Speech & Language Therapist

Speech & Language Therapist

Position Title: Speech & Language Therapist
Location: Sattvanubhava – Child Therapy & Development Centre, Solapur
Employment Type: Full-Time (On-site)
Salary Range (Recommended Range): ₹9,000 – ₹13,000 depending on qualification & experience

ROLE PURPOSE

The Speech Therapist will be responsible for assessing and supporting children with speech delay, articulation errors, stammering, language comprehension difficulties, social communication needs, and developmental communication delays.
The therapist will follow structured goals, provide parent training, and work collaboratively with other professionals at the centre.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Assessment Responsibilities

• Conduct baseline speech-language assessments
• Evaluate receptive & expressive language abilities
• Assess articulation, phonological processes & speech intelligibility
• Identify oral-motor & auditory processing needs
• Prepare written evaluation summaries

Assessment examples:
✔ Developmental Speech Benchmarks✔ Receptive-Expressive Checklists✔ Language Sample Observation

2. Therapy Responsibilities

• Conduct 1-on-1 therapy sessions (30–45 mins)
• Work on:
• Speech clarity & articulation
• Oral-motor strengthening
• Vocabulary building
• Language comprehension
• Sentence formation
• Fluency (stammering)
• Social communication
• Functional communication
• Use structured therapy tools like:

✔ Visual prompts
✔ Repetition & modelling✔ Reinforcement✔ Auditory feedback

3. Communication Disorders Covered

Therapist must be confident in remediation for:

• Speech Delay
• Articulation errors
• Vocabulary delay
• Stammering/Stuttering
• Autism-related communication needs
• ADHD-related communication gaps
• Limited speech output
• Echolalia
• Low social reciprocity
• Mild speech motor limitations

4. Parent Communication

• Educate parents on therapy goals & rationale
• Provide weekly home-based practice plans
• Demonstrate speech stimulation techniques
• Maintain respectful, professional boundaries

5. Documentation

• Write session notes daily
• Track monthly progress goals
• Prepare goal-specific improvement sheets
• Maintain assessment result files

6. Collaboration & Team Support

Work closely with:
✔ Occupational Therapists✔ Behavioural Therapists✔ Special Educators

Focus areas include:

• Speech & academic readiness
• Communication behaviour alignment
• Social play development

REQUIRED SKILLS

Candidates must demonstrate:
✔ Good oral communication✔ Child-friendly engagement✔ Good articulation modelling✔ Clarity in instruction giving✔ Patience & empathy✔ Observational skills✔ Basic report writing skills

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidate must have any one of the following:

BASLP
MASLPB.Sc or M.Sc Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology

Internship / training experience in paediatric cases is preferred.

Freshers may apply if confident in handling children.

WORK SCHEDULE

Monday to Saturday
10:30 AM – 6:30 PM(Structured therapy-based schedule)

BENEFITS-

Ongoing training & supervision
Exposure to interdisciplinary modelSafe professional environmentParent & case-planning exposureStrong growth opportunityCertificate of employment

ROLE IMPACT

This role directly improves:
✔ Spoken clarity✔ Classroom speech readiness✔ Functional communication✔ Social engagement✔ Confidence & participation✔ Academic involvement

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Fresher, Internship, Contractual / Temporary

Pay: ₹9,000.00 - ₹13,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person