Speech Language Pathologist

Overview:

We want you to join our team! We need deeply compassionate, committed, and highly talented staff.

Our students explore their talents, build on identified strengths, and learn life skills.

Benefits:

• Paid time off and holidays per the school contract
• Medical, vision, dental and life insurance
• 403(b) employee participation and employer match

Salary: $75000 - $90000 / depending on education / experience

Job Summary:

The Speech-Language Specialist is to help reduce or eliminate a speech and hearing impediment that interferes with the students’ ability to derive full benefit from the district’s educational program.

Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in ongoing quality improvement activities of The Legacy Treatment Services including but not limited to: serving as a member of a quality improvement team, customer input, incident/accident and client grievance review, peer record review and program evaluation/quality improvement projects.
• Attend staff meetings and meetings with parents and/or school district personnel.
• Fulfill annual continuing education and professional development requirements established by the Department of Education.
• Provide direct management and supervision of students in non-instructional settings such as hallways, library, dining room, etc.
• Make assessments, analyses and classifications of students’ communication competencies and characteristics.
• Plan, prepare and deliver treatment programs for children with speech and language deficiencies.
• Provide diagnostic evaluations of pupils referred to the child study team for communication disorders and participate in team conferences related to those pupils.
• Develop and implement an individualized educational program (IEP) in conjunction with parents and teachers for pupils who are eligible for speech correction and identifies pupils in need of related services.
• Provide individual and small group intervention sessions with students who have been classified.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Speech and Communication
• NJ Speech Language Pathologist State Licensure/Certification
• ASHA Certification required