Speech Pathologist & Behaviour Support Practitioner

Our highly skilled multidisciplinary team requires an experienced Speech Pathologist with an interest in broadening the scope of their practice to include providing Positive Behaviour Support to NDIS participants.

We are seeking a candidate based in or close to Prahran.  The successful candidate will focus on supporting our clients living in Melbournes inner south-east and surrounds.

We have the capacity to provide a full-time or part-time position for the right person who will benefit from our extensive experience in supporting our team to be thriving clinicians who love what they do.

Culture and benefits

• Collaborative team  fun and supportive team who love what we do and love sharing the passion in working together to achieve optimal outcomes for our clients
• Ability to make an impact  our evidence-based models are highly effective allowing you to make a real difference to the lives of those we support
• Generous salary package - above award wages financial rewards for outstanding work an annual Health and Wellbeing subsidy of $600 access to salary packaging options (including novated leasing) a laptop and smart phone
• Work-life balance - flexible work arrangements to plan your work to best suit your lifestyle while also meeting the needs of your team and clients
• Personal and professional growth - professional development program fortnightly PD sessions and weekly supervision with the Speech Pathology Team Leader... who is also an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner

About the role

• Managing a caseload and providing evidence-based therapeutic supports in a timely manner
• Delivering much needed speech pathology and positive behaviour support to clients within schools homes and the broader community
• Interpreting findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each client
• Assessing clients communication and/or swallowing level of function and capacity using clinical observations and standardised assessments
• Recommending provision of Assistive Technology to assist clients with their functional limitations and to promote independence
• Support our clients (NDIS participants) along with their families and/or carers to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Identify meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising The Positive Behaviour Support Capability Famework with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices in the home and community
• Develop deliver and evaluate evidence-based support plans within a complex support space
• Ensure individual plans reflect our clients goals passions and strengths
• Build the knowledge capacity and strengths of those who support our clients - family carers friends etc

About you

• Possess a positive can-do approach and mindset
• Experienced Speech Pathologist who has worked with people requiring dysphagia management and havee complex communication needs (i.e. ASD ADHD ID related)
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues clients and their support networks to make a real and lasting difference
• Strive for continuous improvement of our practices and outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to maintain consistent and regular contact with all stakeholders
• Current drivers licence and own reliable vehicle

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Qualifications :

• Degree qualified Speech Pathologist
• Current certified practising membership with Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)

Additional Information :

If you are interested in a role with our supportive team please submit your application online or contact me - Clare Neal - viawith any queries.

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds people from the LGBTQI community veterans carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.
 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time