Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist

Prava-Therapy; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

Prava-Therapy seeks a part-time Speech-Language Pathologist to join Kensington Place Redwood City, a Bay Area senior living community. You’ll work in residents’ homes, collaborating with caregivers, nurses, and families to support communication, cognition, swallowing, and functional independence.

The role emphasizes individualized care, dementia-informed practice, and practical, real-world therapy that fits into residents’ daily lives. California licensure required.

Qualifications

• Must be a California-licensed Speech-Language Pathologist.
• Experience with cognition and/or swallowing preferred.
• Comfortable collaborating with caregivers and families.
• Approach therapy with a functional, person-centered mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and treatment of communication, cognition, and swallowing in residents' homes.
• Develop and implement functional therapy plans tailored to individual daily activities.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team including nurses, activities staff and families.
• Educate caregivers on communication strategies and dementia care.
• Support mealtime safety and meaningful participation in daily routines.
• Deliver therapy in a way that integrates into residents' home environment.

Skills

Cognition

Swallowing

Dementia care

Gerontology

Team collaboration

Education

California licensure as SLP

Job description

Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)

Part-Time | Kensington Place Redwood City | Redwood City, California

Some of the most important things we do as clinicians have nothing to do with “fixing” someone.

Sometimes it's helping someone find the words.

Sometimes it's helping a family understand how to communicate differently.

Sometimes it's helping a resident stay safe at the dining table.

Sometimes it's finding a way for someone living with dementia to continue participating in the world around them.

That's speech therapy in senior living.

And that's exactly what we're looking for at Kensington Place Redwood City.

Prava is seeking a part-time Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our clinical team at one of the Bay Area's most thoughtfully designed senior living communities.

Kensington Place is built around a simple promise: to love and care for each family as they do their own.

Their model combines highly individualized care, 24/7 nursing, specialized memory care, and the ability to support residents as their needs change over time. The community includes two dedicated memory care neighborhoods—Connections and Haven—and provides on-site physical, occupational, and speech rehabilitation.

That makes this a remarkable environment for an SLP.

This is not a traditional SLP role.

You won't be treating people in isolation from their everyday lives.

You'll be working in their home.

You'll see how communication, cognition, swallowing, and functional independence actually affect the resident's day.

You'll work alongside caregivers who know residents deeply.

You'll collaborate with nurses, families, activities and life enrichment teams, and other clinicians.

And you'll have the opportunity to make your therapy functional in a way that is difficult to replicate in a traditional outpatient environment.

Your work may look like:

• Helping a resident with dementia communicate a need that others are struggling to understand

• Developing strategies that help a resident participate more successfully in conversation

• Supporting cognitive-communication skills that allow a resident to remain as independent as possible

• Evaluating and treating swallowing and feeding-related concerns within your scope of practice

• Helping caregivers understand how to communicate with residents experiencing cognitive change

• Creating environmental and communication strategies that reduce frustration and increase participation

• Supporting safe and meaningful mealtimes

• Helping families understand what is changing—and what can still be preserved

• Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team when a resident's function or communication changes

• Helping residents remain connected to the people and activities that matter to them

We want you to think beyond the diagnosis.

A resident may have dementia.

But dementia isn't the goal of therapy.

A resident may have dysphagia.

But dysphagia isn't the goal of therapy.

A resident may have aphasia or cognitive-communication deficits.

But those aren't the reason we're here.

The reason we're here is the person.

Maybe it's being able to tell a story.

Being understood by a spouse.

Participating in a favorite activity.

Sharing a meal safely with friends.

Making a choice.

Expressing a need.

Laughing at a joke.

Remaining part of the community.

Those moments matter.

Kensington specifically emphasizes individualized care based on each resident's physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual needs, with a strong focus on dignity and preserving independence.

We want an SLP who believes in that same philosophy.

This is where clinical creativity matters.

Kensington supports residents with a wide range of needs, including individuals living with different stages of memory loss and residents requiring more complex assistance. Their Haven neighborhood is designed for residents with more advanced cognitive needs, while Connections serves residents earlier in the memory-loss journey.

That means you won't see the same clinical picture every day.

You'll need to think.

Adapt.

Problem-solve.

Communicate.

And sometimes throw the textbook out and ask:

“What will actually work for this person?”

That's the kind of clinician we're looking for.

Who are you?

You're a California-licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who:

• Loves working with older adults

• Has strong clinical skills in cognition and/or swallowing

• Understands dementia and neurodegenerative conditions—or wants to become exceptionally good at working with them

• Thinks functionally rather than simply diagnostically

• Is comfortable collaborating with caregivers and families

• Can translate complex clinical information into language people actually understand

• Is creative, patient, and curious

• Can work independently while remaining highly collaborative

• Takes pride in the quality of their clinical work

• Believes dignity and autonomy are part of clinical care—not something separate from it

Senior living experience is a plus.

But we care more about how you think than where you've worked.

Why Prava?

Because we're building a different way to deliver rehabilitation in senior living.

Prava gives clinicians the infrastructure to focus on what matters most:

The resident.

You’ll have access to:

Modern technology

A therapy platform designed around clinicians, including AI-enabled documentation tools.

Clinical infrastructure

Standards, resources, mentorship, and a growing clinical community.

Operational support

Prava handles the infrastructure behind the scenes so you can spend more of your time doing clinical work.

An embedded model

You're not a therapist who drops in, treats, and disappears.

You become part of the community.

A chance to grow

Even in a part-time role, you'll have opportunities to grow clinically, contribute to the Prava model, and expand your role as the community and program grow.

The best SLPs don't just treat communication.

They protect connection.

They help people remain understood.

They help families stay connected.

They help residents maintain choice, dignity, and participation—even as their abilities change.

That's meaningful work.

And at Kensington Place Redwood City, there's a lot of meaningful work to do.