Speech Language Pathologist

YAI - Seeing beyond disability; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier HealthCare (PHC), a member of the YAI Network, seeks a Speech Language Pathologist to evaluate and deliver therapy to adults and school-aged children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in group homes, adult day programs and/or outpatient medical facilities.

The role involves providing psychotherapy to individuals and families, conducting psychosocial assessments, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, and other professionals to

Qualifications

• Current licensure by NYS.
• Current certification by ASHA.
• Ability to work effectively with limited on-site supervision.

Responsibilities

• Providing individual, family or collateral psychotherapy to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Conducting psychosocial assessments
• Being part of a multidisciplinary team (medical doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, etc.)

Education

NYS Licensure

ASHA Certification

Job description

Premier HealthCare (PHC), a member of the YAI Network, is recognized by the US Surgeon General as a national model for the provision of health care, and by the National Council on Disabilities for raising the national standards of health care services for children and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. PHC has also earned national certification as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA). PHC is unique in its quality of medical, dental, mental health, rehabilitation and specialty care provided to individuals with disabilities and their families.

The Speech Language Pathologist will enjoy a consistent caseload. Evaluate and deliver therapy services to adults and school-aged children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in group homes, adult day programs and/or outpatient medical facilities.

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Providing individual, family or collateral psychotherapy to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• Conducting psychosocial assessments
• Being part of a multidisciplinary team (medical doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, etc.)

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Current licensure by NYS
• Current certification by ASHA
• Ability to work effectively with limited on‑site supervision

Preferred Qualification Requirements (desired requirements beyond MQRs above)

• Experience with the I/DD population (2+ years is preferable)
• Dysphagia experience, a big plus
• AAC experience strongly preferred but not required

Compensation: $35.00 per 30-minute session; $115.00 for evaluation

If you share our vision and want to help support people to live the fullest lives possible, YAI will be the right place for you.

Our Roots YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages. Better Together At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.

YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.

YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.

YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.