Speech Pathologist

Transforming Kids Therapy Services; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Transforming Kids Therapy Services in Blacktown, NSW is seeking a Speech Pathologist to join our small but dedicated team. You will deliver play-based, neuro-affirming therapy to children and their families, using DIR Floor Time and sensory-informed approaches in a welcoming clinic.

We provide extensive professional development, on-site supervision, and a 100-day onboarding program to support practice growth from day one.

Qualifications

• Degree enabling practice as a speech pathologist.
• Registered as a certified practicing member of Speech Pathology Australia.
• Interest in play-based services and flexible delivery methods.

Responsibilities

• Assess and intervene with clients across speech, language and communication.
• Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team and support families.
• Engage in ongoing professional development and evidence-based practice.

Skills

Speech Pathology

Play-based Services

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Evidence-based practice

Education

Bachelor/Master of Speech Pathology

Tools

AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)

Assessment tools

Job description

Transforming Kids Therapy Services - Blacktown NSW

Transforming Therapy Services opened in 2016 with a mission to create a space and service which provides neuro-affirming and transformative services to clients and their families. We understand development occurs in many ways and within many cultural experiences and seek to provide holistic and family centered occupational therapy, speech pathology and psychotherapy.

A long term and much loved team member is going on maternity leave and as such we have a position available. As part of our small 4 person speech pathology team you will be using multi and trans-disciplinary practices and receive extensive professional development and support. If you love people like Jessie Ginsberg (Sensory SLP), Chris Wanger (Speech Dude), Marg Blanc, Katja Piscitelli (boho speechie), Amy Graham, Rachel Mabel and Tera Sumpter (seeds of learning) then you will love our style. We know what we learnt at Uni is a snippet to the real world and that evidence based practice is more than just research.

As a company we are relationship style and bottom up or inside out based which results in you developing DIR Floor time, Synergetic Play Therapy, Sensory Integration and Neurodevelopmental Therapy skills (just to name a few). As a speech team we value evidence and research informed practice and provide our speech pathologists in training in the entire picture of development including Gestalt and Analytical develop, the variations in assessment and intervention practices across processing styles, as well as up to date speech sound and apraxia of speech assessment and intervention practices. Our Team utilizes a range of High Tech AAC and provides formal training for our team in various forms of AAC to ensure we can assess and prescribe what works best for our client, not what is available. We value being informed and trained in up to date models of assessment and intervention.

Our Team is expanding and looking for speech pathologists to join our team (Sorry this position is not open to AHAs). We have varied positions available to suit new graduates and early career clinicians, as well as established clinicians looking for professional growth opportunities.

As a speech pathologist you must have:

Appropriate degree to enable practice as a speech pathologist

Be registered as a certified practicing member of Speech Pathology Australia or be prepared to register upon employment.

An interest in play based services and drive to find flexible ways to deliver your services rather than a structured sit here and do that approach. We are very much in love with an individualised approach and find interesting and inviting ways to deliver services rather than a compliance and do this, now that approach.

All new employees engage with our 100 day success program which includes:

Initial role training to explain all the processes in place to enable smooth running from admin to clinical roles.

Professional development to increase your knowledge on formal and informal assessment and intervention.

Daily check ins

Supervision dependent on experience from Weekly 1.5 hours to fortnightly, supervision is customised to your need with organised coaching and growth goals to support focus and development.

Weekly Professional development groups with your team where you are provided with a custom course created by the clinical director or chosen by the clinical director to increase the team's knowledge base.

Early career clinician group. Fortnightly our early career clinician groups supports new employees who are both early career and who are transitioning from traditional approaches to learn multi disciplinary and discipline specific theory and practical skills in line with the current evidence based practice strategies and frameworks, learning to fill their toolbox of theory and practical skills.

As a new employee you will receive training on all aspects of being an SLP and complete observations on all roles before starting to complete assessments. We gradually drip feed in clients and ensure you understand and can complete the assessment to intervention process before increasing your client load. We start with 1-2 client a day (depending on your experience), with full support to plan and execute assessments (planning prep, in room supervision and post assessment note completion).

Transforming Kids has a wealth of knowledge from:

Sensory Integration and the neurobiology of filtering

Gestalt Cognition and Language Processing

Apraxia of Speech

Feeding

Speech Sound Disorders

Our Clinical space is diverse. From large sensory motor rooms, to a full accessible kitchen, media/library room, art room and basketball court, you have all the equipment and space needed to enable engaging and intrinsically motivating sessions. We have caseload variability as our clinic is custom built to support all ages and all neurotypes. We are an engaging practice who does not use compliance forms of therapy. We are neuro-affirming and function focused.

The roles available are both full time and part time with varied hours to suit your life needs however a willingness to work afterschool hours is preferrable to suit client demand. Our clinic is strictly Monday to Friday so no Saturday hours needed. Ideally we would love a new team member to be on site 9am to 6pm.

As a human, we also seek to support you on your journey of development. Our Team understands development is bumpy and self reflection can be emotionally activating. We stay away from 'shoulds' and provide endless support through seniors coming into sessions with you, 1:1 and small group training. As a team we have lunch time tournaments from netball, basketball, handball or soccer and do team lunch orders and coffee runs. We also love escape rooms, lawn bowls and laser tag.