Position Highlights

• Part-time position with approximately 19 hours per week

• School hours are 8:30am-2:00pm CST

• Services must be provided during school hours unless agreed upon with family

• Teletherapy experience required

• Illinois SLP Board License required

• Illinois DOE required

• IEP Experience preferred, will train

• Pay rates range from $45 per hour to $55 per hour based on qualifications, experience, and school location

About HelloHero

HelloHero was created in 2017 with a mission to increase access to behavioral and mental health services for students, teachers, and their families.  Our founder, Syed Mohammed, is familiar with the challenges of living with anxiety and a learning disability.  His vision was to create an organization that could find a way to effectively and efficiently bring services to those in need. HelloHero offers an exclusive platform and community to support the professionals that provide these services remotely while bringing them a flexible solution to work life balance challenges for a challenging role.

Why Join HelloHero?

Prioritizing Professionals - We aim to offer teachers and providers with a supportive way to offer their services to those in need. 

Flexibility - You create your own schedule. You choose to work as a HelloHero employee or an independent contractor. We also provide benefits for those choosing to work full-time as a HelloHero employee. 

Support & Collaboration - Ongoing training and teamwork are imperative to your success and directly impact delivering quality services and ensuring our children thrive.

Outcomes Driven - We value innovative tools and research-based treatment.

Exclusive Technology - You have access to our proprietary technology that allows you to provide top-notch services by engaging and tailoring to the unique goals of each individual. 

About the role

What you'll do

• Provide high-quality online speech-language services to students according to the student's IEPs.

• Develop, monitor, and report on goals; determine needs, and design interventions utilizing research-based best practices.

• Provide clear documentation in designated platforms that support the progress and growth of students toward their documented goals.

• Participate in IEP meetings and other meetings as needed.

• Oversee and ensure timely scheduling and rescheduling for assigned students through the use of the auto-scheduling system, and manually if necessary.

• Monitor student attendance for services, completing timely documentation as required by schools.

• Primary contact for all communication directly with school personnel, students, and families regarding services to students on caseload.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology or Communication Disorders

• Active state licensure where residing and where performing teletherapy services as required

• ASHA Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC)

• State and Federal requirements for working in a school setting (FBI and/or state background checks as required by HelloHero and school(s), Dept of Education Certification - if required by the state)

• School-based Teletherapy experience - preferred

• Two years of experience working in a school setting - preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Excellent Technology & Computer proficiency, including the ability to learn new digital platforms.

• Reliable Wi-Fi/Internet access.

• Distraction-free work environment. 

• Knowledge and experience with Special Education Services and support to include writing PLOPs, IEP Goals, and determination of appropriate services and accommodations as part of the IEP team.

• Knowledge & experience in administering evaluations prefer experience in virtual administration.

• Excellent written and oral communication including the ability to independently draft professional documentation as part of the evaluation and IEP process.

• Flexibility and adaptability in day-to-day operations.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements: 

• Manual dexterity to operate a telephone and enter data into a computer. 

• Facility to sit at a desk, conference table, or in meetings of various configurations for extended periods of time with or without reasonable accommodation. 

• Facility to see and read, with or without visual aids, laws and codes, rules, policies, and other printed matter, and computer screens and printouts with or without reasonable accommodation. 

• Facility to hear and understand speech at normal room levels and to hear and understand speech on the telephone with or without reasonable accommodation. 

• Facility to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal conversations, in training sessions, and in other meetings with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Mental Demands: Ability to foster collaborative relationships, work well under pressure, organize and synthesize new information, and prioritize tasks.

• Note: This list of essential functions and physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.