Description
You will play a crucial role in evaluating and treating individuals with speech, language, or swallowing difficulties. This position involves working closely with clients to identify their treatment goals and create personalized treatment plans that address their unique needs. Your expertise will help clients improve their communication abilities and quality of life.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate Clients: Assess levels of speech, language, or swallowing difficulties to determine the best course of treatment.
- Set Goals: Collaborate with clients to identify their goals for treatment.
- Develop Treatment Plans: Create and implement individualized treatment plans tailored to the specific functional needs of each client.
- Provide Therapy: Teach clients how to make sounds, improve their voices, and maintain fluency. Help them enhance vocabulary and sentence structure.
- Swallowing Therapy: Work with clients to develop and strengthen the muscles used for swallowing.
- Counseling: Offer guidance and support to clients and their families on managing communication and swallowing disorders.
Client Focus
You will work with a diverse range of clients who have various speech and language challenges, including cognitive and social communication problems. Clients may struggle with speaking, rhythm, and fluency issues such as stuttering, or have difficulty understanding language. You will also assist clients in using alternative communication systems when necessary and meticulously document their progress and any changes in their condition or treatment plans.
Specializations
Some Speech-Language Pathologists specialize in working with specific age groups, such as children or older adults, while others focus on particular communication or swallowing issues resulting from developmental delays or medical conditions like strokes or cleft palates. There are also opportunities to engage in research related to speech and language topics.
Collaboration
In this role, you will work alongside a multidisciplinary team, including physicians, surgeons, social workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, audiologists, and other healthcare professionals. In school settings, you will evaluate students for speech and language disorders, collaborating with teachers, school personnel, and parents to develop and implement individual or group programs, provide counseling, and support classroom activities.
Join Us
If you are passionate about helping individuals overcome speech and language challenges and want to make a meaningful impact in their lives, we invite you to join our dedicated team. Apply today to become a valued Speech-Language Pathologist.
Employment Type: Part-Time
