Speech Language Pathologist (Soaring Heights Schools)

Pyramid Healthcare•Altoona, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Pyramid Healthcare is dedicated to offering the highest quality of care to those we serve. A focus on client-focused care establishes our family of brands as respected leaders in addiction treatment, mental health recovery and eating disorder treatment modalities. Pyramid Healthcare offers comprehensive behavioral healthcare defined by supportive environments that offer patients the strength they need to overcome life’s challenges. We offer behavioral healthcare services – psychiatry, addiction recovery, mental disorder treatment, etc. – that allow clients at all stages of recovery or rehabilitation to reclaim health and well-being. Provides direct, consultative, and supportive diagnostic and therapeutic services for communication and oral motor disorders to students and staff members to enhance individual potential for learning and to meet the specific needs of students. Provides service, treatment, and intervention in accordance with regulations, standards, and guidelines defined by the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Code of Ethical Practice, Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Individual Education Plan (IEP), and established Soaring Heights Schools policies and procedures. Facilitates a team approach to program development, implementation, and monitoring by effectively collaborating with all specialty/clinical disciplines, parents/guardians, and school staff, to identify and best meet the individual communication needs of each student.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology
Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) from the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA) required, or the eligibility to participate as a clinical fellow
Supervision for clinical fellowship is available
Demonstrates professionalism, leadership, confidentiality, strong social communication skills, time-management, organized
Must possess skills to communicate effectively and interact well with people of diverse backgrounds
Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to problem solve by gathering and analyzing information, working well in an individual/ group problem solving situation, and showing initiative in problem solving
Maintains professionalism and does not show favoritism
Maintains consistency with clients, staff, visitors, and the public
Ability to handle a crisis situation and react appropriately
Flexibility and adaptable
Ability to make decisions in an objective and ethical manner
Calm and decisive in crisis situations
Ability to sustain a team environment, drive continuous improvement projects, confidentiality, excellent problem-solving skills and excellent communicator within the team framework

Nice To Haves

Minimum of one year of work experience in communication and oral motor therapy preferred, though not required, in working with developmentally disabled students

Responsibilities

Performs evaluations and assessments for students per IEP mandates
Authors goals and objectives for each student served
Communicates results of assessments to all members of the IEP team
Recommends assistive technology for students who need enhanced supports for effective communication development
Recommends level of direct and indirect services to best support and achieve IEP goals and objectives
Maintains ongoing case documentation as required
Attends conferences, workshops, seminars, to keep pace with best practice in SLP delivery of services