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Form of workAt Zanda, our mission is to help children socialise and learn. We are a multidisciplinary and outcome focused team. We love being creative (think art, dance, music, acting, & everything play based!) to make therapy engaging!
We celebrate amazing moments as a team and have a supportive, friendly, and social culture.
As Speech Pathologist at Zanda you will be well supported, working through Zanda’s own Leap’in Start program, as well as participating in structured weekly supervision from our team leaders and directors/senior Speech Pathologists. The position is based across our beautiful Ivanhoe and Macleod hubs which both have a warm and homely feel.
What you’ll be doing…- Supporting children aged between 2-12 years old including their families
- Managing a clinical caseload with primary focus on: late talkers/facilitation of pre-linguistic skills, expressive and receptive language skills, social skills using neurodiversity affirming programs/strategies, articulation, phonology, and motor speech disorders, parent coaching and education, early intervention for autistic children and those with developmental delay, literacy, school readiness, speech and language assessments/therapy for school aged children
- Opportunity to run small group programs with senior staff (e.g. school readiness, social skills, early play/language, dance/music groups)
- Work closely as a multidisciplinary team for shared clients, joint sessions, & transdisciplinary learning
- Work closely with our amazing therapy assistant team who support our clients too
A big focus on support to set you up for success including:
- Weekly structured 1:1 supervision with our senior therapists
- Weekly Friday 1pm finish with clients - then 2 hours of structured team training/supervision/professional development
- Fortnightly peer supervision program
- 4 days at hub,1 day mobile - allows you to access support on site as much as you need
- Monthly group supervision/PD with our international, world class clinical advisors
- Structured scheduling with built in client blocks and admin blocks for plenty of planning time
- First week shadowing/training, then a gradually building caseload as you find your feet
- Transparent client/billable hours with a clear timeline for how your caseload will build
- Work from our two beautiful hubs that have a warm and homely feel - a lovely environment to work in!
- Access to extensive resources, catalogue of toys, work iPads, phone…
- Admin support
- Friday whole team lunch to connect as a team and celebrate great moments from the week
- Fun & social work environment, regular social events, yoga, free snacks & coffee!
- Passionate about working with children & ability to engage children through play
- Can do attitude and willing to go above and beyond to achieve amazing outcomes for families
- A great team player!
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Speech Pathology
- New graduates also encouraged to apply
Please email your resume and cover letter to ****@zandaspeech.com.au.
Or, we'd also love it if you included a video cover letter, instead of a written one. In your video cover letter, we’d love to hear about:
1. Why you'd like to work at Zanda?
2. A brief story about a great client outcome
3. What you think makes a great therapist?
