Speech Language Pathologist- PRN -Chesterfield
About The Position
The Speech Language Pathologist evaluates, plans, and provides therapeutic intervention for speech and language deficits in individuals with acquired brain injury. Services are delivered in consumers’ homes and the community and are based on each individual’s plan of care. The role works closely with consumers, families, case managers, transitional living specialists, personal care assistants, and other community agencies to support communication, employment, education, and independent-living goals. The position includes completing evaluations and progress reports, developing therapy exercises and compensation strategies, educating consumers and families, coordinating referrals and services, and training support staff. The therapist is also responsible for timely and legible documentation, required reporting and timesheets, maintaining issued equipment, participating in trainings and supervision, and contributing to departmental and agency objectives.
Requirements
- Successful completion of a Speech Language Pathology program at an accredited university.
- Currently eligible for the Clinical Fellowship Year.
- High sensitivity toward all people and the ability to deal professionally with individuals on a one-to-one basis.
- Ability to effectively plan, coordinate, and assist with all aspects of therapy service delivery.
- Excellent time-management and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to give full attention to what others are saying.
- Creativity and ability to accept constructive criticism from a supervisor and make necessary changes.
- Actively seek ways to help people and provide customer service to consumers, families, staff, and other entities.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with people with disabilities is appreciated.
Responsibilities
- Administer speech and language evaluations and develop speech exercise programs.
- Consult with consumers and refer them to additional medical or educational services as appropriate.
- Apply Minds Matter LLC’s philosophical principles for effective service delivery.
- Help individuals identify their needs and develop compensation techniques to accommodate the consequences of brain injury.
- Assess consumers’ physical and mental abilities and review medical data to determine appropriate speech therapy methods and strategies.
- Recommend changes to consumers’ work or living environments consistent with their needs.
- Evaluate progress and prepare reports detailing goal attainment and progress.
- Educate consumers and families about communication techniques and strategies to improve language, and explain the consequences of brain injury.
- Integrate employment, educational, and independent-living goals into therapy and coordinate with consumers and case managers to monitor progress.
- Train personal care assistants and transitional living specialists to support consumers during and after therapy sessions.
- Provide services only as designated in each consumer’s plan of care.
- Design, create, or requisition adaptive equipment consistent with consumers’ needs.
- Work directly with consumers to improve skills related to their life goals.
- Maintain and submit documentation on time, including timesheets, mileage, quarterly summaries, and other required reports.
- Attend trainings and workshops to maintain current, effective, evidence-based practice.
- Schedule supervision meetings with the therapy coordinator bi-monthly or as needed to review cases and departmental objectives or needs.
- Make initial contact within 48 hours of receiving a referral to schedule an evaluation and complete the evaluation within 7 days of referral receipt.
- Assist transitional living specialists with goal setting during initial evaluations and as consumer goals change.
- Establish and maintain professional relationships with consumers, families, coworkers, referral agents, and representatives of community agencies and services; attend planning meetings as needed.
- Promote public relations for the program within the agency and community.
- Participate in agency and interagency task groups as requested.
- Perform other duties assigned by the Minds Matter Supervisor.
- Care for and maintain Minds Matter LLC-issued computers and other equipment.
