Speech therapy jobs, more commonly referred to as speech pathology jobs, are jobs in which you help children and adults with a variety of speech and semantic issues, such as stuttering, difficulties with social communication, structural language and literacy impairments, swallowing problems, and different types of cognitive disorders. As a speech language pathologist, your responsibilities include meeting routinely with patients to assess their specific issues and develop goals and practices to improve their ability to communicate. Your role as a speech therapist often requires you to work with other clinical professionals to address issues from a variety of perspectives.