Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Speech-Language Pathologist (School-Based)
Location: Andover, MA
Schedule: Day Shift, Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
The Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) is responsible for identifying, diagnosing, and providing therapy to individuals with communication disorders. This role involves managing treatment through direct therapeutic services, tracking progress, and offering consultative support as needed. The position is ideal for a skilled therapist who can work with children, adolescents, and adults with autism spectrum disorders, acquired brain injuries, neurological diseases, and comorbid mental health disorders. The SLP will implement highly technical clinical and teaching programs, requiring attentiveness and readiness to respond to students’ needs.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Master’s Degree as a Speech-Language Therapist from an Educational Services Board approved university program
- Experience with augmentative communication and dysphagia
- CCC-SLP certification from the ASHA and certification as a Speech-Language Pathologist with Massachusetts
- Experience and/or training in augmentative communication, manual communication, and clinical or practicum background with Developmentally Delayed, Emotionally/Behaviorally Disturbed, Cognitively Challenged, Autism, Pervasive Development Disorder, and Brain Injured individuals
Responsibilities
- Provide direct clinical speech-language pathology services to individuals
- Manage treatment through direct therapeutic services, tracking information, and offering consultative services as needed
- Accurately implement Behavior Support Plans for each student as designed
- Collect data accurately and demonstrate good problem-solving skills while working with students
- Implement IEP objectives as written and designed, ensuring maximum independence growth
- Develop baseline data sheets in conjunction with the Curriculum Coordinator and deliver them to the Educational Coordinator timely
- Conduct thorough assessments/screenings upon student admission and complete discharge summaries as needed
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation, Holiday, Sick)
- Company Sponsored Pension Plan AND 403(b) with employer matching
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care)
- Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Student Loan Reimbursement
- Opportunities for professional conferences and research
- Onsite continuing education units (CEUs) at no cost