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Recovery Stationexiststo empower individuals to live a quality life. We believe in creating the ideal work environment for you because when you are happy, healthy, well-skilled and fulfilled, you're in the best position to have a positive impact on everyone around you.
Key Traits of Recovery Station:
* We love what we do because everyone's role contributes to helping our clients live a more independent, empowered life
* Collaborating with passionate, likeminded colleagues creates connection and facilitates personal and professional growth
* Keeping personalised care at the heart of what we do challenges us to seek new and innovative ways to deliver life-changing service
Joining Recovery Stationmeans aligning witha company that believes inempowering youand your future.
The Role
We are looking for aRegional Team Leadto provide localised support to our Hunter based Speech Pathology team. You will balance maintaining your own reduced caseload along with supporting new Grads and early career clinicians.
We would love someone to join us who enjoys providing supervision, being a go-to person for questions, can shadow junior speechies in initial or more challenging appointments, and who's keen to grow as a leader within our business.
As a community- based clinicians, we predominantly see our clients either in their homes, group homes, aged care facilities or in a public setting that's relevant for them eg in a cafe to test out some new AAC. We want to see our clients where they are most comfortable, whilst also giving you a diverse role full of variety and learning opportunities.
Some of our team schedule a full day of seeing clients one day, then balance this with a work from home day or an office day to write reports, prepare resources, have supervision / training. Or you can mix things up depending how you like to work.
A community role is ideal for someone who enjoys genuine flexibility and control over how you structure your days and therefore you don't miss your afternoon sport or being able to do the school run with your kids.
Logistically, we have a waterfront office inTorontowith convenient free parking and the role can be structured asfull-timeorpart-time. Depending where you are based, we can tailor your caseload to service clients around Maitland, Newcastle or Lake Macquarie.
Qualifications & Experience
* Approved qualification in Speech Pathology and SPA registration
* Current driver's license with use of own vehicle
* NDIS Workers Screening and WWCC
* Prior managerial or supervisory experience
How We Make an Impact
Recovery Station provides community and clinic based allied health services, with a strong focus on disability and senior health. For 20 years we have consistently grown and now proudly offer support to people with diverse needs across the Greater Hunter, Central Coast, Sydney, Melbourne and Illawarra regions.
Together, our passionate, multidisciplinary team of Speech Pathologists, OTs, Mental Health OT's, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Dietitians and Allied Health Assistants collaboratively share their knowledge and experience to holistically design an individualised service to help improve the quality of life for people living with a disability or looking to age as independently as possible.
Who Your Work Helps
Your caseload will consist of people over 16yrs of age, who may have a range of disabilities (e.g. intellectual disability, Autism, Down Syndrome), neurological events (e.g. stroke, acquired brain injury, brain tumour), and/or a degenerative disease (e.g. Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Huntington's Disease, dementia).
You will assist people out in the community and within group homes (including speech, language and swallowing assessments and therapy, mealtime management plans).
You will have the opportunity to provide assessment, therapy and management to clients with a range of speech pathology diagnosis including: non-verbal, dysphagia, dyspraxia, aphasia, pragmatics, voice clients.
The skills you will develop and demonstrate in the role:
* Utilise dedicated time in your diary to assist junior clinicians achieve their goals or to answer ad hoc enquiries
* Showcase a high level of professional judgement and knowledge to provide a wide range of speech and language supports to adolescent and adult clients
* Assess the communication and mealtime management abilities of clients utilising a range of assessment techniques and tools
* Design intervention plans that are holistic, client-centric and outcomes driven
* Provide support, education and assistance to clients, carers and families with the implementation of intervention plans and programs
With our training and support you will become confident as a leader, as well as in developing care plans and writing comprehensive reports based on your advanced clinical understanding, application of various clinical assessments and implementation of appropriate interventions to address prioritised needs.
How We Foster a Positive Team
We strive to provide an environment that allows you to bring what makes you unique and special to work everyday.
* We valueflexibilityso you can make work, work ie fit us in around your family, sport, volunteering or another part-time role.
* You deserve remuneration that matches your experience plus the option to stretch forRDO'sandfinancial bonusesif you choose
* Wetrustyou towork from home, or in the clinic, via telehealth and we give you alaptopand pay aphone/ data allowanceto support this
* You will be assisted by a member of our administrative team, whose role is dedicated to ensuring you travel as efficiently between appointments and compliance pieces such as funding plans are followed up for you. Travel is reimbursed at $0.99/km.
* DiscountedHealth Insurancefor you and your family plus other everyday savings on your Energy Bill, online shopping, groceries and more
* AnEmployee Assistance Programis available to provide external, confidential support
* To bring us together as a team, we have a fun wellbeing program that involves monthly social events. Previously we've gone to mini golf, ten pin bowling, wheelchair basketball, made dumplings, candles and gingerbread houses, painted and celebrated important dates such as International Women's Day and mental health month and many others
* You will initially receive a thorough orientation consisting of in-house training + ongoing in-field shadowing days with our amazing Head of Discipline for Speech and also our Clinical Manager
* Moving forward you will benefit from one on one meetings with your manager to design your own personal learning plan, which will be a roadmap to help you achieve your goals eg developNeuroknowledge or receive more tailoredleadership training
* Your one on ones will be complemented with monthly team meetings with your fellow Speechies so you can learn and present during in-services sessions, share ideas, resources and stay abreast of any industry updates
* Two dayspaid CPDleave per annum to access external training
* Formal and informal liaison opportunities with other members ofour MDT to broaden your clinical knowledge and provide holistic care to our clients
* Annual companywide training conference where we bring the entire business together and invite external presenters for each discipline
The Next Steps
We hope the above has moved you to want to learn more about us, our mission and how you could bring your uniqueness to our team. There's more of us available on our social media and Youtube in case you'd like to see some highlights or day to day life at Recovery Station.
If we haven't covered something that's important to you, reach out today on0493 469 501or atcareers@recoverystation.com.au.
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