Casual Speech-Language Pathologist SLP

Casual SpeechLanguage Pathologist

Position: Casual SpeechLanguage Pathologist

Location: HDSB Schools
Burlington Halton Hills (Acton & Georgetown) Oakville Milton

Pay Rate: $78678.00 $104781.00 per year as per the collective agreement
Salary step would be determined based on previous experience

The Halton District School Board (HDSB) is one of the fastest growing school districts in Canada. Together our 10000 staff serve more than 66000 students in more than 100 schools in the communities of Burlington Oakville Milton Georgetown and Halton Hills. We are seeking qualified Casual SpeechLanguage Pathologists (SLP) to be placed in the SLP casual pool. Individuals within this casual pool may be offered temporary shortterm employment up to 3 months in length to fill temporary vacancies during the absence of the regular incumbent.

Casual pool applicants who are successful in the interview and provide the board with a clear vulnerable sector check and a confirmation of their diploma/degree will be contacted when shortterm and longterm temporary assignments become available. Once employed in a shortterm or longterm temporary SpeechLanguage Pathologist position casual/replacement SLP applicants will have priority consideration for long term occasional and permanent job opportunities as they are posted as per the PSSP Collective Agreement. For temporary longterm occasional (LTO) positions longer than three months a comprehensive Employee & Family Benefits plan applies to those in positions longer than 90 consecutive days.
Once an applicant is offered an accepts a shortterm or longterm temporary position they become employees of the HDSB. Successful casual pool applicants will be placed within the casual pool for a period of up to 2 years.

Benefits of working as a SpeechLanguage Pathologist with the Halton District School Board:

• Direct opportunity to impact student wellbeing and academic success
• Opportunity to work in a Board where collaboration inclusion and innovation are fostered
  Professional Development / Mentorship
• Opportunity to actively engage and learn collaboratively with peers
• Participate in a variety of ongoing adhoc committees and teams

Position Summary:

• Reporting to the Special Education Manager of SpeechLanguage Pathology Services the SpeechLanguage Pathologist will work primarily in a variety of elementary and secondary schools within a defined geographic region.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing studentspecific assessment consultation preventative and interventive services to support a
• Caseload of students with a wide range of communication delays or disorders including students who range from nonverbal to highly verbal
• Engaging in in the provision of professional development and supports related to whole class small group and individual learning
• Providing consultative/collaborative support to educational staff students and parents
• Collaborating with educators and students in specialized language programs/classrooms
• Collaborating with educators to support early literacy programs
• Participating in multidisciplinary teams/committees and School Resource Team meetings
• Providing clinical direction to Communicative Disorders Assistants
• Independently maintaining and managing a caseload across a number of schools obtaining informed
• Consent from parents/guardians/students maintaining appropriate confidential records and providing timely reports
• Consulting/collaborating with administrators and teachers on schoolbased supports providing
• Recommendations for programming and making referrals as appropriate for other services to support students

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Masters degree from an accredited University
• Current registration in the College of Audiologists and SpeechLanguage Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)
• Strong interpersonal skills and verbal and written communication skills
• Flexibility patience tolerance enthusiasm creativity and teamoriented
• Experience working with children with receptive and expressive language and early literacy delays Experience supporting children with significant communication delays/disorders and/or neurodevelopmental delays. Disorders including students on the Autism Spectrum.
• Strong computer skills
• A commitment to ongoing learning
• Excellent judgment organizational and time management skills
• Authentic resilient dependable reliable and have the ability to problem solve effectively
• Adherence to a high level of professional and ethical standards
• Experience working in a fastpaced environment
• Demonstration of knowledge of current evidencebased practices in SpeechLanguage Pathology
• At least one year of experience working as a SpeechLanguage Pathologist
• Reliable transportation and the ability to work at a variety of locations throughout the day

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a School Board setting
• Experience in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
• Familiarity with assistive technology
• Experience supporting individuals from a variety of lived experiences (socioeconomic cultural etc.
• Lived experience as a member of an equitydeserving group
• Broad understanding of and an inclusive approach to relationship building with diverse stakeholders in the community and in schools
• Experience and/or interest in providing clinical skills training to postsecondary students
• Experience implementing and/or familiarity with Michelle Garcia Winners Social Thinking curriculum or similar social communication methodologies

