Speech Language Pathologist

We are hiring in Bronx NY! Join us at Easterseals Story Ave for an exciting career as a Speech Language Pathologist! (10 month position)

What Youll Do

As a Speech Language Pathologist you will work as a team member with teachers occupational therapists physical therapists and counselors to help children develop communication skills in receptive and expressive language and overcome difficulties. This may include determining the need for alternative communication strategies and use of augmentative devices. You will interact with children with various types of special needs and their families. You may serve on an evaluation team develop and report on IEP goals and objectives develop other goals and objectives for children and interact with school district personnel around specific children.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Maintain professional standards in and out of the Center in compliance with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Code of Ethics.
• Attend IEP meetings staffing case conferences and department meetings.
• Maintain appropriaterecords: session notes progressnotes and reports evaluations plans case conference reports and discharge summaries.
• Complete departmental program evaluation in accordance with agency policy and procedures.
• Supervise clinical fellowship year for staffspeechlanguage pathologist where appropriate.
  

Youre a great fit for this role if you have:

• Masters Degree or its equivalent in thefieldof Speechand Certificate of Clinical Competence from American Speech/Hearing Association OR be inclinicalfellowshipyear (See Addendum-Speech language pathologist Clinical Fellowship Year)
• Current State Speech Language Pathologist License.
• State certification as a teacher of speech/language disorders when necessary

• Three years experience working with young children as a speech/languagepathologist is preferred.

Compensation:

• $65000- 90000 (depending on credentials and experience)

Who We Are

Easterseals is a standard-bearer for creating equity and access for people with disabilities and other barriers to long term self-sufficiency. For 100 years Easterseals has been an indispensable resource for people and families living with disabilities. Throughout all lifes moments -- from the extraordinary to the ordinary and everything in between -- Easterseals is here to help people and families realize and reach for their full potential.

The Fedcap Groupprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. We are an EEO employer committed to diversity M/F/D/V.