Speech Language Therapy Job in Angels Foundation

Responsibilities:

Evaluating levels of swallowing, speech and language difficulty

Identifying treatment options

Creating and carrying out individualized treatment plans addressing specific functional needs

Teaching patients how to make sounds while improving their voices and maintaining fluency

Helping individuals improve sentence structure and vocabulary used in written and oral language

Working with adults and children in developing and strengthening muscles used to swallow

Counseling individuals and families on ways to cope with swallowing and communication disorders

Requirements:

Analytical skills for selecting the best diagnostic tools and analyzing results to identify an accurate diagnosis while developing an effective treatment plan.

Communication skills for communicating diagnoses, test results and available treatments in terms that clients and their families can understand.

Compassion when working with individuals frustrated by the difficulties they are experiencing.

Critical thinking skills for adjusting treatment plans as required and identifying alternative ways to help.

Attention to detail for maintaining notes on treatment and progress.

Listening skills for listening to concerns and symptoms of clients so they can decide the most appropriate course of treatment.

Bachelor in Speech and Learning Therapy