Appointments are conditional upon:

• Provision of an original copy of a criminal background check with vulnerable sector screening dated within 6 months

• Agreement to comply with the Boards policies procedures and code of conduct
  

Please submit your cover letter and resume to Apply To Education through the following link Job Category: Management and Professionals Job Code #

The Halton Region has been growing fast and growth is projected to remain strong for the foreseeable future. The regions population is anticipated to almost double in size by 2051 from a current population of 596637 to a projected population of by 2051.

Applications submitted directly to the Human Resources Department or the School will not be considered or processed.

We thank all applicants for their interest in opportunities with the Halton District School Board. Contact will be made with applicants whose experience and qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. Communication with shortlisted applicants will ordinarily be made through email addresses provided on applicants Apply To Education profile page or through applicants HDSB email addresses. Please ensure that contact information provided at the time of application is current.

First consideration for posted vacancies will be given to qualified applicants from the employee group in which the vacancy occurs.

Equity:

The Halton District School Board recognizes that consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms employment practices and procedures at all levels should reflect demonstrate understanding of and respond to a diverse population. The Board is committed to providing a workplace environment that is fair and equitable to all.

In our efforts to ensure an inclusive diverse and representative workforce we will:

• value promote and encourage the hiring of staff from underrepresented communities;
• grant first consideration where the skills ability and qualifications of the applicants are relatively equal to applicants who selfidentify as members of historically underrepresented communities. Where a collective agreement or terms and conditions govern the hiring or promotional process this will be done in a manner that is consistent with the School Boards obligations.

Applicant Self Identification Questions:

As part of the recruitment and selection function the HDSB will collect voluntary self identification data from applicants in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code HDSBs Teacher Hiring Practices Administrative Procedure HDSBs Employment Equity Policy and Ontarios Anti Racism Data Standards:

Personal information on this form is collected under the authority of the AntiRacism Act 2017 S.O. 2017 c. 15 in compliance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act R.S.O. 1990 c. M.56. In accordance with HDSBs Employment Equity Policy personal information collected on this form will aim to achieve an inclusive diverse and representative workforce. It works to intentionally identify and remove barriers for equitydeserving communities at each stage of the hiring process. Encouraging diversity of the workforce in the school board is vital because the workforce should be reflective and representative of the community.

Although hiring policies must adhere to the qualification requirements set out in applicable Regulations (eg. Regulation 298 Operation of Schools General) and any applicable collective agreement provisions the Board recognizes the importance of the following when developing its selection and evaluation criteria:

• valuing applicants additional experience lived experience skills backgrounds and perspectives; and
• granting first consideration where the skills ability and qualifications of the applicants are relatively equal to applicants who selfidentify as members of historically underrepresented communities.
  

We encourage you to respond to our voluntary applicant selfidentification questions. This data will inform our understanding of the diversity of our applicant pool as well as the progress of applicants throughout the hiring process. This data will inform our goals strategies and actions and our progress towards creating and sustaining an inclusive and equitable workforce. Any information that you provide in response to these questions will be referred to during the hiring process for this position and will be shared with the hiring manager and/or committee members responsible for the hiring process.

The section includes questions from Ontarios AntiRacism Data Standards (Standards 2017. The Standards were established to help identify and monitor systemic racism and racial disparities within the public sector. The Standards establish consistent effective practices for producing reliable information to support evidencebased decisionmaking and public accountability to help eliminate systemic racism and promote racial equity (adapted from Ontarios AntiRacism Data Standards 2017.

Questions about this collection may be directed to Elena Alamiie Manager of Staffing and Recruiting at .

Accommodation:

Upon request we will provide reasonable accommodations for candidates who have temporary or permanent disability or who otherwise require accommodations based on the protected grounds highlighted in the Ontario Human Rights Code in respect to the recruitment and selection process.

Wellness:

The HDSB is committed to providing a respectful and healthy work environment.