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NOW HIRING – FAMILY SUPPORT COORDINATOR

The Therapy Place is seeking an outgoing, creative, and self-motivated individual to serve as our family support coordinator. The ideal candidate will have experience with navigating the special needs community, either through personal or career experience. This position will be primarily responsible for creating, coordinating, and carrying out activities to support the families that we serve. Activities include coordinating respite, caregiver support groups, family field trips, educational workshops and more. In addition, this position will represent The Therapy Place at community events such as rotary or church presentations, community events, and resource fairs. This is a part-time, flexible position with hours being dictated by the activities, most likely evenings and weekends. If this sounds like something you’d love, let’s talk! Please send resume and cover letter to info@thetherapyplace.org to start the conversation.

Examples of current activities:

  • Weekly support group Sunday 2-330pm
  • Monthly field trip Saturday morning
  • Weekly coffee chat
  • Quarterly respite night
  • Quarterly educational workshops
  • Resource fairs (booths)
  • Presentations at community groups (churches, rotaries)
  • Volunteer group activities (clean up day, etc)

Additional activities: 

  • Establish parent volunteer group (we have not been successful with this thus far – would love to have parents that helped at events, be it fundraisers or resource fairs)
  • Maintain volunteer contact group
  • Maintaining the calendar – for work/volunteer opportunities AND to inform our families
  • Provide content to marketing coordinator for publishing on social, web, creating print materials, etc.
  • Recruiting staff, board members, parents to assist as necessary and appropriate
  • One-on-one meetings with parents to help support them and direct them to resources through existing programs

 

NOW HIRING – SPEECH THERAPIST

The Therapy Place is seeking an energetic, caring, top-notch Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist to join our team!

We are looking for someone who can work up to a full-time schedule. We are a pediatric therapy clinic that includes innovative methods, a preschool and family support services. Through collaboration and teamwork, we help each child reach his or her full potential. Benefits and pay are scaled based on scheduled hours and can include continuing education allowance, paid holidays and time off, medical, dental vision and short/long term disability, life insurance and a matching retirement account.

Please send your resume and cover letter to Emaltba@thetherapyplace.org, including why you chose the pediatric therapy profession. We look forward to talking to you soon!

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $29.00 – $60.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Continuing education credits
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Health insurance
  • License reimbursement
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

  • Pediatrics

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift
  • 8 hour shift
  • After school
  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

 

PEDIATRIC  THERAPISTS:

We are a pediatric therapy clinic that includes innovative methods, a therapeutic preschool and family support services.  Through collaboration and teamwork, we help each child reach his or her full potential.  We are always interested in talking to pediatric therapists who believe in our mission.  Benefits for full time employees include continuing education allowance, paid holidays/sick/annual leave, medical, dental vision and short/long term disability, life insurance, and a matching retirement plan (403b).  Please send your resume and cover letter, including why you chose the pediatric therapy profession, to info@thetherapyplace.org.  We look forward to talking to you soon!

Fill out an APPLICATION and send it to info@thetherapyplace.org or by fax to (803)787-0300.  Thank you!

BRIDGES PRESCHOOL AIDES

Bridges aides are part-time (25-30 hours a week) paid employees and are critical team members to the Bridges program. Aides are supervised by the Bridges Director. Aides work closely with teachers and therapists to ensure consistency in the classroom. Some of the job responsibilities include planning and running centers, assisting at meal times, supervising on the playground, helping with transitions, changing diapers/pull-ups and helping with toileting, and light housekeeping.
To apply, please send your resume and/or the Application for Employment to lduerr@thetherapyplace.org

INTERNS/VOLUNTEERS:  

Students/Observers: If you are a graduate or undergraduate student interested in observation and/or intern hours please visit request to volunteer page.  We are scheduling interns and shadows for 1-2 semesters ahead.  Priority is given to students requiring hours for graduation, then those observing for career decision-making.  Volunteers must be 18+ years of age to volunteer during clinic hours.  We do not compensate our interns but instead provide a professional experience following one of our therapists treating a wide variety of children.

We welcome corporate, scouting and other volunteer groups to contact us at info@thetherapyplace.org or (803)787-3033 to learn about opportunities we have around the facility —  gathering wish list items, grounds maintenance, scouting project, etc.

Volunteers are accepted 18+ for after-hour childcare/family group outings where other staff is present to assist.  For those opportunities, please contact Family Services Coordinator, Melissa Wofford at mwofford@thetherapyplace.org.