Speech Therapist 0255
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Job Location:
Elizabethtown, NC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
CLASS TITLE: SPEECH THERAPIST
BASIC FUNCTION: To help reduce or eliminate speech and language impairments that interfere with the individual students ability to derive full benefit from the districts educational program.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Serves as a resource to school staffmembers in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
- Provides a therapeutic program to meet individual needs of speech and language impaired children.
- Assists and guides teachers in observing describing referring and identifying suspected speech and language impairments.
- Provides a thorough assessment anddiagnosis of speech fluency voice and language impairments.
- Provides hearing screenings forspecified grade levels and referrals.
- Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate.
- Provides in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members.
- Keeps ongoing records for the individualstudent receiving therapy or other school-provided speech services.
- Maintains lists of referred screenedand eligible students.
- Assumes primary responsibility for requisitioning and maintaining needed equipment and supplies.
- Adheres to the professional code of ethics.
- Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
- Is familiar with and incorporates the use of technology in daily tasks.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
-Certificate For Teaching Exceptional ChildrenCommunication Disorders
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
187 days. Salary and work year to be established by the Board
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Certified Personnel.
The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job classification. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so assigned. Responsibilities and duties assigned are at the discretion of the supervisor.
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Time Management
- Acute Care
- HTTPS
- Speech Therapy
- Assistive Technologies
- Autism Experience
- Pediatrics Experience
- Home Care
- Interpretation
- Patient Service Experience
- Phone Etiquette
