Join the SDN village in a Speech Pathologist role that makes a meaningful difference to children’s lives

“Working at SDN is about wanting to drive change. I want to give back and to do something bigger than myself”

Be part of a highly skilled team of occupational therapists, behaviour support practitioners and educators. At SDN Beranga, Rooty Hill Sydney, we believe in a strengths-based approach to early childhood early intervention. We want to make a difference to the lives of Autistic children and their families in our early learning services.

About SDN Children’s Services

SDN Children’s Services is a village of professionals, families and children working to make a difference to children’s lives. Our therapists and educators support children with unique abilities overcome challenges that make everyday life and participation tough. We are here to help build skills and make a positive difference to a child’s life.

When you join our village, you’re joining a not-for-profit organisation with 120 years’ experience supporting children's wellbeing and the families who care for them.

About the role

Part time Position, 3 days per week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

This is a centre-based role working as part of our Children's Therapies team and providing therapy for children and young people aged 0 - 16 years with autism and developmental needs.

As a Speech Pathologist, you will provide speech therapy at our autism specific preschool. You will have the opportunity to provide therapy within the natural routines of the day, working alongside educators, or within our therapy rooms whereby you can provide speech therapy to children and their families, building the capacity of families to work with their child.

About SDN Beranga

The SDN Beranga is an autism specific preschool that combines early education and early intervention and is designed to cater for the individual needs of children. The service has two therapy rooms that allows you to provide therapy to families to build their capacity to support their child. The teams at Beranga are all committed to providing strengths based, family centred supports to children and families.

Everyday benefits:

• Transdisciplinary environment where you can continue to build your skills working alongside a skilled and diverse group of professionals
• Supported training and coaching from an experienced manager and regular external supervision.
• Tailored individual career development plan to support you, whether that be leadership or expertise in specialised areas.
• The opportunity to work alongside parents and educators at SDN Beranga
• Incentive based professional development rewards which can be used with a recognised provider of your choice.
• Competitive salary plus not-for-profit salary packaging
• Paid parental leave
• Discounted childcare

What we are looking for:

• University qualifications in Speech Pathology and current SPA membership;
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with children with disabilities or development delays using a transdisciplinary model and strengths-based, family centred and play based approaches to paediatric intervention.
• Demonstrated ability and/or understanding of coaching, facilitating, and bridging approaches to build the capacity of culturally diverse families and adults in children’s lives
• Understanding of the NDIS and a strong ability to manage your time and meet targets (5 billable hours per day)

If you believe that by working together, we can make the world a better and more equitable place, then we'd love to hear from you.

For further enquires please contact Christine Searle on 0420 371 041

SDN Children's Services welcomes and encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

SDN Children’s Services is a child safe organisation which values the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Successful applicants will be subject to a screening processes during recruitment and will need a Valid Working with Children's Check (WWCC), NDIS Worker Check and Covid -19 Vaccination