The Team
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is a tertiary level clinical mental health service, providing triage, assessment, treatment and support to young people aged 0-18 and their families statewide. The multidisciplinary team works across several sites and provides a therapeutic service for both inpatients and outpatients across Tasmania.
The Role:
As part of a multidisciplinary team delivering high quality mental health services in accordance with Mental Health Services principles, national Mental Health Standards, Agency policy, legal requirements and relevant professional competencies, the Speech Pathologist will:
* Work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in providing specialist assessment, treatment, and delivery of Speech Pathology services for infants, children and adolescents with psychiatric, behavioural, emotional or developmental difficulties.
* Undertake delivery of quality care to clients of CAMHS based on best practice principles and within a collaborative and multidisciplinary framework.
* Promote community awareness in relation to mental health and act as a consultant to other agencies with regard to the support and management of clients with mental health needs.
You will need:
* Demonstrated high level competency in specialist assessment and treatment of children and young people presenting with, or at risk of developing, a range of psychiatric, behavioural, emotional, social, developmental or learning problems, including Autism Spectrum Disorder.
* Extensive skills and experience in social communication, the use of pragmatic language and language-based problem solving to engage with young people and their families.
* Well-developed written and verbal communication skills including the ability to engage with a range of stakeholders and demonstrated capacity to effectively function in a multidisciplinary environment.
* Provide expert, comprehensive input to management plans by evaluating the client’s communication profile and articulating the impact of this on the client’s functioning in their family and community, on diagnoses, on the treatment experience and on their mental health management.
* Provide intervention, including individual work, group work and case management, to an allocated caseload of infant, children, and adolescents in the CAMHS setting.
Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.
Details of appointment:
Permanent part time, day worker position, working 38 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.
*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.
Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.
Salary: $110,425 to $121,907 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employer 11.5% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
* Salary range is in accordance with Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement No. 2 of 2022
Allowances:
You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.
* Please note that access to salaries beyond $119,290 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme
In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:
* Professional Development Allowance of up to $1000 per annum
Benefits available to eligible candidates
* Professional development and accelerated pathways.
* Excellent leave benefits: 20 days annual leave (pro rata), 20 days personal leave (pro rata), and study assistance leave if eligible.
* Fitness Passport – You, and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $13.95 per week per person, or $25.95 for a family.
Eligibility:
Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria.
* Tertiary qualification/program of study accredited by Speech Pathology Australia
* Eligible for membership with the Speech Pathology Australia
(Or where regulatory requirements exist, NDIS Q&S Commission Provider Registration Requirements)
* Full member of Speech Pathology Australia
* Current Working with Children Registration
*Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.
Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:
* Post graduate qualification pertinent to mental health/paediatric speech pathology
* Significant clinical paediatric experience with children and adolescents presenting with social, emotional, learning and behavioural problems
* Current Driver’s Licence
Note: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of Essential requirements, Desirable requirements and pre-employment check.
Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents
We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.
Statement of Duties:
Application Guide:
How to apply:
Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.
You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.
For more information:
Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.
Name: Julia Ebert
Position: Discipline Senior Speech Pathologist
Phone number: 6166 0588
Email address: julia.ebert@ths.tas.gov.au
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