About this job
About the Department:
The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to delivering responsive services focused on equity and excellence to Queenslanders and their communities. We promote equity and excellence by our commitment to respect, protect and promote human rights. Our objectives are: a strong start for all children, every student realising their potential, fair and safe workplaces and communities, capable people delivering our vision. Our vision is one of equity and excellence in a progressive, high performing education system that realises the potential of every student.
About the Role:
As a senior speech language pathologist supervisory you will be responsible for providing leadership and clinical supervision to school-based speech language pathologists in the delivery of safe, effective high-quality services to support children and students to access and fully participate in their learning.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide leadership and clinical supervision to speech language pathologists in collaboration with regional and school management, in the delivery of safe, effective high-quality services.
- Provide advice on policy implementation and needs-based resourcing related to speech language pathology services within the region.
- Contribute perspectives to the development of statewide programs, policies, operational standards and procedures to support speech language pathology services across the state.
- Provide professional supervision, leadership, and support to speech language pathologists within the region to ensure the achievement of quality educational outcomes in schools.
- Monitor and report on performance across speech language pathology services within the region.
- Identify professional development needs and proactively plan, implement and evaluate clinical supervision, training and development initiatives for speech language pathologists.
- Promote system wide speech language pathology services, processes and resources to support students with speech language communication difficulties and lead teams and projects as required to achieve the department's Strategic Plan.
- Collaborate with Senior Advisors and Senior Officers across all therapy streams to identify and respond to common issues impacting therapy services in education.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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