KU’s Allied Health Team are looking for Paediatric Speech Pathologists to join their teams based in Macarthur, CBD, Inner West and Eastern Suburbs!

You will be working with dedicated and skilled allied health professionals and experienced educators to provide support to children and families attending KU services.

You should have experience in the inclusion of children with additional needs in mainstream services and demonstrated ability to implement appropriate tools to assess children's communication skills and measure subsequent development over time.

Positions on offer are part-time (days and hours are negotiable) and full time (Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day accruing one monthly Rostered Day Off (RDO)).

the scope of your responsibilities will include:

• Liaising with other professionals involved with children receiving speech pathology services.
• Referring children receiving speech pathology services to other professionals and/or agencies when necessary, in consultation with families and centre staff.
• Working collaboratively with all members of the Program team.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with external services such as Early Intervention Providers, other Allied Health professionals and mainstream educational and community services.
• Administrating initial and review assessments with children and providing written strategies for communication support for the children in the home and centre environments.

To be considered for this role, it is essential you have:

• Tertiary Degree in Speech Pathology or equivalent
• Registration with Speech Pathology Australia
• NSW Working with Children Check
• A valid NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Driver Licence and your own reliable vehicle as this position would require some travel between services
• Experience providing speech pathology services to children and families
• Knowledge of NDIS
• Experience working in a trans-disciplinary team
• Demonstrated computer literacy

Why join us?

KU has been recognised as a Winner of The Australian Business Awards for Employer of Choice 2016 - 2020. At KU we want to make your work with us as interesting and rewarding as we possibly can.

KU is a culturally sensitive employer, committed to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and employees.

The KU Difference:

• We Reward - We offer sector leading pay and benefits including salary packaging and discounted private health insurance.
• We Build Careers - We enable and encourage our people to grow and evolve with us
• We Grow Our People - We provide opportunities to learn, grow and enhance your professional practice through KU’s high quality professional learning program
• We Offer an Inclusive Culture - We’ve created a diverse and inclusive working culture with a shared vision and common values.

If you would like to be considered for this position, please submit your updated Cover Letter and CV via the 'Apply Now' button.

For inquiries and/or a copy of the position description, please contact Katie Histon, HR Generalist on 02 9268 3919 or via [email protected] using the subject line: Speech Pathologist enquiry via EthicalJobs.