• Join a high performing team delivering an innovative, community-led program with the Northern Territory's largest Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service.
• $102,472 to $114,757 per annum Effective Salary
• Use your skills to empower children and young people through innovative speech and language therapy
• Advance your career with diverse cases and supported professional growth
• Earn a $30k retention bonus, paid at agreed milestones over 24-month period
• Change lives, starting with your own

About the role

Provides a culturally-responsive high-quality speech pathology services for Aboriginal children, youth and their families to optimise their child’s development. The position supports children and youth living with a range of disabilities, particularly neurodevelopmental disabilities including Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and
Autism Spectrum Disorder.

This role is specific to the provision of assessment and therapeutic supports to National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants.

Based in Mparntwe (Alice Springs), occasional remote travel may be a requirement of this position.

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What we’re looking for:

• A Speech Pathologist with a Bachelor of Speech pathology or equivalent qualification who is eligible for membership of Speech Pathology Australia,
• A practitioner who can build strong, trusting relationships with clients and the community.
• If you bring exceptional clinical and communication skills, a proactive, adaptable attitude, a genuine respect for diverse client backgrounds, we’d like to hear from you.

What we offer:

Congress offers rewarding career options and a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Work that is community-led, impact-focused and a part of a bigger picture.
• Opportunities to grow, including 15 days of professional development per year, with pathways including master's programs and study placements.
• Six weeks annual leave & 15 days paid personal leave per year.
• Flexible conditions such as flexible start and finish times, compressed work weeks, part-time and casual roles, job sharing, remote work, hybrid work models and the possibility to purchase additional paid leave.
• Salary sacrifice for full-time, part-time and casual employees.

For more information on the position please contact Acting Manager NDIS Allied Health, Dan Kolencik on 0437 513 198.

Applications will close when a suitable applicant is found.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply.

*Total effective package includes: base salary, district allowance, superannuation, leave loading, and estimated tax saving from salary packaging options.

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