• Competitive salary and benefits packaged to successful candidates
• Visa sponsorship for overseas qualified candidates
• Continuous professional development

This position provides high-quality, person-centered services to clients with diverse care needs, ranging from short-term engagement to sophisticated long-term care. This includes, but isn’t limited to:

• Gathering information using standardised assessments, interviews, observations and play-based approaches
• Conducting assessments collaboratively with individuals, families and key stakeholders
• Developing realistic, functional and person-centred goals with individuals and key stakeholders in line with assessment findings and priorities
• Developing treatment and therapy plans to suit the individual needs of children, young people and adults with a wide range of presentations
• Monitoring and evaluating progress and outcomes, and amending plans accordingly
• Liaise, educate, support and mentor parents and families, educators, staff and other professionals involved in an individual’s care
• Provide training in key areas such as communication, speech and language, mealtime management, Augmentative and Alternate Communication strategies and devices, meaningful engagement, etc.
• Participate in work / other duties as may be reasonably required
• Senior consultant work responsibilities
• Participate in complex clinical allocations in accordance with area/s of practice expertise
• Participate in complex projects including multi agency projects and systemic intervention
• Coach and mentor consultant team on both formal and informal basis, including working in line with approved clinician development frameworks; maintaining regular communication and feedback to the Leadership Team as required; identifying strengths and needs of general consultant team through day-to-day work, and liaise with the Leadership Team regarding development needs and areas of specialty / skill
• Work with Leadership Team and contribute to development implementation and monitoring of relevant Practice Standards, Practice Improvement Strategies and Ongoing Quality Improvement Measures

About the candidate:

• The post requires a degree in Speech Pathology as well as certified practising membership with Speech Pathology Australia.
• With minimum 3+ years relevant experience.
• Experience or interest in working with people with intellectual disabilities and/or experiences of trauma who have complex needs;
• Experience or interest in conducting Communication assessments, treatment planning and intervention for children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of presentations; and Mealtime Management.

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