This job is for a part-time SLP who is available to work 20 hours per week, primarily between the hours of 3:00 and 7:00 pm. We have some flexibility as to specific days and times!

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The Lark Center is a neurodiversity-affirming, multidisciplinary therapy clinic in the heart of downtown Norwood, MA. We have an immediate need for a compassionate, creative, and flexible speech therapist to work primarily with our teen and young adult clients. We look forward to adding your expertise in the areas of social pragmatics and executive function supports, as well as your ability to supervise interns, coach parents, and consult with the entire team. Benefits include paid holidays and sick time, mentoring/training, access to a therapy dog, and a great team of clinicians to support you. SLPs will be provided with an onboarding meeting with their supervisor, and will begin to see clients soon after starting. Opportunities to observe other sessions and consult with other professionals are provided and encouraged.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver high quality speech and language therapy in individual, small group, and program sessions.
• Participate in multidisciplinary intakes, evaluations and re-evaluations using a strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming approach.
• Provide supervision to fieldwork students, clinical interns, and other SLPs.
• Document sessions clearly, accurately, and in a timely manner using our EMR software.
• Effectively manage appointments and scheduling using our EMR software.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with families and other providers.
• Ensure clients’ confidentiality, dignity, and safety at all times.
• Maintain professional licensure and adhere to all professional practice standards.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings, supervisory meetings, and trainings. 

Pay is not impacted based on client availability or cancellations.

Paid holidays and earned sick time

Some days will have flexible start times, but the busiest hours will primarily occur Monday–Thursday from 3–7 pm. 

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Sick time accrual is based on Massachusetts Earned Sick Time State Policy. Employees accrue paid sick time at a rate of 0.0334 hours per 1 hour worked (or one hour for every 30 hours worked). Employees may carry over up to 40 hours of accrued sick leave into the following calendar year; however, employees may not use more than 40 hours of paid sick leave per calendar year. Any planned “sick time” absences for scheduled appointments for yourself, your partner/spouse, your child(ren), your parents or your partner/spouse's parents should be made 7 days in advance of the appointment and requires approval from your supervisor. When at all possible, only 1 staff per discipline should be out for planned “sick time” absences. Only 1 staff per program (MeadowLARK, SkyLARK) should be out for planned “sick time” absences. Supervisors may need to make exceptions to these guidelines on a case by case basis. 

Employees can accrue up to 40 hours of vacation time following a 90 day probationary period. 

The Lark Center offers all salaried employees an additional 8 paid holidays throughout the year, when the center will be closed for business.  If you are regularly scheduled to work on one of the following holidays, you will be paid for the holiday. The following holidays are included: 

New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous People’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas 

The Lark Center offers salaried employees an additional 3 days of holiday pay to be used on any of the following holidays:

MLK, Jr. Day, Presidents Day, Good Friday, Juneteenth, Thanksgiving Eve (Wednesday before), Black Friday (Friday following Thanksgiving), Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Christmas Eve (December 24th), New Years’ Eve (December 31st)

The Lark Center will be open and functioning as usual on these dates, but employees can choose to use a holiday day in lieu of working on these holidays, with supervisor approval. 

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Shared office

Employees may be eligible to take up to eight weeks of leave as necessary following the birth of a child, adoption of a child under the age of 18 (or 23 if the child has a mental or physical disability), or placement of a child with the employee pursuant to a court order. If both parents work for The Lark Center, the employees will be limited to a total of eight weeks of parental leave for the birth or adoption of the child. To be eligible, employees must have completed at least three consecutive months of full-time employment with The Lark Center. To the extent possible, employees must provide two weeks advance notice of their need for leave and intended return date. Employees must be prepared to provide The Lark Center with certification to verify the employee's eligibility for the leave requested.

Leave is unpaid; however, employees may use accrued paid time off for this purpose. Upon return from leave, employees will generally be restored to their previous position, or a similar position with the same status, pay, length of service credit and seniority as of the date of leave unless economic conditions or other changes in operating conditions affect employment during the period of leave. To the extent allowed by law, leave under this policy runs concurrently with leave provided under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. 

• Ability to work independently and with multi-/trans-disciplinary teams
• Experience with neurodivergent children and teens
• Experience running groups and interest in ND-affirming social pragmatic support
• Deep understanding of gestalt language processing and total communication approaches
• Experience with (or willingness to learn) feeding therapy, AAC, and sensory-based interventions!
• Prior experience in private practice is preferred
• Familiarity with electronic medical records is a plus

State licenses: Massachusetts

CCCs required: No

Other required qualifications:

• At least 2 years of experience working in a pediatric setting.
• At least 1 year of experience providing supervision to graduate level clinical interns.
• Carry professional liability insurance. *Recommended, but not required. 
• Ability to walk, run, bend, and lift up to 30 lbs as necessary to maintain client safety. 

Yes, clinicians may not solicit Lark Center clients for their own practices or endeavors. 

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