Speech-Language Pathologist

If you are energetic and ready for new challenges, as well as wish to develop yourself and use your professional knowledge and experience to achieve common goals, then you, as a colleague, are exactly what the team of the State Social Care Center "Zemgale" needs! The State Social Care Center "Zemgale" is the largest state provider of long-term social care and social rehabilitation services in Latvia. WE ARE HIRING A SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST at the "Rūja" branch (occupational classifier code 2352 01) for a 0.5 position! Requirements for candidates: Education: Level II professional higher education, qualification – speech-language pathologist. Job duties: perform speech and language functional disorder diagnostic assessment for clients with functional disorders; evaluate clients' communication abilities; record language screening results in client files, analyze and evaluate obtained results; select appropriate methods for correcting clients' speech and language disorders, taking into account the severity level of clients' disorders; determining clients' rehabilitation goals, within your scope of competence, develop client speech-language pathology assessment and rehabilitation plans and implement them; collaborate with all specialists involved in client rehabilitation, actively participate in branch team work within your scope of competence; document your professional activities. Competencies required for job performance: psychological resilience and high communication culture; ability to develop professional cooperation with institution employees, clients, and their relatives; ability to work in a team; state language proficiency at the highest level; valid electronic signature. We offer: stable salary (gross) from EUR 682.5 to EUR 722.50 (for part-time); social guarantees in accordance with state administration regulations; 25% supplement for work related to special risk; health insurance after 3 months of work; standard reduced working time - 17.5 hours per week; additional leave for special risk (3 working days per year) and additional leave for annual evaluation (from 4 to 10 working days per year). Work location: VSAC "Zemgale branch "Rūja", Jeri, Jeru Parish, Valmieras District. Submit your professional activity description (CV) and copies of documents confirming education marked "SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST" to the email: [email protected]. Attention! VSAC "Zemgale" personnel document management will be provided electronically, therefore, to sign documents, you will need to use a self-created electronic signature. By applying for the announced position, you entrust your personal data to the State Social Care Center "Zemgale". Detailed information about personal data processing aspects for this purpose is provided on the institution's website at the following address: https://www.vsaczemgale.gov.lv/lv/media/2279/download Please note that we will contact only those candidates who are invited for an interview. We will notify only those candidates invited for an interview about rejection. If you do not receive an interview invitation within three weeks of submitting your CV, you may consider that your candidacy was not advanced to the next stage. *The State Social Care Center "ZEMGALE" (reg. no. 40900035103) is a direct state administration institution under the supervision of the Minister of Welfare, providing state-funded long-term social care and social rehabilitation services to adults of both genders with severe mental disorders (Disability Groups I and II).