Federal employees who cater to the claims pertaining to the Social Security disability and immigration hearings have lately been the victims of a constant series of threats. This is according to recent information revealed by the Association of Administrative Law Judges along with the National Association of Immigration Judges.
As per the data collected between March and August last year, about twenty eight violent threats have been reported. This has been on the Social Security Offices which cater to the disability hearings. Along with this, about nine judges claimed that they had been threatened in the same period. This is as per the data collected from the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration.
From September 2009 to February 2010, there has been a record of 21 threats against the SSA hearing offices. With this, another 11 judges were threatened as well as to the wives and children of the judges.
According to the President of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Greg Junemann, personal threats are being made against those in the federal government by people who are angry with the government. They are not coming out otherwise. It is important to increase the level of precautions taken. The Internal Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers represent the federal workers along with the administrative law judges.
Following the above, a new list of recommendations has been brought out to improve security of the concerned personnel. This came about during the National Press Club briefing.
Treatment, evaluation and diagnosis of human communication disorders that comprise in language, voice, speech and hearing disorders are all taken care of by speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Extended care facilities, community centres, public health centres, rehabilitation centres, educational institutions and day clinics are the employers of these specialists. They also privately practice after immigration to Canada.
Example titles that are easily expected to get an approval under the NOCL occupation “Audiologists and speech-language pathologists” are: speech-language pathologist, research audiologist, certified audiologist, speech therapist, educational audiologist, clinical audiologist, speech-language pathologist, speech-language clinician and many others.
Given below are the primary duties that an audiologist willing to migrate to Canada must fulfill, in order to earn extra points granted to occupations listed under the NOCL:
Administering audiometric examinations and tests for the evaluation and diagnosis of the degree and the type of hearing impairment of the patient
Planning and implementation of rehabilitation/habilitation programs for the well being of patients. This would include selection, adjustment and fitting of hearing aids, providing counseling and teaching speech reading
Establishing personal care plans, working as an interdisciplinary team’s member
Conducting hearing-related research
Instructing students as well as other personnel of the health care industry
Duties that a speech-language pathologists are expected to fulfill are:
Administering examinations and tests and observing patients for evaluating and diagnosing voice, speech, swallowing, cognitive-linguistic, language and resonance disorders
Planning and implementing remedial programs so as to correct voice, language and speech disorders
Establishing personal care plans, working as an interdisciplinary team’s member
Conducting research on speech and various disorders of communication as well as design and development of diagnostic devices and procedures
May have to instruct healthcare personnel and students
Employment requirements for this occupation are:
A Master’s level qualification is required in audiology, for Canada immigration of an audiologist
A Master’s level qualification is required in speech-language pathology, if a speech-language pathologist wishes to immigrate to Canada
Speech-language pathologists and audiologists in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario
Membership in the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and national association may also be required
Under a few jurisdictions, audiologists may have to get a license for allowing patients to dispense their hearing aids
With these points in mind, if you think yourself to be an eligible applicant under the occupation “Audiologists and speech-language pathologists” of NOCL, do not delay the submission of your Canada visa application for you never know if you will get this opportunity again or not? An experienced immigration specialist is your best guiding star in the process and stays by your side as a constant support until your final settlement in Canada. So, hurry and get going. Canada is waiting for you!
