Speech Language Pathologist - Bilingual (Early Intervention)

Speech Language Pathologist - Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Meeting Street is a special place of learning, where children of all abilities have the opportunities to reach their fullest potential. We are currently looking for a Speech Language Pathologist - Bilingual (Spanish/English) in Early Intervention working 40 hours weekly.

Duties:

• Uses approved instrument to provide developmental screening within their native language, assessment and evaluation for children from birth to three years of age as part of a multidisciplinary team to determine eligibility.
• Demonstrates competence in interpreting results of screening and evaluation in terms of the child's functional capabilities with an emphasis on self-help skills, fine and gross motor development, mobility, sensory integration, behavior, play and oral-motor functioning and explains results to families in a mindful manner incorporating health literacy.
• Creates adaptation of the environment for infants or toddlers and selects, designs and fabricates assistive devices to facilitate development and promote the acquisition of functional skills with respect to the family's culture and traditions.
• Develops and implements appropriate treatment plan (IFSP) with the family and EI team.
• Develops therapeutic activities and programs to prevent or minimize the impact of initial or future impairment, delay in development or loss of functional ability.
• Actively includes family throughout the entire evaluation/assessment and IFSP process.
• Works as member of a team to gather and organize information from multiple sources to plan an individualized evaluation/assessment and IFSP.

Meeting Street believes the dignity of each person is paramount. We recognize that our community's future strength rests firmly on our commitment to our values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity, and excellence. To uphold these commitments, we expect all employees to recognize and properly respond to racism and other forms of injustice.

It is our policy to recruit, hire, train, transfer and promote employees, and to ensure that all other employment practices (i.e. salary and benefits administration, education and training programs, and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual preference or orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin or ancestry, legally recognized disability, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, military status, socioeconomic background, homelessness or any other characteristic or category protected by law. It is also our policy to protect employees and applicants from any coercion, retaliation or discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in any investigation pursuant to the equal opportunity laws.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 1-year related experience working with infants and toddlers from birth to age 5.
• Licensed as a Speech and Language Pathologist in Rhode Island.
• Fully bilingual (read, write, speak, translate) in both English and Spanish languages.
• Valid pediatric CPR and First Aid certification.
• Participates in the orientation process for the agency and attends the state required Intro to EI training within the first year of employment.
• Early Intervention services are provided in the child's Natural Environments, which include the home, childcare settings and the community or other immediate environments natural the child and family's environment.
• Employees must be able to provide reliable transportation to meet job needs as well as proof of a current driver's license.
• Able to get to the child's level, climb stairs, deal with weather conditions, lift, bending and squatting.