About this opportunity
Roanoke County School Board lists this SPEECH PATHOLOGIST opportunity in roanoke, Virginia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Roanoke County Public Schools seeks to employ a full time speech-language pathologist for the school year. This position is contracted to work 7.5 hours per day, 200 days per year, in alignment with the RCPS school calendar.
Position Description/Job Summary : The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) provides speech and language screenings, evaluations and therapy to students across a variety of ages and disability categories.
Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks :
Essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
• provide speech and language screenings, evaluations and therapy to students across a variety of ages and disability categories, deferring students to additional medical or educational services if needed
demonstrate leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary for collaborating effectively with students, parents, and teachers members about speech disorders and causes to include disabilities and traumatic events; communicating and consulting with parents, teachers, and outside providers regarding student progress
conduct hearing screenings for students at scheduled grade levels, and for students new to Roanoke County Public Schools (federal and state)
record information on the initial evaluation, IEP, treatment, progress, and discharge of students
complete documentation in order to bill public insurance for eligible students
• interpreting curriculum demands per grade level as it applies to determination of academic impact and therapy planning, to include but not limited to SOL benchmarks. completing duties of the chair of the child study team when students are identified during a speech/language/hearing screening
• completing case management duties including all pertinent paperwork regarding students with disability category of Speech and Language Impairment only
• traveling in order to ordering, setting up, and troubleshooting equipment- FM systems, communication devices
• altering schedules to adjust for rolling admission of transfer students, newly identified students, and dismissal of students
• supervising Speech Pathology Assistant to include planning, observing, and documenting therapy as required by VABASLP attend faculty meetings and serve on school committees as assigned by principal
Minimum Job Requirements/Qualifications :
Qualifications: Master's Degree with ASHA certification (CCC's) in
Speech/Language Pathology
Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) considered
Eligible for Virginia Health Professions State Licensure in
Speech/Language Pathology
Required Certificates : Pupil Personnel Services
Postgraduate Professional
Required Endorsements : 7901 Speech / Language Pathologist
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Significant standing, walking, moving, climbing, carrying, bending, kneeling, crawling, reaching, handling, pushing, and pulling.
These requirements are representative, but not all-inclusive of the knowledge, skill, and ability required to perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Worksite address
roanoke, VA, 24000, US
Who can apply
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