Eliot is seeking a Master's level Fee For Service Speech Pathologist (Bilingual Preferred) interested in making a difference for children and families to work in our Early Intervention Program. Familiarity with total communication, feeding assessment, early childhood development, and children with special needs preferred.
Eliot’s Early Intervention Programs provide home & community-based services for children from birth to three years of age, who may have, or are at risk of having, a delay in development. A multidisciplinary team of specialists assesses the child’s needs & works with the family to maximize skill acquisition, facilitating optimal growth in the areas of cognitive, language, motor, & social development. The hands-on, family-focused approach to services strives to increase parents’ understanding of their child’s strengths & needs, & supports parents in learning how to foster their child’s growth & development.
Responsibilities:
- Identifies, screens, and evaluates performance of children in the areas of interpersonal communication, speech production, receptive and expressive language, cognitive bases of language acquisition, and augmentative communication modes.
- Plans and implements remediation programs for children with communication disorders.
- Provides transdisciplinary services to families and children enrolled in the Early Intervention Program.
- Develops and ensures follow-up to treatment goals in the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) in the home. Plans are developed in accordance with the requirements of the funding source, sound clinical practice, and in collaboration with the family.
- Utilizes a team approach to treatment planning and service delivery with other staff members, family members, physicians, and agencies.
- Provides assessment/reports, IFSPs, progress notes, and insurance verification reports within established timelines.
- Provides in-service training to other team members within areas of expertise.
Schedule: Varied
Hourly Rate: $60.00 USD, 6% increase if bilingual in a needed language
* Eliot is committed to identifying and dismantling barriers that prevent people with marginalized racial identities from actualizing their full employment potential, assuming leadership roles, or from fully engaging at all levels in the workplace.
Qualifications:
Education Required: MA
Experience Required:
Licenses & Certifications Required:
Speech Language Path
MA Driver's License
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