Paediatric Speech Pathologist [Grade 2]
Location: East (Mitcham)
Vacancy Type: Permanent -Part-time/ Full-Time
Job reference: 494404
Salary Range: $85,380.74 – $104,551.89 (depends on experience) + superannuation + salary packaging
Are you a skilled Speech Pathologist looking for a flexible and rewarding role?
Join Yooralla’s Allied Health team and make a meaningful difference by empowering clients with disabilities to achieve their goals and live fulfilling lives.
Why Choose Yooralla?
As one of Victoria’s most established disability service providers, Yooralla has over 100 years of experience supporting people with disabilities to live the lives they choose. We value diversity and inclusion, and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, abilities, and identities, including people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
What We Offer:
- Meaningful Impact: Support clients to develop their communication skills, improve their mealtime safety, and enhance their quality of life.
- Growth Opportunities: Access generous professional development allowances, paid study leave, and structured clinical supervision.
- Collaborative Environment: Work within a multidisciplinary team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Psychologists.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible hours and locations, with both full-time and part-time options available.
- Strong Supportive Environment: Administrative and logistical support for intake, NDIS coordination, and billing.
- Attractive Benefits: Competitive salary, salary packaging, and extensive leave entitlements, including 15 days of personal/carer’s leave and 12 weeks of parental leave.
Find out more about Working in Allied Health Team with Yooralla
About the role
We are seeking experienced Paediatric Speech Pathologists for permanent roles in Melbourne's eastern region. In this role, you’ll deliver best-practice, client-centred, evidence-based therapy services to children and young people with disabilities, by supporting them with communication, mealtime safety, and overall health and wellbeing, to achieve their goals and participate meaningfully in their communities.
Your day-to-day will include:
- Delivering therapy at home, in educational settings, in the community, onsite at one of our clinics or via Telehealth.
- Providing family coordination and indirect client services.
- Collaborating within a multidisciplinary team to achieve client goals.
About You
You’re an enthusiastic Speech Pathologist with:
- A tertiary qualification in Speech Pathology and current Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) registration.
- Experience working in a transdisciplinary/multidisciplinary team.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build positive relationships with clients and families.
- A commitment to professional growth, clinical excellence and self-reflection.
- Competence with IT systems, especially client management platforms.
- A valid Australian driver’s license and own vehicle for travel across Melbourne’s Eastern Region.
Pre-Employment Requirements
This role is subject to:
- Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) membership
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Working with Children Check
- Reference checks
Ready to Apply?
To find out more about this role, please contact Laura McElhinney, Professional Lead – Speech Pathology, at 0436 602 613 or laura.mcelhinney@yooralla.com.au.
For other queries regarding Allied Health Services at Yooralla, contact Kylie Bowden, Director Allied Health, at kylie.bowden@yooralla.com.au.
Yooralla and Berry Street, two of Victoria’s most respected and long-standing social service providers, have merged – in a transformative step forward in meeting current and emerging community needs. The merger will enable us to deliver greater impact, expand our services, and create more opportunities for professional growth and development.
Berry Street Yooralla acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands People as the Traditional Custodians of the lands across Victoria where our services are located, and pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past, present and future. Yooralla is committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands Peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to Berry Street Yooralla and our society.