Technician in Speech Therapy

The speech therapist carries out activities aimed at preventing speech and communication disorders linked to the voice, to speaking, hearing and swallowing, at their identification and treatment in the community as a whole and especially in the case of people with communication-related disabilities (hard of hearing). Speech therapists exercise their occupation in schools, hospitals, healthcare associations or medical centres.

• Work with schools, studying the situation of the group of students with regard to speech disorders.
  Carry out studies using various methodological instruments to identify the incidence of the disorders.
  Discuss the results with the company in order to be able to establish a general action plan.
  Check activity schedules and programmes to implement own programmes.
• Choose which students to involve in the treatment.
  Analyse each case individually.
  Hold meetings with the teaching staff to establish the educational status of the child.
  Speak with his/her parents in order to inform them of the suitability of the treatment.
• Establish the optimal action program for each child.
  Identify the needs of the child.
  Get pedagogic advice to ensure that the treatment is implemented in the most efficient manner possible.
  Implement the programme.
  Carry out regular checks to establish the child's progress.
  Draw up follow-up reports.
• Meet with the parents on a regular basis to keep them informed of their child's progress.
• Intervene in the healthcare sector, both on a hospital level and in the community.
  Carry out a diagnosis for patients referred by the laryngectomy, aphasia, dysarthria or maxillofacial surgery departments.
  Discuss each case with the specialists who referred it.
  Establish a course of treatment together with a multidisciplinary team.
• Implement an action programme for each patient.
  Use the resources new technologies bring (sound recording software programmes) to help teach phonetics.
  Assess the progress of each patient.
  Share the result with specialists.
• Give advice to associations devoted to groups presenting a particular communication disorder (the hearing impaired).
  Study the implementation of alternative means of communication using new technologies (SAAC).

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Logopèdia

Complementary training

Analytical thought: Level 2

Concern for order and quality: Level 3

Communication: Level 2

Flexibility and change management: Level 2

Customer orientation: Level 2

Healthcare

Working to maintain and improve health, as well as physical and mental well-being, is the primary interest of people who are involved in the field of healthcare. Some of the activities in this field include making diagnoses, prescribing treatments and monitoring illnesses and injuries. These activities also include the application of therapeutic treatments (traditional or alternative) with a view to facilitating the physical recovery of those being treated. To carry out these activities, one must have in-depth knowledge of the human body and medicine, in its various specialisations.

Social community worker

Individuals related to the social/community field have an interest in working to improve people's social well-being and quality of life, as well as enhance their integration into their social, family and/or work environment. The professional activities that are common in this field include providing special support and aid to people at risk of social exclusion, designing programmes and implementing resources for the social and cultural stimulation of an area, and acting as mediators for conflict resolution in family, social or interpersonal environments. These activities involve constant interaction with people in order to improve their psychological and social well-being.

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Neuropsychologist

Physiotherapist

Palliative care specialist

Occupational therapist

• Work hours

  Around 40 work hours a week. Usually split-shift, morning and afternoon, depending on the school timetable or healthcare centre opening times.

• Salary

  Between 21,000 and 27,000 Euros gross per annum.

• Professional category

  Technician