Position: Speech Language Pathologist
Commencing Date: As soon as practicableSalary Range: $93,220 - $115,296 per annum pending experience
Tenure: Permanent, Full-time
Hours: 38 Hours a week
Closing Date: Monday, 30 June 2025 unless filled prior
Townsville Catholic Education supports a diverse region extending from Townsville to the Burdekin and Whitsunday regions in the South, North to Ingham and Halifax, South-West to Winton, and West to the border with the Northern Territory, encompassing Mount Isa and several small, isolated western towns and east to Palm Island.
Townsville Catholic Education provides a supportive, flexible working environment where care for the individual is an important part of our ethos. We employ motivated people who want to work together to produce excellent outcomes for our students. Our staff are recognised as being central to achieving our mission.
Townsville Catholic Education has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.
About the Role
Townsville Catholic Education is currently seeking a committed and enthusiastic Speech Language Pathologist to provide support to our schools in Townsville.This position is a full time, permanentrole that commences as soon as practicable.
During school vacation periods the Speech Language Pathologist will not be required to work at school, except in defined extenuating circumstances.
As a member of the Inclusive Education Team, the Speech Language Pathologist works collaboratively to provide a range of speech pathology services that promote and support effective inclusive practice. The support provided will be responsive to each school’s context, maintain a student-specific focus, and complement services provided through TCE.
Key Accountabilities
1. Provide consultative speech therapy services and resources to assist school leaders and staff, parents, and other professional peers to develop knowledge and skills to support students with disability.
2. Screening or formal assessments occur within the school environment and information profiling each student’s strengths and concerns is provided to the school and parents
3. Develop evidence-based speech therapy interventions that include proactive, targeted and intensive strategies
4. Collaborate effectively to create partnerships within the school community to optimise the quality of service outcomes.
5. Participate as an active team member in a number of educational teams with particular emphasis on the delivery of speech therapy services as part of the educational program and towards educational outcomes.
6. Collaborate and contribute to the professional development of school staff as well as providing opportunities for parent education
7. Actively participate in professional development activities and clinical supervision to improve and ensure high quality services are delivered based on contemporary best practice.
8. Confidential records of speech language pathology services provided are maintained and undertaken in accordance with Townsville Catholic Education Office guidelines
9. Maintain standards of practice and competencies consistent with those described by Speech Pathology Australia and Townsville Catholic Education Office.
10. Supervise university speech therapy students.
About You
11. Demonstrated ability to develop effective programs and monitor the progress of these programs, making adjustments as required specifically for students with a disability
12. Clinical experience and competence in differential diagnosis and intervention for children/adolescents with communication difficulties and the capacity to effectively apply this knowledge and expertise within the educational or other organisational contexts
13. Experience and capacity to facilitate, perform and interpret appropriate speech and language pathology assessments and to report findings to all stakeholders.
14. Highly developed interpersonal and written communication skills in dealing with a diverse range of students, school staff, parents/carers, community members and professionals from other agencies and organisations
15. Excellent time management skills, flexibility with the ability to problem solve
16. Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and to form effective partnerships with other professionals, students and parents/carers.
Mandatory Criteria
17. Current Working with Children Suitability Card - The successful candidate will require a paid Blue Card before commencement as per the No Card, No Start policy developed by the Queensland Government
18. Appropriate tertiary qualification(s) in Speech Language Pathology
19. Eligibility for Certified Practising Membership with Speech Pathology Australia
20. Current Driver’s Licence
21. Ability to travel from time to time within the Catholic Diocese of Townsville
22. Ability to perform the physical requirements of the role in a safe manner.
Desirable Criteria
23. Experience working within educational environments.
Please see the Position Description for more information.
What we offer
24. Competitive Salary
25. Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
26. Salary packaging options
27. Modern facilities, equipment and resources
28. Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service
29. 14 Weeks’ paid parental leave
30. Deferred Salary Scheme
31. Corporate health insurance
32. Induction, professional development and learning opportunities
33. Well-being programs and initiatives
Townsville Catholic Education supports a diverse region extending from Townsville to the Burdekin and Whitsunday regions in the south, and north to Ingham and Halifax, south-west to Winton, and west to the border with the Northern Territory, encompassing Mount Isa and several small, isolated western towns and east to Palm Island.