8:00-4:30 Monday-Friday core hours, with one evening per 6-week period and one Saturday per 6 weeks for group/workshop availability
Salary: $40.31 - $47.75 per hour (40-hour work week)
Our Client
Our client is a recognized leader supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and they are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and dynamic workplace.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a critical thinking and compassionate Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to support the delivery of speech and language therapy services in a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will work with Adults & Children with communication challenges, implementing therapy plans and helping clients achieve their communication goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct comprehensive assessments of the individuals, and assess individuals’ strengths, communication, and swallowing; diagnose/confirm any communication disorder; and screen for potential disorders in hearing and implement appropriate intervention
- Provide management and intervention around disorder(s); provide direct skills training and utilize a variety of therapeutic approaches with individuals where appropriate
- To ensure the coordination and provision of consultation/training and education for community support resources and the families
- To work with an inter-disciplinary team in the delivery of an integrated biopsycholsocial model for professional services
- To provide speech and language services to individuals having both developmental disability and challenging mental health
- Develop, implement, monitor and evaluate pathology protocols/plans for assigned individuals and determine need for further assessment.
- Provide outreach, consultation and time limited treatment and training services to individuals
- Maintaining accurate documentation of referrals, assessment, Individual Training Plans, structured activities and progress reports; coordinating referrals to external consultants, specialists, and with the physician in areas that require clinical authorization from the medical profession.
- Follow all clinical guidelines, confidentiality standards, and professional regulations
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology (or Communication Sciences and Disorders)
- Current registration with College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)
- Minimum two (2) years experience after graduation providing professional speech/language therapy services
- Experience working with individuals with communication disorders, adults with developmental disabilities (preferred)
- Expertise needed in augmentative/assistive communication for nonverbal individuals with autism, feeding and swallowing assessments, IDDSI model familiarity
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently without daily supervision and work collaboratively within a clinical team
- Organized, reliable, and detail-oriented
- Passion for helping individuals improve their communication skills
- Valid Ontario driver's license required