About this job
About the Department:
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Role:
Responsibilities include:
- Provide leadership and professional supervision to speech language pathologists at a regional level, in collaboration with regional and school management, in the delivery of safe, high quality effective services.
- Direct and support speech language pathologists and school management teams in assessing speech language pathology requirements and identifying appropriate speech language pathology responses and interventions to support curriculum delivery and students with speech language communication difficulties.
- Provide high level expert advice to inform strategic decision making in the development of policies, systems and practices related to the delivery and continuous improvement of speech language pathology services within the region.
- Provide strategic advice to the Principal Advisor, Therapies and Nursing to inform strategic decision making on state-wide speech language pathology service provision which enables the achievement of the department's Strategic Plan.
- Oversee the research, development, implementation and evaluation of validated clinical practices, policies and protocols relating to the practice of speech language pathology across the region.
- Monitor and report on performance across speech language pathology services within the region, and collaborate with the Principal Advisor, Therapies and Nursing to develop processes for, and monitor and report on, performance across the State.
- Plan and provide clinical supervision to speech language pathologists.
- Provide expert advice on, and lead aspects of, research, development, maintenance, review and implementation of operational standards, procedures and programs to support speech language pathology services across the state.
- Demonstrated qualities of leadership in complex environments and an ability to think critically and act on the broader purpose of the system will be an advantage.
Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? 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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