Speech Pathologist & Behaviour Support Practitioner

Outcomes Connect Australia is seeking an experienced Speech Pathologist to join their multidisciplinary allied health practice. The role involves providing evidence-based therapeutic supports, including speech pathology and positive behaviour support, to NDIS participants in Melbourne's inner south-east. The successful candidate will manage a caseload, assess clients, formulate treatment goals, and develop support plans, contributing to significant improvements in clients' lives within a collaborative and supportive team environment.

Must Have

• Manage a caseload and provide evidence-based therapeutic supports
• Deliver speech pathology and positive behaviour support to NDIS clients
• Assess clients' communication and/or swallowing and formulate treatment goals
• Recommend Assistive Technology
• Support NDIS participants and families in needs identification and planning
• Identify meaningful goals and practical strategies using Positive Behaviour Support Capability Framework
• Develop, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based support plans
• Ensure individual plans reflect client goals, passions, and strengths
• Build knowledge, capacity, and strengths of client support networks

Good to Have

• Interest in broadening practice to include Positive Behaviour Support to NDIS participants

Perks & Benefits

• Collaborative and supportive team environment
• Opportunity to make a significant impact
• Generous salary package (above award wages, financial rewards, $600 annual Health and Wellbeing subsidy, salary packaging, laptop, smartphone)
• Flexible work arrangements for work-life balance
• Professional development program, fortnightly PD sessions, and weekly supervision

Company Description

Outcomes Connect Australia is a multidisciplinary allied health practice committed to delivering best-practice, outcome-focused services. We are renowned for the exceptional support we provide and our commitment to ensuring our participants achieve their goals!

We are a highly collaborative team who love what we do and support every clinician to thrive in their role. We provide tailored clinical supervision and professional development to support the needs of each individual clinician.

Job Description

Our highly skilled multidisciplinary team requires an experienced Speech Pathologist with an interest in broadening the scope of their practice to include providing Positive Behaviour Support to NDIS participants.

We are seeking a candidate based in or close to Prahran. The successful candidate will focus on supporting our clients living in Melbourne's inner south-east and surrounds.

We have the capacity to provide a full-time or part-time position for the right person who will benefit from our extensive experience in supporting our team to be thriving clinicians who love what they do.

Culture and benefits

• Collaborative team – fun and supportive team who love what we do and love sharing the passion in working together to achieve optimal outcomes for our clients
• Ability to make an impact – our evidence-based models are highly effective, allowing you to make a real difference to the lives of those we support
• Generous salary package - above award wages + financial rewards for outstanding work, an annual Health and Wellbeing subsidy of $600, access to salary packaging options (including novated leasing) + a laptop and smart phone
• Work-life balance - flexible work arrangements to plan your work to best suit your lifestyle while also meeting the needs of your team and clients
• Personal and professional growth - professional development program, fortnightly PD sessions, and weekly supervision with the Speech Pathology Team Leader... who is also an experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner

About the role

• Managing a caseload and providing evidence-based therapeutic supports in a timely manner
• Delivering much needed speech pathology and positive behaviour support to clients within schools, homes and the broader community
• Interpreting findings to formulate treatment goals unique to each client
• Assessing clients’ communication and/or swallowing level of function and capacity using clinical observations and standardised assessments
• Recommending provision of Assistive Technology to assist clients with their functional limitations and to promote independence
• Support our clients (NDIS participants), along with their families and/or carers, to identify their needs through assessment and person-centred planning
• Identify meaningful goals and practical strategies utilising The Positive Behaviour Support Capability Famework, with a commitment to eliminate restrictive practices in the home and community
• Develop, deliver and evaluate evidence-based support plans within a complex support space
• Ensure individual plans reflect our clients' goals, passions and strengths
• Build the knowledge, capacity and strengths of those who support our clients - family, carers, friends, etc

About you

• Possess a positive, can-do approach and mindset
• Experienced Speech Pathologist who has worked with people requiring dysphagia management and have complex communication needs (i.e. ASD, ADHD, ID related)
• Looking to be trained in how to provide positive behaviour support to NDIS participants
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, clients and their support networks to make a real and lasting difference
• Strive for continuous improvement of our practices and outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to maintain consistent and regular contact with all stakeholders
• Current driver's licence and own reliable vehicle

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Qualifications

• Degree qualified Speech Pathologist
• Current certified practising membership with Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)

Additional Information

If you are interested in a role with our supportive team, please submit your application online or contact me - Clare Neal - via 0436 465 647 with any queries.

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 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 LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

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