Hearing & Speech Specialist (Option B Speech/Language Pathology)

Work Hours:  Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 4:30pm; Working one early/late and one weekend day per month. Unit 4
Work Location: 100 E Jeffery St Kankakee, IL 60901-5018. Division of Developmental Disabilities. Shapiro Center -Residential

Position Overview
The Division of Developmental Disabilities is seeking to hire a Hearing & Speech Specialist for the Shapiro Center located in Kankakee, Illinois to provide professional clinical services to individuals regarding testing, evaluation and development of a regimen of treatment and therapy for the resolution of communication, swallowing and/or hearing disorders on an assigned unit. Provides direct speech, language and swallowing therapy; administers tests and interprets test results. Evaluates the nature and extent of impairments. Provides specialized instruction to develop and improve individual’s functional communication, hearing and/or swallowing skills. Counsels individuals in adjusting to the hearing and/or speech/language impairment.

Job Responsibilities
On an assigned unit, provides professional clinical services to individuals regarding testing, evaluation and development of a regimen of treatment and therapy for the resolution of communication, swallowing and/or hearing disorders.  
Provides clinical supervision and guidance to mental health technicians and other staff.
Participates as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
Conducts standardized speech and language assessments to determine individual’s level of functioning in the areas of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic language ability, articulation, voice, fluency and need for alternative and augmentative communication devices upon admission of the individual. 
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Requirements
Requires possession of a master’s degree in speech-language pathology or audiology from an approved program.
Requires a license to practice speech-language pathology or audiology from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (DFPR).
Requires a valid, current Professional Educator License (PEL) with endorsement as a speech-language pathologist (either teaching or non-teaching) issued by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Conditions of Employment
Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends and holidays.
Requires the ability to physically restrain individuals as necessary to prevent injury to individual or others.
Requires the ability utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
Requires the ability to travel.
Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
Requires ability to meet all agency vaccine/health-related policies and guidance.
*The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.