Speech Therapist

• As requested by the Interdisciplinary Team conducts an in person initial comprehensive speech therapy assessment on Senior Community Care participants and coordinates with the Interdisciplinary Team a plan of care for each participant.
• As requested by the Interdisciplinary Team, conducts an in-person reassessment on an annual basis or as need.
• As requested, act as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team. Attends morning meetings, and participants in Interdisciplinary Team meetings; communicates participant changes, collaborates on plan of care decisions and coordination for twenty-four (24) hour care delivery.
• Provides clinical speech therapy evaluation/treatment on acute, restorative and maintenance levels to program participants per physician or Interdisciplinary Team request.
• Administers treatment program per physician instructions. Clarifies physician’s treatment instructions. Confers with Interdisciplinary Team on participants’ care issues.
• Evaluates participants’ needs. Follows-up with participants during treatment, explaining precautions to take. Discusses condition and treatment plans and recommends solutions to participants’ care problems with Interdisciplinary Team.
• Acts as a Liaison with Senior Community Care nursing home and assisted living staff regarding speech therapy needs of participants who are their residents.

Senior Community Care of Michigan - PACE

Senior Community Care of Michigan - PACE is part of Volunteers of America National Services which serves as the Housing and Healthcare affiliate of the Volunteers of America parent organization.

PACE is a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. Our team members include clinical professionals, housekeepers, maintenance associates, and culinary employees among others. Unlike some clinical environments, PACE centers offer employees flexible work schedules, with most positions only requiring occasional weekends. Team members have an opportunity to get to know their patients and build meaningful relationships.

Our Senior Community Care of Lansing, MI, values our staff and residents at the highest level. In the capital city of Michigan, staff call a vibrant, diverse, and bustling city their home. Our PACE program allows for more standard working hours than is usual with elder care careers, and we foster a work-life balance by offering employees paid-time off benefits as part of our comprehensive benefits package, as well as creating moments of appreciation in the workplace throughout the year. Come join us at SCCMI, and see why VOANS has been voted by employees as a Great Place To Work the past 4 years running.

In our 2022 Great Place to Work survey, employees said their work has a special meaning: this is not “just a job”.

At VOANS, we celebrate sharing, encouraging and embracing diversity. Equal employment opportunities are available to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that blending individual strengths and unique personal differences nurtures and supports our organizations’ shared commitment to our mission and creates an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to do their personal best.