Access & Pathways Team Lead, Early Childhood

Department-of-Education-1; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Education Victoria is seeking an experienced Thriving Kids Access and Pathways Team Leader to guide a multidisciplinary allied health team in intake, triage and pathway navigation for children under eight with developmental delay or autism. You will oversee service access, drive best-practice decision-making and build workforce capability across education, health and community services.

The role emphasizes family-centred, evidence-informed practice, collaboration, and culturally

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and experience in child development, early intervention and child- and family-centred practice.
• Experience leading allied health teams, including building workforce capability through supervision, coaching and professional development.
• Ability to provide sound clinical reasoning and authoritative professional advice in complex situations.
• Experience leading service implementation and delivery in a complex environment.
• Highly developed communication, relationship-building and influencing skills.
• A commitment to culturally safe, inclusive and strengths-based practice.
• Experience working with children and families across early childhood, education, health or community settings will be highly regarded.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing intake, referral pathways or service demand will also be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead a collaborative, multidisciplinary allied health team delivering intake, triage, pathway determination and service navigation.
• Provide clinical and professional leadership that promotes high-quality, evidence-informed and family-centred practice.
• Build workforce capability and promote consistent decision-making through supervision, coaching and professional development.
• Oversee intake and triage processes to ensure children and families are connected to appropriate supports.
• Monitor demand, waitlist, service quality and workforce capacity to support timely and equitable access and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Build strong partnerships across early childhood services, education, health, disability and community services to facilitate referrals, connections and coordinated responses.

Skills

Allied health leadership

Change management

Clinical judgement

Communication

Job description

Department of Education Victoria is seeking an experienced Thriving Kids Access and Pathways Team Leader to guide a multidisciplinary allied health team in intake, triage and pathway navigation for children under eight with developmental delay or autism. You will oversee service access, drive best-practice decision-making and build workforce capability across education, health and community services.

The role emphasizes family-centred, evidence-informed practice, collaboration, and culturally