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About the role
As a Senior Speech Language Pathologist (Clinical) with Early Years Connect, you will connect and build relationships with regional, school and health teams to manage a multifaceted, dynamic workload.
You will require excellent initiative, time management and a willingness to consider every aspect of your work through a cultural lens. You will work with the statewide Early Years Connect team, an enthusiastic group where collaboration and mutual support are highly valued, and where openness to learning and change is key to achieving results.
You will support school teams to build sustainable practices and processes, so a mix of face to face and online support will be required to establish flexible, responsive processes in collaboration with communities. Some travel may be required.
Key responsibilities
Your role will involve walking with communities and schools to support:
- Regional Capability: strengthening partnerships with regional teams to inform school, region and system decision-making and improvement, particularly for schools in vulnerable communities with high First Nations enrolment.
- School Capability: supporting school teams to achieve positive hearing, oral language and literacy outcomes in the early years by embedding culturally responsive, strengths based and data informed differentiation across the curriculum.
- Hearing Pathways: a partnership with Children's Health Queensland ensuring early identification of hearing loss and addressing the significant impact of hearing loss on learning.
- SLP Capability: hands on, coaching support to promote culturally responsive, evidence informed assessment and support for early years students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds within a whole school approach.
Interested? To Apply
Your application should include:
- Your brief resume (no more than three pages) including contact details of two referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor); and
- a two-page statement outlining your suitability for the role.
For further information regarding this opportunity please contact:
- Julianne Grant - julianne.grant@qed.qld.gov.au or call 0447 677 151
- Gayle Hemsley - gayle.hemsley@qed.qld.gov.au
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.