Job description:
For over 35 years, The Safehaven Project for Community Living has been providing exceptional care to children with developmental disabilities and complex care needs.
Our mission is to provide high-quality, family-centered, and community-based residential and respite care for individuals with complex care needs through respite and residential programs at Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Woodbridge and Aurora homes.
Safehaven serves individuals with disabilities and their families, through respite and residential programs at our Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Woodbridge, and Aurora, homes.
Our Future
At Safehaven, we are constantly striving to better serve our clients and communities that need us most. That’s why we are currently exploring opportunities to expand our service offerings beyond children to include adults, developing programs and services to care for more medically complex individuals, and implementing innovative therapy and recreational programs for our existing and future clients.
In order for The Safehaven to achieve our goals, we are looking for exceptional people with huge hearts who are motivated by positively impacting the lives of others and believe in our vision of creating a more inclusive world for people with complex care needs.
Whether you are working in one of our locations, or in a client’s home, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference and improve the lives of clients and their families in our communities. You will be part of an outstanding team that is so passionate about the work we do.
ROLE SUMMARY:
The Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) provides assessment, consultation, and intervention services to medically complex clients to support communication and swallowing needs. Using appropriate standardized and non-standardized tools, the SLP develops and implements individualized care plans in collaboration with clients, families, and the interdisciplinary team.
The SLP monitors progress, provides education to families and staff, makes referrals as appropriate, and ensures compliance with organizational, MCCSS, and professional documentation standards while promoting safe, client-centered care and continuous quality improvement.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides consultation (including prevention), evaluation, assessment, intervention and counselling to clients and families around communication
- Works in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team to inform integrated care plans
- Uses appropriate standardized tests and outcome measures in clinical practice
- Makes appropriate referrals to other services, agencies, etc.
- Incorporates goal setting in discussion with family/client
- Adapts approach to changing needs of clients and families
- Keeps family/client informed of progress and of any changes in plan
- Adheres to Safehaven/MCCSS/professional documentation guidelines
- Demonstrates familiarity with current literature, issues and trends of practice
- Participates in regular quality improvement activities to further refine clinical practice, equitable and efficient service for clients and families and to ensure the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment
- Shares new knowledge and best practices with colleagues, students and other professionals within the organization, professional body and community
- Utilize the teaching/learning process to provide education, both formal and informal, to clients/families, colleagues, students, and other professionals within the organization and the community
- Supports the maintenance of a safe and healthy work environment and advances a culture of client safety through work and daily practices
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology
- Current registration with the College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)
- Previous pediatric clinical experience preferred
- Experience with providing assessment, consultation and therapy for medically complex and/or inpatient rehab preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, families and members of the interdisciplinary care team
- Demonstrates flexibility and co-operation in dealing with change
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in an interdisciplinary team
Safehaven is committed to a respectful, inclusive, equitable, accessible, and anti-racist workplace. We value diverse perspectives and believe they are essential to delivering high-quality, safe, and person-centered services. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Accommodation is available throughout the recruitment process in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and AODA.