ABOUT US:

Communication is a pretty powerful tool in every human’s life. At Seed to Sprout, we are passionate about providing holistic and individualized speech pathology supports to children and families. Our aim is to support families in a collaborative, fun and nurturing environment.

SO… WHAT DOES IS THIS CADETSHIP INVOLVE?

Gain hands on experience as a speech pathology student, and be supported all the way through to your new grad years!

With guidance from clinician and appropriate professional development training, deliver quality therapies to children and families one-on-one or in a group setting

Assist with documentation of service provision in client records

Attend and participate in services and professional development training

Video record and communicate client progress to clinician

Maintain confidentiality in line with Code of Conduct and Privacy Policies

ABOUT THE GERMINATOR PROGRAM

This is a growth pathway that is supported, guided and structured to foster your clinical skills from student to early career speech pathologist!

o Seed year (student years) – 1st-3rd year student with 1-2 day commitment

o Sprouting year – 4th year student with 2-3 day commitment

o Budding year – 1st year new grad with full time commitment

o Blossoming year – 2nd year clinician with full time commitment

Over your Sprouting to Blossoming years, you will receive at least 6 professional development certifications.

THE NITTY GRITTY REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

o Currently studying a Bachelor/Masters of Speech Pathology (all years welcome to apply)

Other

o Experience working with children is highly regarded

o Positive Blue Card

o Exemption Yellow Card

o Police Check & Legal to work in Australia

IS THIS YOU?

You love working with children, and are driven to help make positive change.

You can see the big and little picture – you are able to celebrate small wins, as well as big ones!

You are open to learning and eager to also share your own knowledge

You’re a creative and innovative soul accused of having ideas that are ‘very fringe’ (but you can’t wait to try them out!)

You are empathetic, compassionate and understand people

You have strong interpersonal and communication skills

You are flexible and able to problem solve

Experience working with people living with Autism Spectrum Disorders is desirable

Previous experience working with children in educational, therapeutic, or care settings is highly regarded

THE PERKS

Have complete flexibility over your days and hours worked

Collaborate closely with other health professionals in a multidisciplinary manner

Engage in cross collaborative internal in-services

Individualise a caseload to suit your comfort levels and skill sets

Ongoing weekly supervision, peer mentorship and access to professional development internally and externally

Experience working in a social enterprise and the opportunity to network with industry professionals

JOINING OUR TEAM, WE PROMISE

To provide you with opportunities to develop your skills

Work with you openly and honestly to achieve goals

Be understanding of your needs and other commitments

Help foster your growth

Respect you as an individual