Job Description

Welcome to Ability Action Australia!

We are one of the largest providers to the NDIS, supporting over 10,000 participants every year with the care they need, when and where it is needed. We have a multi-disciplinary team approach, building a quality support service around the needs and goals of our participants and their family.

Help us help others with life changing support that can improve their independence, access, development, health and wellbeing, and function.

Looking for structured supervision, mentoring and CPD opportunities, we've got you!

Our purpose is to help our participants get more out of life today! When you join AAA, you join a team that encourages collaboration, promotes inclusion, welcomes differences, and genuinely cares about your wellbeing.

Based in Wollongong, you'll provide support to NDIS participants living across the broader Wollongong, North Wollongong, South Wollongong, Nowra region (depending on where you live) whilst working in a collaborative MDT of Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists and Behavior Support Practitioners. You'll support participants in childcare centres, schools, aged care facilities, day programs, the community, homes, and/or our clinic space.

We offer an environment to learn and grow together, you'll have access to weekly supervision with your team leader, discipline specific team meetings, team building events, and regular CPD. If you are excited about working across the lifespan with physical disability, paediatrics, adults, psychosocial conditions, and neurodevelopmental conditions, we are the team for you!

Your role will include:

We strive to provide a caseload matched to your experience and interests!

• Our Early Years caseload – engage in clinic-based early intervention and parent training.
• School-aged children – literacy, social communication skills & AAC
• Adults – speech, language and social skills training. Provide services to adults with an ABI e.g., stroke, progressive neurological conditions
• Dysphagia management/Mealtime assessment and food aversion caseload for all age groups.

As you support many, we support you.

We offer:

• A clinical caseload that you are passionate about and fills your cup! Whether you’re a paediatric SP, an adult SP, or like a mix of both – we make sure your caseload fits both your individual learning goals and passion areas
• Work flexibility – From 24 hours a week to full time, you select the hours and days that work best for you as an individual.
• Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + salary packaging + KM reimbursement + laptop + smartphone + purchase leave.
• True work-life balance – The autonomy of setting your calendar, your way. Combine the convenience of working from home with time at our supportive hubs.
• Career progression – Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities through Ability Action Australia and our parent company, MedHealth.
• Continuous Professional Development – A generous CPD allowance and paid leave days to complete this.
• Passionate and positive culture – Be part of a purpose-driven team that believes in making a difference.

Qualifications

We are looking for people who authentically want to improve the lives of people living with a disability.

• Current registration with Speech Pathology Australia as a Speech Pathologist
• A Team Player who is eager to learn from and collaborate within an MDT
• Looking for a FUN and inviting team culture where we look out for one another!
• A person passionate about delivering quality service in your field

Additional Information

Does this opportunity EXCITE you? Then, we want to hear from you! Click on the APPLY button or please contact me, Amie, on 0491 388 893 to have a confidential discussion about this role. If you do not have an updated resume you can add me on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/amiegargan

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You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.