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Speech Language Pathologist

Speech Language Pathologist

CASA Mental HealthEdmonton, AB, Canada
30+ days ago
Salary
CA$43.08–CA$56.09 hourly
Job description

Join CASA Mental Health in shaping a brighter future for children, youth and families by providing them with timely mental health care and empowering them to thrive.

Job Details

Wage range : $43.08 to $56.09

Shift structure : Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours per day

Primary location : CASA Fort Road

Union : In-scope

Classification : Speech Language Pathologist

FTE : 0.4 (14.5 hours per week)

Status : Permanent

About the Role

CASA Classrooms are CASA’s new model for school-based mental health service. The program addresses the need for services closer to students by bridging a child’s mental health and school needs, through a coordinated approach by a mental health team and a teacher. CASA Classrooms are delivered in partnership with the Government of Alberta, community partners and school divisions.

The Speech Language Pathologist will :

  • Provide services including screening / probing and formal assessment of speech, language, fluency, voice, feeding and swallowing difficulties and related communication challenges.
  • Determine appropriate diagnostic instruments / treatments to use with each patient.
  • Interpret test results in conjunction with other related medical, behavioural and educational information, to identify speech, language, communication and related disorders.
  • Develop, plan and implement programs to correct speech, voice, language, resonance, cognitive-linguistic and swallowing disorders.
  • Monitor, evaluate and modify speech-language therapy care plans based on effectiveness of interventions and / or changes in condition or environment, in collaboration with the patient and care team.
  • Act as a resource and provide supportive training to team members to assist in their professional development.
  • Travel between CASA sites and partner school board sites in Edmonton and surrounding area.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in speech and language pathology.
  • Active registration and in good standing with the Alberta College of Speech and Language Pathologists.
  • A minimum of three years of recent pediatric experience.
  • Mental health experience is an asset.
  • Experience in assessment and treatment.

    • Conditions of Employment

  • A satisfactory Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Search. This would be the financial responsibility of the successful candidate.
  • A satisfactory Child Intervention Check.

    • Please quote the following competition number in your application materials 25-014

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