Pinarc Disability Support
Pinarc offers a unique opportunity where your skills can make a very real difference in the lives of people with disability. We have been operating for over 25 years, providing high-quality services to people with disabilities and their families. We provide support to over 1,000 Victorians with disability.

Why is Pinarc such a great place to work?

Our customers:

• We are committed to putting customers at the centre of everything we do
• We are passionate about building the capacity of the customers we work with
• In our Melton clinic we offer therapy services from birth to primary school, giving therapists the ability to choose the age range that they are passionate about working with. This allows Pinarc staff to identify their desired area/s of practice whilst also having the opportunity to expand their range with ongoing support from our wonderfully supportive senior clinicians

Support and supervision:

• Cohesive and supportive multidisciplinary team- learn from our team of speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, educational advisors, preschool field officers, kindergarten inclusion support coordinators and allied health assistants.
• Ongoing support, supervision and opportunities for professional development.
• Opportunities and support to develop skills to be part of our unique clinics including in feeding clinic, baby clinic, AAC clinic, and to pursue new and innovative ways of practice.
• Regular discipline-specific meetings to extend your professional learning and networking in a supportive environment.
• Professional development days
• Comprehensive orientation support period including shadowing other therapists to allow you to settle into the culture of Pinarc, time allocated for you to meet the team and learn new processes while building your caseload. Billable target of 65% or 5 hours per full day- bonuses offered if achieving over target.

Culture:

• We prioritise a wonderful team culture and friendly environment. We celebrate each other's wins and encourage innovative ideas.
• We prioritise self-care and balance between work and home.
• Have the flexibility to suit your work-life balance within a family-friendly working environment.
• Consistent and ongoing direct support from our Leadership Team & Ballarat Allied Health Team Leaders
• Discipline-specific meetings to extend your professional learning and networking in a supportive environment
• Working with a talented multidisciplinary team to broaden your holistic approach when working with customers
• Comprehensive training and onboarding
• Scope to explore and develop your professional interests and skills

More perks:

• Access to company fleet and mileage reimbursement
• Generous and flexible salary packaging opportunities (including novated vehicle leasing), offering $18,550k additional tax-free: Up to $15,900 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, your rent, or other everyday living expenses. Up to $2,650 on meal entertainment, holiday accommodation and venue hire
• *$10,000 Sign-on Bonus for Full-time roles, pro-rata part-time
• Option to purchase up to 4 weeks of additional annual leave
• Option to Accrue a Day Off (ADO) for full time staff
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program & Free access to Headspace App
• Relocation assistance
• Generous paid parental leave
• Paid indemnity insurance
• Referral bonus for recommending great clinicians
• Access to Flare Discounts- to department stores, food, entertainment

About the role:
With continued growth, the organisation currently has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dedicated Allied Health Team Leader (Speech Pathologist or Occupational Therapist) to join our multidisciplinary team in Melton to deliver high quality services to our customers (aged 0-16+ years) and provide direct organisational support to our therapy team.

Working in close collaboration with the Therapy, Education and Support Services Manager, Team Leaders, Executive and Leaders, this multifaceted role sees the Allied Health Team Leader delivering high quality, specialised clinical services and assessments to clients, while guiding and supporting the daily operations and on-going development of a multidisciplinary team of committed Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists and Physiotherapists with varied skills and experience.

This position consists of 3 days a week dedicated to organisational support of staff and 2 days a week maintaining own caseload (Speech Therapy or Occupational Therapy)
You will be responsible for providing evidence-based clinical services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, to positively impact the lives of children and/or adults with developmental delays and disabilities.

We seek a passionate and empowering Allied Health Team Leader to support our team. This role is ideal for an experienced allied health professional ready to take on a new opportunity and inspire a superstar team!

This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence the culture and trajectory of a thriving service, with the full support of a values-driven and encouraging leadership team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supporting and nurturing your team with day-to-day service delivery and organisational guidance and leading by example in the delivery of services to clients within your own area of expertise
• Collaborating and connecting with key members of the leadership team and other senior Allied Health Professionals
• Actively participating in the recruitment, induction and development of allied health staff dedicated to the organisation’s vision and mission
• Managing intake and allocation of clients from the waiting list
• Reviewing, developing and improving upon internal systems and policies
• Ensuring team compliance with relevant policies, procedures and standards
• Empowering your team around shared objectives in a high-performance culture
• Ensuring efficient, cost effective, timely service delivery in line with billable targets
• Steering organisational changes to help the business evolve and deliver maximum impact for its NDIS participants
• Developing and strengthening relationships with key community stakeholders
• Service a caseload of clients for equivalent of 2 days of the working week, meeting billable targets

Qualifications and experience:
The successful candidate will have at least 5 years experience as an Allied Health Professional, with relevant academic qualifications and at least 2 years prior experience leading Allied Health Professionals with varying skill sets, in the NDIS space.

You will have a strong interpersonal style, the ability to build rapport quickly and a passion for empowering people to be their best, while delivering high quality, evidence based therapeutic interventions.

A good working knowledge of the NDIS and other funding frameworks, experience delivering services under the NDIS and a strengths based, family centred service delivery approach are also essential requirements of this pivotal leadership role.

If you would like to learn more about this role, we would love to hear from you!

Salary: $133,999-$146,835 (including super and annual leave loading) + $10,000 sign-on bonus + Generous Salary Packaging ($18,550) + bonus opportunities + professional development time and budget + generous paid parental leave.
Interviews will be held as suitable applications are received.
Salary: Individual Contract

How to Apply:
Please apply via our website www.pinarc.org.au/current-vacancies select the position and apply.

A copy of the position description can be found at www.pinarc.org.au/position-descriptions/

For further details or a confidential chat please get in touch with Elin McPadden, Therapy Education & Support Manager on 0427 923 496 or Sarah Wright with the People & Culture team at Pinarc at [email protected]

*Please note our Sign-On Bonus is available when applying direct to Pinarc

We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, workers of all ages, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQA+ and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. We actively promote the safety of children.