Therapy Assistant - SLP

Your Opportunity: The Speech-Language Pathology Department at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to creating an engaging and psychologically safe workplace environment. With a large team of Speech-Language Pathologists and SLP Assistants, it is a great place for learning and growing professionally. This job posting is for a Therapy/SLP Assistant. The SLP team at the Glenrose values patient and family centered care and Communication Access. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in patient-related activities, such as direct patient therapy (either individual or group) with the supervision of SLP and stimuli preparation and patient assistance for Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies. Primary areas of assignment will be to the Stroke and Brain Injury units – understanding of aphasia, cognitive communication impairments and motor speech impairments is crucial. Non patient-related tasks may include maintaining equipment, materials preparation, toy-cleaning, etc. The successful candidate must be able to wear appropriate lead shielding (approx. 15 lbs) for stretches of time up to 3 hours Description: As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of an audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, recreation therapist or speech-language pathologist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision

• Classification: Therapy Assistant
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Adult SLP
• Primary Location: Glenrose Rehabilitation Hsp
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 07-OCT-2025
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 27-OCT-2025
• Temporary End Date: 23-OCT-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $25.11
• Maximum Salary: $31.48
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications: Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered Additional Required Qualifications: Must be able to wear appropriate lead shielding while helping in Diagnostic Imaging. Shielding is approximately 15 lbs. and assistant may need to wear it for up to 3 hours. If the applicant did not attend an SLPA-specific training program they must have a minimum of 1 year experience working on SLP goals Preferred Qualifications: Experience with AAC is an asset.