The Position:

Full-Time (or Part-Time also considered)

Commencement from late July, 2025 (negotiable)

FT Salary $83,644- $129,745 depending on experience plus Superannuation & PD and extra holiday leave.

New Graduates are welcome to apply.

We are looking for a confident and experienced Speech Pathologist with great people skills to join our team. We focus on bringing out the best in our team members, because we know this will result in the best experience for our clients.

The position is based in our Clayfield rooms but may involve some service provision at our client school sites in East Brisbane, Ascot, Clayfield, Nundah or Bracken Ridge.

Are you getting the mentoring/support and case discussions you were promised? Our team has weekly booked team meetings, 1:1 mentoring and peer group mentoring. We offer in-house PD as well as a generous external PD budget. Our combined experience is over 50 years!!

Are your current billable hours above what you feel is best? We offer a sensible caseload for your experience and weekly case discussion, flexibility with start and finish times and we value your work life balance.

Is your caseload in line with your passion as a speech pathologist? We prefer to match clients with each therapist's skills and passion so you feel confident and look forward to coming to work each day. No two days are the same.

If you answered yes to any of the above, you may be interested in our position.

Work With A Great Team Of People

We are a long established boutique Speech Pathology practice in Clayfield, Brisbane with a reputation for supporting children who have Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Developmental Language Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Learning Difficulties.

We provide excellent work conditions, with a wide variety of assessments, resources and equipment

We provide clinic-based and telehealth services as well as weekly therapy services by invitation within some private schools in Brisbane.

We are part of a wide multi-disciplinary network, working collaboratively with parents, teachers and health professionals in our schools and rooms.

We have wonderful administration support with our Client Care Manager for bookings, billing and client liaison.

We offer an open and inclusive team culture with mentoring, and regular team days to celebrate and develop projects, provide inservice and share knowledge and expertice.

Our expertise is well developed in areas of Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Developmental Language Disorders, Literacy and early Language development support for Late Talkers including children who have an ASD diagnosis. We use a wide range of evidence based programs and practices, including: the Nuffield Program, Derbyshire Language Scheme, DIR Floortime, Hanen, Blades Program, Stagnetti Play Therapy, Shape Coding, Story Grammar Marker & Thememaker, Socially Thinking and Secret Agent Society. Sue and a Guidance Counsellor colleague are the Australian Trainers for the Derbyshire Language Scheme (UK).

We encourage and support team attendance at National and international conferences (eg IALP).

We will provide supervision and mentoring to ensure you continue to develop skills and become the professional you’d like to be. For the successful applicant, the benefits of working with us are that you get to:

-Apply new ways of dealing with common problems and contributing to solutions

-Attend weekly mentoring and regular continuing education

-Be part of a very strong, committed and caring team

-Learn from other health professionals who are aligned with our mission

-Establish your reputation as a senior or developing team member and your chosen career pathways

New graduates and therapists with less experience in one or more areas are welcome to apply. We will support you in your journey.

We’d love to meet and talk with you about this opportunity if your skills and experience include the following:

Personal qualities:

- you are a team person and love helping people, particularly children and enjoy adding value to their lives,

- you are passionate about speech pathology and feel you would make a difference,

- you have qualities of a leader but can follow directions when required

- you are confident, resilient and motivated to embrace learning, growth and diversity, and enjoy a challenge from time to time

Professional Skills:

Ideally you would have three or more years of experience with the following skill set:

- Demonstrated understanding of methodologies in the provision of SLP services (assessment and intervention) with speech, language and literacy learning and a range of diagnosed conditions, for example:-:

-Autism Spectrum Disorders;

-Developmental and/ or Complex Disabilities;

-Developmental Language Disorder;

-Speech Sound Disorders including CAS and

-Learning Difficulties e.g. Dyslexia, CAPD.

- Experience in service provision for children and families within an educational environment, particularly within a multi-disciplinary team

- Interested to establish/ utilise skills in leading and supporting other team members, including Speech Pathology student supervision

- An ability to contribute to policy development and inservice provision

- A good working knowledge of current evidence-based practices

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Efficient time management and organisational skills

Qualification & Registration:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Speech Pathology or equivalent

Current Membership or eligibility for Membership of Speech Pathology Australia and ability to hold CPSP status

Current Paid Employee Positive Blue Card

Current driver’s license and access to a comprehensively insured vehicle for some travel

Current First Aid Certificates or completion of course if position offerred and accepted

Be prepared to commit to a minimum of 2 year period.

Other conditions include:

Above award competitive wages package including Christmas/ New Year closure time.

Flexible working hours

A laptop and iPad for work

Generous annual PD allowance

Excellent resources including latest programs and assessments

Team-building events

This is an exciting opportunity for the right speech pathologist to join our team and be part of our growth. New graduates are welcome to apply. Please forward your application with attached Curriculum Vitae and 3 referee contacts to [email protected]

Thank-you for your interest. We look forward to hearing from you soon.