Are you passionate about transforming lives through innovative technology? Join our dynamic team as a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) in our Assistive Technology Department!
Northeast Arc’s mission is to help people with disabilities become full participants in the community; choosing for themselves how to live, learn, work, socialize, and play. To help achieve that mission, NeArc has created an Assistive Technology Lending Library. This space holds many items that offer solutions for a wide range of challenges. Individuals can test out and borrow some of the newest smart home and disability-specific applications and devices on the market.
Job Summary: The AT Specialist conducts person-centered AT assessments and provides AT recommendations for individuals served by NeArc and the Department of Developmental Services (DDS). They create comprehensive evaluation documentation in accordance with program requirements. They work collaboratively with ISP team members.
Key Responsibilities:
Provides an AT evaluation for clients based on individual’s goals for greater independence and safety
Evaluates all environments an individual operates in and the different ways AT can assist in each environments
Draft evaluations that include potential solutions and identify equipment selected to fit the individual’s needs, goals, or capabilities
Collaborates with relevant staff and/or clinical experts to assist with assessments
Job Type: Per Diem, less than 20hrs per week.
Work Environment: Evaluations will occur within the home, school, or day program of the client, or at the Center for Linking Lives in Danvers, necessitating travel. Occasional evening or weekend hours.
Pay Rate: $40-$45/hr
Northeast Arc is one of the largest employers on the North Shore, and we pride ourselves on offering a comprehensive and excellent benefits package. Please visit us at: http://www.ne-arc.org/about-us/careers/benefits/ for a more detailed explanation of benefits.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s in special education, health sciences, or rehabilitation science required. Master’s preferred.
Current Massachusetts’ license in Speech Language Pathology (Open to individuals seeking to acquire ATP certification)
Prior experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities and/or experience in occupational therapy preferred
Valid Driver’s License and reliable transportation
The Northeast Arc helps people with disabilities become full participants in the community; choosing for themselves how to live, learn, work, socialize and play. One of the most innovative agencies in the state serving children and adults with disabilities, Northeast Arc was founded in the 1950's by parents with the courage and determination to ensure their children and others with disabilities will always have every opportunity to live and thrive in the community.
Why settle for a job when you can also have a purpose?
Employment at Northeast Arc is more than just a job — so much more. We are a mission-driven agency committed to changing lives and discovering abilities. Whether it’s the individuals we serve or our employees who support them, we know that each person has a unique set of skills and contributions to make. Northeast Arc prioritizes inclusion and diversity. We value the individual perspectives, cultures and approaches that our employees bring to make us one of the most innovative organizations in human services. Northeast Arc was founded in 1954 by families who unapologetically disrupted the system, believing their children and all children with disabilities dese...rve every opportunity without limitation. Today — more than six decades later — Northeast Arc continues to believe in and work toward endless possibilities.
As the 2nd largest Arc in the country, serving over 10,000 people in 190 Massachusetts cities and towns and employing over 1,300 people, we offer numerous opportunities for personal and professional growth.
