Learning Links
2022 New Graduate Speech Pathologist (Rolling Intake)
Sydney, Sydney
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 63,600 - 65,800 / Year
- 4-6 vacancies
- Apply by 31 Jul 2022
- Start date Ongoing
At Learning Links, we work together with thousands of families to help children reach their full potential. We are growing and looking for some more Speech Pathology superstars to join the team part-time, full-time based from our offices in Bella Vista (Hills area) and Gledswood Hills (Camden area).
Your role
Use your empathy and expertise to make a difference in the lives of children and families across Sydney. In this role day-to-day, you will be:
- Connecting with children and local primary schools.
- Working with a wide range of children including those with learning difficulties and disabilities and their families and teachers.
- Problem-solving and diagnosing difficulties for children with speech, language and communication needs.
- Leading assessments and interventions.
- Documenting intervention goals, progress and outcomes through our online system (Salesforce).
We have invested in technology, as part of our digital transformation, so you can focus on your clients. You'll also have administration support from our Intake and Customer Care teams who manage all bookings, enquiries and questions from our wonderful families.
Your benefits
- Hands down the most supportive and welcoming culture around.
- Access to an amazing brains trust of expert colleagues to bounce ideas and discuss best practices.
- Four plus dedicated internal professional development days per year; plus access to external opportunities to grow your clinical skills
- Access to salary sacrifice up to $15,900 to reduce your pre-tax income.
- Variety at work with exposure to multiple disciplines and programs (e.g. psychology, education, early intervention, and teams running community programs, etc.)
- Work in schools as well as clinical settings to expand your skillset.
- Early career support including mentoring; weekly clinical supervision; peer supervision
- Systems and digital skills training to allow you to focus on clinical support.
- Opportunities to step up and supervise therapy aides, early-career clinicians, and lead other staff.
- Insightful focus on leadership and working with all leaders to build their toolkit of skills.
- School holiday breaks (phew – recovery time!).
- Giving back to communities by helping kids from low socioeconomic or disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Flexible work options galore (part-time, various locations, telehealth consults, etc.).
Your team
Our Speechie team at Learning Links are special. We work hard to get support for children and families, but we also enjoy a few laughs at our team days and social events (eg. Friday night dinners; board game night). We set up our timetables and clients to maximise your expertise and to allow opportunities for you to work with sites and schools nearest to you. Our teamwork permanent hours across the year, but school holiday periods are more flexible with more work from home, time to reflect and plan for the next term, and of course invest in professional development.
Your knowledge and qualifications
- Relevant qualification in Speech Pathology
- A passion for working with children
- Strong knowledge of evidence-based practice in the areas of pediatric assessment and intervention including speech, language and fluency disorders.
- Certified Practicing Member of Speech Pathology Australia
- Willingness to travel with a current driver's license and access to a comprehensively insured vehicle.
Child safety is a top priority for us, and we are a child-safe organisation. You will be asked to undergo a police check and a Working with Children Check.
About us
Learning Links was established in 1972 by parents concerned about the lack of appropriate support services to meet their children's education and wellbeing needs. Since then we have partnered with thousands of children and families to help children reach their full potential. Our Client Services team includes leading practitioners in their field and we provide multidisciplinary services across psychology, speech therapy, specialist and early education.
We value diversity and inclusion and the unique contribution that every one of our team makes.
Your application
Sounds like a good gig right?! We can't wait to hear from you! Select Apply now!
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Medical & Health Sciences +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
My days are very well set out - with clear time set for paperwork (e.g., reports, client preparation, phone calls), school day and clinic days (face to face client sessions, and associated tasks). I am able to clearly know what I'm meant to be doing on each day and what time is allocated for what task.
I conduct assessments, complete intervention - in clinic and through school programs.
Preparation for sessions, therapy sessions/screeners/assessments with clients, writing notes, other admin paper work such as reports.
About the employer
Learning Links
4.8
100 - 500 employees
Education & Training
Learning Links is a charity working in collaboration with schools, early childhood settings & parents to help children who struggle to learn.
Pros and cons of working at Learning Links
Pros
The team and how welcoming they are very supportive, flexible and friendly. There is genuine care for the well-being of employees. Many resources are available and there is great support for developing the knowledge and skills of employees through weekly supervision from highly experienced speech pathologists, internal and external professional development opportunities, etc.
Everyone is so welcoming and there is some great supervision offered which makes me feel supported.
Lots of support Lots of opportunity to learn Great environment - no toxicity between staff Always room to grow Lots of up to date resources Great structured systems in place make it easier to follow
Cons
Moving around to different clinics
Maybe finishing later than usual business hours on clinical days, however, this isn't too bad when there are other speech pathologists/colleagues working with you at the same time. Also, this is probably essential and common with many speech pathology companies due to our work with school-aged students.
I honestly can not think of anything bad about the company. I'm slowly learning to adjust to the systems in place and becoming better at time management and paperwork.