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The Center for Disability Services offers hope, innovation and achievement to the people we support.

For 80 years, we have been one of upstate New York’s largest providers of programs and services for individuals who have disabilities. Many of the innovative programs and vital services that we offer are not available elsewhere.

We are searching for a full-time Speech Language Pathologist to join our Langan School program. The Center is a great opportunity for a new graduate looking for a Clinical Fellowship Year.

This position is based out of our Langan School in Albany, NY. Langan School provides educational services for students from 58 districts in the Capital District region and beyond, serving students who have multiple disabilities, autism, and traumatic brain injuries. Our dedicated team works every day to make sure each student is receiving not only an education optimized for their unique needs, but also full childhood and school experience. We have three ultimate goals for our graduates: independence, community inclusion and self-determination.

Responsibilities:

• Provides quality speech-language pathology therapy services
• Assesses current level of function
• Develops and implement an appropriate treatment plan
• Maintains complete and accurate clinical documentation
• Reviews and cosigns documentation completed by Clinical Fellows and students as assigned
• Communicates with physicians, IDT members, caregivers, and vendors, and specific to Education Speech-Language Pathologists with school districts, and county service providers
• Evaluates treatment outcomes and modifies treatment plans as needed
• Maintains clinical and professional knowledge base
• Writes necessary scripts and communicates diagnoses with physicians/medical professionals
• Complies with Federal, State, and local legal and professional requirements
• Supervises assigned Clinical Fellow candidates and/or student interns
• Maintains all continuing education requirements for licensure

Requirements:

• Graduate degree (Masters) in field of Speech-Language Pathology is required
• Specialized training, license, certification, skills: NYS Licensure/Registration - Speech-Language Pathologists, NYS Teaching Certificate as a TSHH or TSLD, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence required
• At least 1 year of job-related experience required
• Must be at least 18 years old & able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds to apply for this position

We offer excellent supervision to Clinical Fellows. Professional experience with dysphagia, augmentative alternative communication, working with individuals with developmental, physical and neurological disorders preferred.

At the Center for Disability Services, we don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees and the people we support. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any protected class of job applicant or employee in our employment practices

Compensation Range:

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Early Access to Pay with RAIN
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)