Job Summary: Provides speech/language, oral-motor, and feeding therapy services, as appropriate, to the birth to three-year-old population within a medical and educational model. Evaluation, assessment, treatment, and consultation services are provided using an interdisciplinary, family-centered, and culturally diverse approach.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.

Essentials Functions:

Provide evaluation and assessment of Infant Toddler Program (ITP) clients

• Determine speech/language development
• Determine oral-motor development
• Assess feeding skills

Plan, organize, and implement treatment plans

• Ensure home/daycare visits are scheduled in a timely manner, occur as stated in the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP), and are customized to the child
• Create written documentation regarding treatment
• Provide written information on communication disorders to other staff, parents, and external resources, as appropriate
• Provide appropriate therapy
• Fabricate, devise, or order adaptive/assistive technology equipment, as required
• Provide community outreach and training, upon request

Supervise/train SLP-Assistants (SLPAs), family trainers, interns, and practicum students

• Provide supervision as needed
• Communicate with family trainers about children's speech and language needs and help determine when/if speech/language therapy is needed
• Train SLPAs in therapy note writing, interacting with children to help facilitate communication skill development, and setting up and cleaning up for Little Talker's

Maintain professional credentials

• Attend appropriate trainings/seminars to enhance knowledge and skills
• Continually upgrade knowledge of current research materials
• Maintain WA State licensure
• Maintain client confidentiality

Other Functions:

• Other duties as requested, required, or assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities:

• Knowledge of Neurodevelopmental Treatment training and/or Sensory Integration preferred
• Knowledge of typical and atypical child development processes
• Ability to make home visits
• Meeting facilitation skills
• Awareness of family economic and cultural issues as they relate to early intervention
• Knowledge of Washington State special education regulations and/or federal early intervention law
• Knowledge of IFSP process
• Working knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Windows and MS Office programs
• Ability to pass a criminal history background check

Education, Training, and/or Work Experience:

• Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited college or university required
• Experience working in a field of social services or early intervention preferred
• Infant/toddler communication therapy training and/or experience preferred

Required Licenses or Certifications:

• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association required; Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) may be considered in lieu of CCC
• Current Washington State Professional License through the Department of Health
• Valid Washington State driver's license, reliable transportation, and proof of required personal liability insurance
• Must have clean WA State driving record, as defined by HRC's agency insurance policy
• Current CPR/First Aid Certificate, or ability to obtain within first 60 (sixty) days of employment
• Current Washington State Food Worker Card, if requested, or ability to obtain within first 60 (sixty) days of employment

Holly Ridge Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Holly Ridge does not discriminate in employment and considers all qualified candidates for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex or gender identity, creed, religious or political ideology, age, marital status, military service or veteran status, sexual orientation, the presence or perception of sensory, mental, or physical disability, or any other basis prohibited or protected by local, state, or federal law.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and we seek diversity in our job applicants for employment.

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