Speech Language Pathologist

Brooklyn

Full time

R025206

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The Speech Language Pathologist will enjoy a consistent caseload. Evaluate and deliver therapy services to adults and school-aged children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in group homes, adult day programs and/or outpatient medical facilities.

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Evaluates and develops therapeutic plans to address oral motor, communication, and feeding needs of the PWS and provides Speech and Language Habilitation/Rehabilitation services for the patient as ordered by a physician.

• Treats PWS with disabilities, disorders, and injuries related to the area of Speech Language Pathology.

• Makes use of therapeutic devices and other equipment to prevent regression or restore maximum performance of speech and language modalities.

• Plans, directs and supervises PWS, family and/or significant other in the use of equipment and exercise regimen

• Participates in patient communication and interdisciplinary care planning for individual patient needs.

• Contemporaneous documentation using electronic health records

• Meet productivity expectation

• Participate in scheduled supervision

Minimum Qualification Requirements including education, experience, licensure/certification, etc. and essential physical capabilities (e.g. lifting, assisting lifting, standing, etc.)

• Current SLP New York State License or qualifies for receiving license after completing all requirements

• Current Certificate of Clinical completion in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association or qualifies for receiving certificate after completing all requirements

• Meets the education and experience requirements for a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology

• A minimum of one year Speech Therapy experience in a health care setting working with individuals with Developmental Delays preferred.

Preferred Qualification Requirements (desired requirements beyond MQRs above)

• Experience with the I/DD population (2+ years is preferable)

• Dysphagia experience, a big plus

• AAC experience strongly preferred but not required

Salary: $ 68,139.00 Annually

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

Our Roots

YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today

Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together

At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.