Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity working with the pediatric population (children birth to 3 years)? Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of families? Thom Child & Family Services located in Lowell, MA is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to join their team.

As an Early Intervention Speech-Language Pathologist, you will be responsible for providing home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developmental delays and their families in both their homes and community settings. You will partner with parents/caregivers to ensure service delivery is individualized, meaningful for the family, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Through this collaborative process, you ensure families’ priorities, needs, culture, and values are prioritized.

• Flexible Schedules: FT: 30-40 hours Monday through Friday
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, including Fitness Benefits and Wellness Incentive Program
• Generous vacation and personal time
• Sick time (96 hours every year)
• Professional Development/Conference time
• Paid holiday (12 paid holidays)
• 403(b) with employer matching
• Section 125 flexible benefits plan (Medical and dependent care)
• Thom Sponsored Health Reimbursement Account
• Employer-sponsored Long-term disability insurance
• Employer-sponsored Life Insurance
• Employer-sponsored Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Productivity Bonus Plan
• Opportunity for scholarship through Fazzio scholarship and Thom Academy
• Paid professional license renewal fees.
• Clinical supervision, orientation program, mentoring and team support.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Mileage reimbursement
• Employer issued laptop and cell phone
• Other optional benefits:
  • Short-term Disability Insurance
  • Accident Insurance
• Cancer Insurance
  
  
• Position Responsibilities:
  • Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the client’s developmental status.
  • Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
  • Provide child and family centered services and activities developmentally appropriate for children birth to three and their families using parent coaching model.
  • Provide service coordination by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
  • Partner with families in the development of Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) to identify goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
  • Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.
  • Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate using the Thom electronic documentation system.
  • Provide individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers from birth to three years old who have developmental delays or who are at risk for delays in the areas of cognition, adaptive behavior, social-emotional development, self-care, fine motor, gross motor, and communication.

Position Requirements:

• Current Massachusetts licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (ASHA).
• Or CF eligible
• Knowledge of family systems and early childhood development.
• Ability to engage in meaningful, therapeutic relationships with children, parents/caregivers, and community partners.
• Commitment to delivering individualized and culturally humble services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Abide by all confidentiality and professional boundaries standards.
• Good computer skills as well as strong documentation skills.
• Current driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Bilingual/Bicultural a plus.
• Feeding experience a plus.

NO PHONE CALLS OR RECRUITERS PLEASE

Thom Child and Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, familial status, domestic violence status, or any other status protected by law.