About Joe's Kids Joe's Kids is a rapidly growing non-profit pediatric therapy clinic that provides physical, occupational, speech and dyslexia tutoring therapy services. We serve children with a wide variety of ability levels and diagnoses, including sensory processing disorders, autism, hypotonia, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, brain injury, speech delay, dysphagia, and other genetic, neurological and orthopedic conditions. Our mission is to help each child reach their full potential and support and educate their parents along the way. We are known for the high quality of care that we provide to our community's children and the staff have developed core values that drive everything we do: Care
- We provide compassionate, comprehensive, and child-centered support, with a focus on engaging and empowering families every step of the way. Community
- We actively foster inclusion through advocacy, building strong partnerships, and encouraging active engagement from volunteers and donors. Connection
- Our goal is to foster meaningful connections between providers and children, encourage relationships among children, support family interactions, and strengthen ties between families and the community.
To Learn more about Joe's Kids, visit www.joes-kids.org.
Position Highlights:
- Flexible Scheduling
- work the days and hours that fit your needs.
- Built in documentation time.
- A fun, collaborative, heart-centered team.
- Enthusiastic pediatric clients
- and families who truly love our work.
- Great work life balance
- you deserve it.
- Ideal for a career change
- or a fresh start.
Job Description
INTRINSIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide diagnosis, treatment and prevention strategies for oral motor, swallowing, cognitive linguistic, and speech and language disorders in children. Participate in activities and training to promote and attain regulatory compliance at the local, state and federal level.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION
Evaluate young clients and develop a plan of care with associated goals including quantifiable speech and language outcome targets. Develop, implement, and revise treatment plans for problems such as: stuttering, delayed language, articulation disorders, receptive-expressive language disorders, swallowing disorders, cognitive linguistic disorders and inappropriate pitch & resonance. Maintain timely, thorough, and confidential documentation of initial evaluation, daily treatment notes, progress notes and discharge notes. Educate families/caregivers and promote follow through of home exercise programs to assist children in achieving their therapy goals. Refer families/caregivers to other community resources as needed. Participate in conferences, training and continuing education to further improve clinical skills. Collaborate with therapy team and attend team meetings. Retain the responsibility for all delegated tasks to other licensees and support personnel and ensure proper and adequate supervision of those individuals. Supervi...