About the Role:
Yooralla has multiple vacancies in Mitcham for a passionate, positive relationship builder, with experience working with a transdisciplinary team model to join our team as a permanent full-time or part-time Paediatric Speech Pathologist.
This fulfilling role will provide best practice, evidence-based speech pathology services across the scope of practice to children with a disability to achieve their goals and live the life they choose.
Your Key Responsibilities:
* Delivering therapy in people's homes, educational settings or in the community; aimed at maximising a person's functional skills and participation as well as promoting physical health and wellbeing
* Communication skills and/or mealtime safety and promoting overall health and wellbeing
* Working part of an interdisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Psychologists
* Providing indirect client service/family coordination to support client goals
About You:
You'll be an established and enthusiastic Speech Pathologist with a tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, be a member of Speech Pathology Australia (SPA), have good interpersonal skills, and ability to engage people with a disability, motivate them and build their capability.
You'll have an ability to work in partnership with children with a disability to set and achieve goals, and to work collaboratively with the person's supports, including their families.
We're Looking for Someone Who:
* Has experience working within a transdisciplinary/multidisciplinary team model
* Can build positive relationships with clients and their families
* Is able to build on their clinical practice – including the ability to self-reflect and a focus on developing clinical skills in areas they're not familiar with
* Cares for the work they do and for the people they work with
* Is competent in a variety of IT platforms, particularly client management systems
* Has good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
* Has an Australian driver's licence and own vehicle, and a willingness to travel across southern suburbs as required
Appointment Requirements:
Appointment is subject to pre-employment checks including the NDIS Worker Screening Check, Inherent Position Requirements Employee Declaration, Working with Children's Check, Reference Checks and Speech Pathology Australia membership.