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Identify and diagnose speech and language impairments of eligible persons in the assigned service area.
- Provide diagnostic information to committees involved in the placement of students.
- Make appropriate referrals when additional services are needed within the community.
- On a continuous basis provide information concerning speech and language to other professionals and to parents/providers.
- Provide ongoing training and coaching support to eligible families and early intervention team.
- Complete home visits within the community.
- Using the primary service provider model based on family routines confer and work with parents/providers to implement the individual family service plan.
- Maintain individual records on every child being served which includes appropriate and necessary information.
- Develop and maintain an appropriate schedule in the current system used by the ISD.
- Complete required forms pursuant to the Special Education code such as IEPs METs evaluations reevaluations and IFSPs within the appropriate time frame.
- Participate in the development and planning of writing IFSP outcomes.
- Demonstrate effective written communication skills: including parent/family communications and child data and reports.
- Demonstrate effective oral communication and relationships with children families providers and other program staff.
- Demonstrate effective organizational skills.
- Attend and engage in continuous professional development through inservice attendance conference attendance and reading professional literature.
- Attend and engage in weekly team meetings with the trans disciplinary team to support whole child developmental needs as identified in the IFSP.
- Implement with fidelity high quality practices (developmentally appropriate evidence/research based).
- Demonstrate ability to work in a team setting.
- Create an overall supportive nurturing strengthbased atmosphere using trans disciplinary practices.
- Perform oralmotor examinations when appropriate.
- Order appropriate materials and testing kits to meet the needs of children on the caseload.
- Provide own transportation.
- Maintain child/family confidentiality.
- Complete other duties as assigned by the St. Joseph County ISD Administration.
REPORTS TO: Early Childhood/K12 Special Education Supervisor
PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS: Early Childhood/K12 Special Education Supervisor
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary for this position is based on the IEA Master Agreement and will align to the requirements of Early On. Services must be provided yearround with a gap in scheduled service no longer than two weeks in length.
Three year signing bonus:
Year 1 $2500
Year 2 $2000
Year 3 $1500
Employment Type
Full-Time
