Ideal candidates for this position:  

-Need to be open to a therapeutic career outside of the clinical setting where the landscape of the Hocking Hills is often the daily view!

-You must have a passion to support parents and other primary caregivers in their role to actively enhance the development of their child 0 to three years of age.

-Must be willing to embrace Ohio’s Early Intervention model: Primary Service Provider approach to Teaming along with other Early Intervention team members. Consider yourself an Early Interventionist with a learning background in Speech-Language Pathology, bringing that perspective with you to encourage and enhance the development of children in their home, community, and other natural environments.

Benefits of position:
40-hour work week, full-time temporary position, independent contractor. 

Flexible schedule, hybrid work environment which includes providing home and community-based Early Intervention visits throughout *Hocking-Perry-Vinton Counties, remote working opportunities, and office space provided. 
Implements ongoing evidence-based Early Intervention SLP services through a primary service provider approach utilizing a coaching interaction style with children 0-3 and their primary caregivers. 

Coaches other EI team members during joint visits and EI team meetings.  Records results of assessments, schedules ongoing intervention visits, documents intervention visits, summarizes speech-language assessment and treatment results, provides in-service training and individual instruction to agency personnel in speech, oral motor and feeding topics for the EI population. 

Provides SLP related services within natural environments such as homes, day care centers, child-care providers; travels to and gains access to locations in the community (playgrounds, parks, etc.) to implement strategies based on individual child and family needs and priorities.
Effectively communicates with families to learn, understand, and communicate their priorities, needs and interests; provides coaching support to team members during EI team meetings and on joint visits; contributes disciplinary expertise related to SLP functions in regard to speech and language development, feeding, and oral motor skills.
Develops and maintains individual records, reports and case notes of scheduling.
Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Temporary position - Independent Contractor filling in for employee on leave

$500 Travel stipend per month

To apply: visit Job Application - Hocking County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Or email a resume to: kgerken@hockingdd.org