Speech Pathologist - Graduate Program 2027

Ability Action Australia; Penrith City Council; Hybrid; AUD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary including super

KM travel reimbursement

PD allowance

Performance-based incentives

Laptop and smartphone

Flexible working options

Professional indemnity insurance

Salary packaging options

Job summary

Ability Action Australia is launching a graduate Speech Pathology program across Sydney to support graduates starting in 2026. You'll receive structured onboarding, mentorship, weekly supervision, and opportunities to work in community or clinic settings.

As a soon-to-be graduate, you’ll gain confidence, clinical reasoning, and hands-on experience while enjoying flexible work options, travel support, and professional development allowances within a values-driven team.

Qualifications

• SPA registered or eligible for SPA registration
• Curious and compassionate
• Excited to learn and try new things
• Keen for a workplace with flexibility, growth and support
• Ready to make a difference in people’s lives
• Not afraid of a good Speechy pun (bonus points)
• A licensed driver with your own vehicle

Responsibilities

• Supporting participants in the community or clinic
• Completing assessments, writing reports and supporting participants with therapy
• Advocating for and working with participants and carers to help achieve goals

Skills

Curious and compassionate

Excited to learn

Flexible, growth and support

Driver with own vehicle

Not afraid of a Speechy pun

Education

Speech Pathology degree (or nearing completion)

Job description

Where your Speech Pathology career begins… and your future takes shape.

If you're graduating in 2026 and looking for a workplace where you feel supported, valued, mentored, celebrated (and occasionally fed snacks?) Congratulations, you’ve found your people.

With opportunities across Sydney, you can find a team and location where you'll thrive.

Welcome to Ability Action Australia.

Where people develop

Where careers grow

Where grads thrive and Speech Pathology careers take shape

Job Description

WHY GRADS FEEL SUPPORTED HERE

Starting your Speech Pathology career can feel exciting and a little overwhelming. That's why we've built a graduate program designed to support you every step of the way.

You'll learn far more than clinical skills. You'll develop confidence, clinical reasoning, communication skills and the practical experience needed to thrive as an Speech Pathologist.

Learn from experts, build meaningful relationships and grow into the Speech Pathologist you aspire to be, all while making a real difference in people's lives.

You'll be supported by:

• Structured onboarding program
• Dedicated mentor
• Weekly 1:1 supervision and group sessions
• Buddy program
• NDIS support to help take the hassle out of report writing
• Teams who lift each other up
• Access to experienced clinicians and multidisciplinary collaboration
• Ongoing professional development opportunities to accelerate your growth

ABOUT US

We’re a national therapy services provider helping NDIS participants, kids, teens and adults live their best everyday lives. Our goal - to the best service provider in the country!

Speechy’s love working with us because we combine structure + flexibility, support + independence, professionalism and fun.

Some of the things you will do in this role include:

• Supporting participants in the community or clinic
• Completing assessments, writing reports and supporting participants with therapy
• Advocating for and working with participants and carers to help achieve goals

Here’s what you get:

• A guaranteed salary of $89,600 including super
• KM travel reimbursement
• $1,500 annual PD allowance
• Performance-based incentives (potential to earn more + give to the community)
• Laptop, smartphone & clinical toolkit
• Flexible working options - work from the office, home or your favourite café
• Professional indemnity insurance
• Salary packaging options, including novated leasing, option to purchase additional leave

Qualifications

WHO YOU ARE

You’re a soon-to-be graduated Speech Pathologist who is:

• SPA registered or eligible for SPA registration
• Curious and compassionate
• Excited to learn and try new things
• Keen for a workplace with flexibility, growth and Support
• Ready to make a difference in people’s lives
• Not afraid of a good Speechy pun (bonus points if you make your own)
• A licensed driver with your own vehicle

You bring the passion.

We bring the support.

So you can be unstoppable.

Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.