Purpose and Mission

The Speech & Therapy Clinic is a small team of Paediatric Speech Therapists and Allied Health Assistants with an office in Footscray and who work primarily with clients in the Northern and Western Suburbs of Melbourne. Our team currently consists of 13 staff who work varied hours and days that best suit their schedule. We value total flexibility in the work place including hours and days worked, as well as locations, depending on whether therapists choose to work in the clinic, in schools or in clients' homes.

One of our beloved therapists who works Saturdays, will be finishing up at the end of this school term and we are looking for someone to take on her clients, plus any new ones that come in.

Mentoring and Support

We love taking on new graduates and early career speech therapists as well as more experienced therapists and Mums returning to the workplace who are looking for flexibility and autonomy in their role. Mentoring and support is available and can take place as often as needed and fit in around your schedule both in person or via phone/telehealth. In becoming a part of our team, you will also have access to the varied experience of our therapists who bring a wealth of knowledge from their former professions and lives. Even if you've been around a while and feel like you're past the mentoring stage, we can still arrange some check-ins to help you reach whatever your professional goals are at this stage of your career.

Clients

All therapists have full autonomy in which clients they choose to work with and in which locations, if they choose to see mobile therapy clients. Whether you specialise in working with a certain age/area of need, or whether you're looking to branch into a new area, we aim to match the clients in our waitlist with the right professional to give clients the most effective therapy and therapists a schedule and work-life balance that is rewarding and sustainable into the future.

While we primarily work with Paediatric clients, we also have several adolescent and adults clients on our caseload. The areas areas of difficulty including ASD, Global Developmental Delay, AAC, late talkers, Stuttering, Speech Sound Disorders, Language Delay, Phonological Awareness difficulties, reading and literacy, pragmatics and social skills, parent training, Professional Development at schools etc.

Qualifications

You will need your Bachelors or Masters of Speech Therapy and to be a member with Speech Pathology Australia.

If you are a Student Speech Pathologist looking to join our team after graduation, we are currently at capacity with Allied Health Assistant training but would love to take you on after graduation.

Wages

We pay our therapists per client facing hour / report. We feel this is fairer as it gives total flexibility to therapists to work as many or as few hours as suits them, with no pressure to see a minimum number of clients per week (no KPIs!).

New graduates are paid $95 per client facing hour + superannuation. There is a petrol allowance as well for mobile therapy clients.

For new graduates hoping to earn $70,000 per year. They would need to see approximately 18 clients per week across a 40 week year. This equates to 3-4 client hours per day at 5 days per week, assuming 12 weeks holiday every year. Therapists are of course able to work through school holidays if they choose, or see more clients each day to have a longer weekend and generally structure their week however they choose.

If you have any questions or would like to chat about what this looks like for you, feel free to check out our website at www.speechtherapyclinicfootscray.com.au.