Job Details
Job Title
Licensed Speech Therapist - Part-Time
Reports To
Director of Social Services
Salary Grade
N12
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt
Effective Date
January 2024
Summary
At Father Joe’s Villages (FJV), we stand for ending homelessness one life at a time. You will have the unique opportunity to work with children and families who are unhoused with the goal of breaking the cycle of homelessness. Join our State Licensed Therapeutic Childcare Center to provide speech evaluations and interventions to support children and families.
About Us
- Father Joe’s Villages, a not-for-profit organization has been serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness in San Diego, CA for over 70 years. We do this work through the spirit of our CREED; with Compassion, Respect, Empathy, Empowerment, and Dignity, which is the foundation for our interactions with clients, volunteers, other staff members, and the community at large.
Our Therapeutic Childcare Center (TC) is lovingly dedicated to preparing children experiencing homelessness for success by integrating comprehensive services that address their behavioral, developmental, educational, social-emotional, family, medical, and other needs all in one location.
Position Summary
Serves as the Therapeutic Childcare Program’s Licensed Speech Therapist part-time, providing speech and language evaluations, and individual and/or group services as needed to children aged birth to 5 and their families. Supports parents with skills and strategies to understand and manage their child’s specific developmental delay, including take-home practice activities. Prepares a written Home Child Development Plan for the specific developmental concern.
Benefits
You are looking for purposeful work - a position that you’re proud of which brings personal fulfillment and allows for work/life balance. Father Joe’s Villages provides comprehensive employee benefits (including medical/dental/vision benefits, flexible work schedules, PTO, and holiday pay you qualify for from your first day of employment). Additionally, TC is located within a
Health Professional Shortage Area
; many clinicians working at FJV qualify for
loan repayment options
.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Conducts speech and language evaluations on referred children, ages 0-5.
- Makes appropriate interpretations of evaluation data and contributes to the team with recommendations for treatment, planning, and interventions. Provides therapeutic recommendations to staff for implementation in the classroom.
- Provides information and guidance to families on strategies to support treatment at home.
- Conducts individual or group speech/language therapy for children.
- Evaluates speech and language intervention effectiveness on a regular basis.
- Attends and/or prepares reports/recommendations for child-related conference meetings
- Conducts a quantitative evaluation at the beginning and end of the sessions.
- Documents each client/collateral visit in the electronic health record and monitors data and outcomes.
- Provides referrals for additional services, as needed.
- Communicates regularly with the Program Manager and Supervisor concerning client issues, needs, and recommendations.
- On-time completion of assigned training and policies.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Masters in Speech and Language Pathology, and
- California License in Speech and Language Pathology, and
- Certificate of Clinical Competence from the Language/Speech and Hearing Association
- Expertise in the practice of speech and language evaluation and therapy; knowledge of models of early childhood development.
- Intermediate user of MS Office.
- Ability to pass fingerprinting and background checks upon employment.
- Annual Tuberculosis screening and/or other screenings when necessary.
- Reasonable accommodations may be granted where appropriate.
About Father Joe’s Villages
At Father Joe’s Villages, we’re looking for compassionate, mission-driven individuals to join our team and help us end homelessness one life at a time. Our work is driven by our C.R.E.E.D:
Our Values
- Compassion-Concern for others and the desire to assist.
- Respect-An act of giving particular or special regard.
- Empathy-Understanding and being aware of and sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and the experience of others without judgment.
- Empowerment-Helping others to help themselves.
- Dignity-All people are considered worthy of our esteem.
36.25 To 40 (USD) Hourly
