Social Science Translated (SST) is looking for a skilled and passionate person to join our small team to empower our global network of clinical and educational service providers.

Suitable for allied health or education professionals with experience in children's services  (e.g. Psychologist, Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Behaviour Analyst, Social Worker, Learning Support or Autism studies in Education). 

If you love combining your clinical/educational skills with peer support, content writing, and learning about implementation science to help grow the impact of our programs in the community, you may be our new Implementation Consultant.

• We are a purpose-driven company making for meaningful change in people’s lives.
• Our current product focus prepares children for life’s social-emotional challenges.
• The role suits a self-motivated team player committed to support SST (a small social enterprise) and its customers as we scale internationally.
• Work 0.6 FTE with negotiable work hours (hybrid office model - 1 days per week in office). Full time equivalent = 95k+
• 12 to 18 month fixed term contract with potential opportunity for an ongoing appointment.

Background

Thank you for your interest in this position with the Social Science Translated (SST), where we deliver evidence-based practical resources to engage professionals, children and families to diversify life skills. SST is looking for a skilled and passionate person to join our small team empowering our global network of clinical and educational service providers.

Our flagship offering is the Secret Agent Society (SAS) program. SAS has been transforming the lives of children around the world for more than a decade through espionage-themed resources providing an evidence-based, comprehensive and captivating solution to structured social and emotional learning for children aged 8-12 years old. SST is responsible for training education and allied health professionals in facilitating the SAS Small Group Program, and distributing SAS resources and access to both SAS Providers and the public

Social Science Translated is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the not-for-profit Autism CRC, the world's first national cooperative research effort focused on autism and Australia’s independent national source of evidence for best practice.

Join us as we pursue our strategic vision!

This role would suit someone who aligns with our values and:

• Is an allied health or special education professional,
• Has experience with facilitating children’s groups and supporting or collaborating with other professionals to do so,
• Has experience or interest in developing new resources, and
• Loves to learn new things, work with a variety of tasks, and support others feel equipped for action.

SST is a neurodiverse team, candidates with a variety of profiles are encouraged to apply for this role.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong professional and customer service orientation.
• Allied Health or Special Education professional (e.g. Psychologist, Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Behaviour Analyst, Social Worker, Learning Support or Autism studies in Education).
• Strong organisational and task management skills.
• Excellent communication and flexible interpersonal skills for written correspondence, phone and video calls (to work with a range of professional allied health/education contacts and parents across varying time zones/cultures/funding systems).
• Understanding or willingness to learn implementation science principles. 
• Good attention to detail while being efficient at switching between tasks.
• Ability and desire to work independently and collaboratively within a small team.

Desirable Additional Skills & Experience

• Content writing for resources aimed at professionals, parents, teachers and/or children.
• Coordination or involvement in communities of practice or peer supervision.
• Understanding of or training in Implementation Science.
• Understanding of Social Enterprise or general business principles.
• Familiarity or experience with the SAS Small Group Program, or children’s allied health or educational services involving interactions with children and parents.
• Trained SAS Facilitator.

Duties & Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and working as part of the SST team, the Implementation Consultant will have regular responsibilities as well as extension duties as required. The duties of the role include:

• Provide individual or group consultation (clinical support) to program facilitators to assist them to in their understanding and use of the program materials in clinical, educational, and community settings.
• Together with SST team (in particular the Senior Consultant and CEO), develop and implement business development initiatives that lead to positive program engagement and sustainable social enterprise.
• Support communications/marketing activities that lead to positive program engagement.
• Actively contribute to SAS Provider (service team) engagement through developing relationships, providing clinical/software support, sensitively gather feedback, and connecting people with resources to enhance the global implementation of SAS.
• Collaborate on the presentation of information sessions or interactive workshops to assist professionals or community members to understand or use programs.
• Assist with customer enquiry, clinical support and service implementation support.
• Assist in development and maintenance of product and promotional materials.
• Assist in research and writing activities for grant applications and project activities.
• Maintain positive leadership and morale around the community use of SST programs, ensuring network and potential network members are equipped with the tools and understanding to make meaningful change in people’s lives.

After reviewing the information below, if you would like to apply, please plan to submit your application as soon as possible and no later than Monday 16th December 2024.

Download application pack below and also attached with instructions and call our office to discuss the role and your interest.

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We look forward to hearing from you :)