SSS Clinician

If you are passionate about helping children and young people reach their full potential, and like working in a collaborative multidisciplinary team - then a role in the Student Support Services is the job for you.

Why Student Support Services?

SSS comprise a broad range of Allied Health professions including psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and social workers.

Working in SSS is deeply meaningful, highly rewarding, challenging, and dynamic and gives you the opportunity to make a positive contribution to the life of children and young people, their families, schools, and communities. You'll work with a diverse group of people who share a common goal, and you will be well supported to use your professional skills and knowledge to provide specialised support at the individual, group, school, and area level.

As part of an Area based multi-disciplinary health, wellbeing, and inclusion team, you will work to help build the capability of schools to support student achievement, engagement, and wellbeing.

What can we offer you?

The work we do matters greatly, and there are few comparable opportunities to shape the life of children and young people for the better.

You will have access to a broad range of benefits including:

• flexible working arrangements;
• professional development and learning opportunities;
• a competitive salary with salary progression;
• a range of salary packaging options; and
• generous leave entitlements, including purchasing additional leave.

We know that the success of our State depends on the success of our people. If you are driven by a desire to contribute to the big picture, and the future success of our children and our State, then a career working in our SSS allied health workforce is for you.

Required: A graduate or post-graduate degree in Speech Pathology and eligibility for membership with Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) or a graduate or post-graduate qualification in Occupational Therapy, registration with AHPRA Occupational Therapy Board, and possess a current Australian Drivers' Licence and Working with Children Check.

Job Location: The base work location is Bendigo.

Applications for this vacancy must address the Key Selection Criteria (KSC) within in the Position Description. This vacancy can be found on www.careers.vic.gov.au, with the Position Description attached to the job listing

This is 1.0FTE fixed term position ending January 2025. Part-time employment may be considered.

Further information:

For more details see the position description or contact Lenka Schirmer, Branch Manager, on 0437 739 ***.

For more information regarding the Department's Allied Health Workforce and working in Regions visit the links below:

DET Allied Health Careers

Regional Careers (education.vic.gov.au)

Additional information about the Department's regional model is available via this link- Regions (education.vic.gov.au).

Department of Education and Training is committed to diversity. The Department places considerable effort and resources into responding to the needs of staff with a disability. People from disadvantaged groups are encouraged to apply for this position. If you require assistance, with the recruitment process, have accessibility or adjustment requirements, please communicate with the contact person listed on this job advertisement or contact the People Division via email: ***************@edumail.vic.gov.au

Information about the Department of Education and Training's operations and employment conditions can be obtained from the following websites: www.education.vic.gov.au and http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx.

Applications close midnight Friday 23 February 2024.