Casual Speech & Language Pathologist

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Position Details

Position: Casual Speech-Language Pathologist
Location: HDSB Schools [Burlington, Halton Hills (Acton & Georgetown), Oakville, Milton]
Pay Rate: $80,113.00 - $106,216.00 per year (as per the collective agreement)
Salary step will be determined based on previous experience.

About the Board

The Halton District School Board (HDSB) is one of the fastest growing school districts in Canada. Together, our 10,000+ staff serve more than 66,000 students in more than 100 schools in the communities of Burlington, Oakville, Milton, Georgetown and Halton Hills. This role provides an opportunity to impact student wellbeing and academic success in a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative environment.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Special Education Manager of Speech-Language Pathology Services, the Speech‑Language Pathologist will work primarily in a variety of elementary and secondary schools within a defined geographic region.

Responsibilities

• Providing student‑specific assessment, consultation, preventative, and interventive services to support a caseload of students with a wide range of communication delays or disorders, including students who range from nonverbal to highly verbal.
• Engaging in the provision of professional development and supports related to whole class, small group, and individual learning.
• Providing consultative/supportive collaboration to educational staff, students and parents.
• Collaborating with educators and students in specialized language programs/classrooms.
• Collaborating with educators to support early literacy programs.
• Participating in multi‑disciplinary teams/committee meetings and School Resource Team meetings.
• Providing clinical direction to Communicative Disorders Assistants.
• Independently maintaining and managing a caseload across a number of schools, obtaining informed consent from parents/guardians/students, maintaining appropriate, confidential records, and providing timely reports.
• Consulting/collaborating with administrators and teachers on school‑based supports, providing recommendations for programming and making referrals, as appropriate, for other services to support students.

Benefits of Working with the Halton District School Board

• Direct opportunity to impact student wellbeing and academic success.
• Collaborative, inclusive, and innovative working environment.
• Professional development / mentorship opportunities.
• Active engagement and collaborative learning with peers.
• Participation in a variety of ongoing ad‑hoc committees and teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Master’s degree from an accredited University.
• Current registration in the College of Audiologists and Speech‑Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO).
• Strong interpersonal skills, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexibility, patience, tolerance, enthusiasm, creativity, and team‑oriented mindset.
• Experience working with children with receptive and expressive language and early literacy delays.
• Experience supporting children with significant communication delays/disorders and/or neuro‑developmental delays, including students on the Autism Spectrum.
• Strong computer skills.
• A commitment to ongoing learning.
• Excellent judgment, organizational, and time‑management skills.
• Authentic, resilient, dependable, reliable, and able to problem‑solve effectively.
• Adherence to a high level of professional and ethical standards.
• Experience working in a fast‑paced environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current evidence‑based practices in Speech‑Language Pathology.
• At least one year of experience working as a Speech‑Language Pathologist.
• Reliable transportation and the ability to work at a variety of locations throughout the day.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a School Board setting.
• Experience in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
• Familiarity with assistive technology.
• Experience supporting individuals from a variety of lived experiences (socio‑economic, cultural, etc.).
• Lived experience as a member of an equity‑deserving group.
• Broad understanding of and an inclusive approach to relationship building with diverse stakeholders in the community and in schools.
• Experience and/or interest in providing clinical skills training to post‑secondary students.
• Experience implementing and/or familiarity with Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking curriculum or similar social communication methodologies.

Appointments Are Conditional Upon

• Provision of an original copy of a criminal background check with vulnerable sector screening dated within 6 months.
• Agreement to comply with the Board’s policies, procedures and code of conduct.

Applicant Self Identification Questions

As part of the recruitment and selection function, the HDSB will collect voluntary self‑identification data from applicants in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, HDSB’s Teacher Hiring Practices Administrative Procedure, HDSB’s Employment Equity Policy and Ontario’s Anti‑Racism Data Standards. Personal information collected aims to build an inclusive, diverse, and representative workforce. The Board encourages applicants to respond to these voluntary questions; data will inform hiring decisions and support an equitable process.

Requirements

While hiring policies must adhere to qualification requirements set out in applicable Regulations and collective agreement provisions, the Board recognizes the importance of valuing applicants’ additional experience, lived experience, skills, backgrounds, and perspectives. The Board will grant first consideration to applicants who self‑identify as members of historically under‑represented communities when qualifications are relatively equal.

Accommodation

Upon request, reasonable accommodations will be provided for candidates who have a temporary or permanent disability, or who otherwise require accommodations based on the protected grounds highlighted in the Ontario Human Rights Code in respect to the recruitment and selection process.

Wellness

The HDSB is committed to providing a respectful and healthy work environment.

Contact

Please submit your cover letter and resume to Apply To Education through the following: Job Category: Management and Professionals - Job Code #3990863. The Halton region’s growth and educational opportunities continue to expand, and the Board values all applicants who match the position’s requirements. Contact will be made with applicants whose experience and qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. Communication with short‑listed applicants will ordinarily be made through the email address provided on the applicant’s Apply To Education profile page or through the applicant’s HDSB email address. Please ensure that contact information provided at the time of application is current.

Seniority Level

Entry level.

Employment Type

Temporary.

Job Function

Health Care Provider. Industry: Education.