Speech Therapist - ESCS Yonkers Campus - Elizabeth Seton Children’s

     Purpose of Your Position

Provide speech language therapy services to infants’ toddlers, preschool and school age children for a minimum of 50 weekly sessions and conduct speech language therapy assessments and evaluations. 

      Job Functions

• Understands ESCC Mission and Core Values and incorporates values into daily practice.
• Participate in meetings and consultations with education staff and the multidisciplinary team concerning the needs of each child as related to his/her mandated services and progress updates
• Work effectively with parents, teaching staff and other professionals directly involved in the care and treatment of the child to develop and monitor IEP services
• Use accurate assessment skills to perform functional evaluations with reports reflecting current knowledge and evidence based practices and communicate results effectively in both written and verbal formats
• Maintain accurate record keeping and IEP/IFSP goal tracking documentation as required by SED/EI and Coleman School policies for quality assurance and accountability purposes
• Design and monitor assistive technology, adaptive equipment and augmentative communication needs in collaboration with team and family members
• Implement and monitor feeding programs for children on assigned case load in accordance with Coleman policies and ASHA guidelines for school therapists
• Serves as clinical instructor and assists with coordination of affiliation programs as needed for speech therapy students
• Actively participate in the creation and implementation of an individual and School wide Professional Development Plan that inspires personal growth and informs clinical practices
• Perform other tasks to support the operations of the school as assigned by School Administration

Education Requirements:

• Masters Degree in Speech Language Pathology
• New York State Speech Language Pathology License
• NYS Teacher of Speech Hearing Certification

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year pediatric SLP experience

Hourly Rate:

$70/Hr.