Speech Therapist

As a Speech Therapist in Skool4kidz, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team in the Early Intervention Department which provides services to children requiring early intervention support. You will support our preschool children through assessment and intervention. You will work in partnership with our Learning Support Educators (LSEds), preschool teachers, parents/caregivers/families and other relevant professionals/stakeholders.  

Key responsibilities

• Conduct assessment to identify the child’s developmental needs.

• Administer, scores and interpret specialized speech and language assessments.

• Conceptualise intervention goals and plans to support child’s developmental needs.

• Report assessment and intervention outcomes in Individualised Educational Plan (IEP) and End-of-intervention (EOI) reports.  

• Develop, implement and monitor appropriate and individualized intervention strategies.

• Guide and support Learning Support Educators (LSEds) and preschool teachers to use personalised strategies to support child.  

• Provide guidance to parents/caregivers on use of personalised strategies to support child.

• Train or co-train Learning Support Educators, preschool teachers, parents/caregivers on specific speech and language strategies/techniques.     

• Identify areas of training/support needs and helm the development of in-house early intervention resources for preschool teachers, parents/caregivers.

• Monitor and track key clinical performance indicators (e.g. achievement of IEP goals, evaluation, etc).

• Conceptualise and conduct in research/quality improvement projects.

• Lead/co-lead special projects to support children with learning and developmental needs.    

• To undertake and perform any other executive work assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy recognised by Allied Health Professional Council (AHPC).

• Full registration with AHPC

• Preferably member of Speech and Language Therapy Singapore (SALTS) or equivalent

• At least 1 year of paediatric experience, preferably with prior experience in service delivery within a multi-disciplinary team

• Experience in assessment and working with preschool children or children with developmental disabilities (e.g., Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disabilities) preferred

• Have excellent spoken and written communication skills

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team