SLP-Assistant Working with Adults with IDD
About the position Soundly Speaking is the #1 adult IDD therapy provider in Texas, serving inspiring clients ages 21 and up. We provide both in-person and teletherapy services. We are looking for passionate and committed SLP-Assistants dedicated to serving adult individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our mission is to provide needed and deserved therapy to every single qualified IDD adult in Texas, offering compassion for today and hope for tomorrow. We lead our employees with kindness and honesty, guided by our 5 core values: Consistently Communicate, Positively Passionate, Radically Reliable, Honorably Honest, and Contagiously Caring.
Responsibilities
- Traveling to clients’ homes to provide individually tailored therapy
- Documenting therapy visits
- Contacting families and case managers to share updates
- Utilizing and augmenting the resources we provide to use in therapy
- Treat a wide range of speech and language disorders
- Provide detailed therapy to achieve short and long term goals as part of a comprehensive treatment plan
- Be adaptable to the circumstance and work with their supervisor and case managers
- Turn in paperwork in a 24 hour timeline
- Maintain confidentiality of patient records in accordance with HIPAA, State, and Federal Regulations
- Communicate with families and case managers about the progression of therapy
Requirements
- Ability to learn on the job
- Ability to utilize and augment the materials we provide
- Texas-issued Speech Language Pathologist-Assistant License
- Comfortable working with adults in their homes and/or outside of a clinic
- Valid Texas-issued Speech-Language PathologistAssistant License (obtained after completion of a Bachelor's degree in Speech-Language Pathology or Communication Sciences and Disorders, 25 Clinical and 25 Observation TDLR-approved hours are also required for a Texas license)
Nice-to-haves
- Creative
- Reliable
- Motivated person
Benefits
- Occasional free access to Continuing Education Units as approved by ASHA for yearly license
- W2 Full Time position