Team Leader (Speech Pathologist/ Occupational Therapist)

Are you looking for an opportunity to lead a transdisciplinary team to support children in the Hunter?

Would you like to support children living with developmental delay and disability learn new skills, be independent and participate in their communities?

Are you passionate about capacity building and empowering families and their local communities?

Ready to thrive in a role that champions flexibility and embraces hybrid work?

Prelude Australia are currently seeking a Team Leader (Speech Pathologist or Occupational Therapist) for a Full-time position in our Kurri Kurri team.

The Team Leader is part of the Prelude Australia Leadership Team. The Team Leader is responsible for leading an innovative and collaborative transdisciplinary team of Early Childhood Teachers and Allied Health Professionals to provide early childhood intervention and therapy supports to children and their families to assist their development, well-being and to participate in meaningful activities and routines in the home, education settings and community.

Duties include:

• Leading day to day operational management of 8-10 staff
• Oversee your team's productivity and wellness to ensure optimal satisfaction and well-being for all staff.
• Work closely with the Service Manager and Executive Leadership team to develop and implement Prelude Australia’s organisation strategic plan including best practice strategies, and drive the implementation of crucial initiatives with your team.
• Provide regular reports on team performance and expectations directly to the Service Manager.
• Maintain workload allocation, ensuring all team members are occupied effectively and contributing to overall productivity.
• Engage in ongoing consultation with the Service Manager to pinpoint opportunities for enhancing service delivery, offering consistent updates, feedback and proactive solutions.
• Lead by example by actively implementing best practices and interventions in your own caseload, setting a standard for the team to follow.

Essential Requirements and Selection Criteria:

• Recognised tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology
• Current registration with relevant peak body (E.g., AHPRA, SPA).
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective leadership to teams and contribute to building a team focused on providing quality early childhood intervention and therapy supports.
• Demonstrated ability to assess priorities and manage competing deadlines both independently and as a member of a team.
• Effective coaching skills to enhance the skills of individual team members, teams and maintain a collaborative and relationship-based team culture.
• A high level of adaptable written and oral communication skills to communicate complex information with team members, families, and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience delivering early childhood intervention through the transdisciplinary key worker model of practice with children living with developmental delay and disability.
• Demonstrated experience in working in partnership with local child and family services.

Desirable Criteria

• Demonstrated ability and experience to inspire and implement innovative change.
• Experience delivering telepractice therapy supports to families.

Special Conditions

• Current Working with Children Check
• Current Police Criminal Record Check 
• Verified NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Comprehensively insured private motor vehicle
• Ability to travel throughout the Hunter
• First aid and CPR certification

Why join our team?

• Competitive salary with additional employee entitlements.
• Flexible working hours & breaks as well as a hybrid work model
• Additional Leave, including six weeks of annual leave and 12 days of personal leave.
• Not-for-Profit salary packaging, increasing take-home pay and Novated Car Leasing opportunities.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Company provided mobile phone, laptop and access to online and physical therapy resources.
• Ongoing learning and development, including individual professional development budget, best practice early childhood intervention training, operational and leadership coaching.
• Mentor program: Be connected and feel empowered by partnering up with a mentor (of a different discipline) for peer support and advice as you start your journey with Prelude Australia.
• Administrative support provided for NDIS claiming.
• Employee Value Benefits, including access to the employee assistance program and Sonder, a 24/7 accessible tech platform keeping you safe in the community.
• Insurance coverage: Public Liability, Professional Indemnity and Journey Accident insurance are provided by Prelude Australia.
• Relocation allowance: Negotiable upon appointment into position.

About Prelude Australia

Prelude Australia is a not-for-profit charity organisation that provides quality early childhood intervention & therapy services to children (birth to 12 years) living with developmental delay and disability and their families under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Medicare and Private Services. The team at Prelude Australia consists of Early Childhood Teachers, Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapy.

Trusted by our community for over 40 years, we deliver connected, capacity-building support. We are committed to achieving meaningful outcomes for children that support participation and independence in their everyday lives.

Prelude Australia also partners with the community to deliver capacity-building programs and disability sector support, including clinical supervision and coaching, training and workshops, facilitated playgroups, and fundraising.

We believe in the importance of:

• Inclusion
• Capacity building
• Meaningful participation
• Functional outcomes
• Independence for all

At Prelude Australia we provide services in line with our core values:

• Respect
• Collaboration
• Creating Opportunities

Prelude Australia recognises and values diversity, equity and the inclusion of all people. We celebrate diversity in culture, language, religion, gender, sexuality and abilities. We encourage applications from all suitable qualified and skilled candidates to build diverse teams.

To apply, please include the following:

• Cover Letter outlining your interest in the position and addressing the above Essential Requirements & Special Conditions
• Resume with a minimum of 2 referees

Applications will be reviewed as received.

For any enquiries, please contact Faith Bam, People and Culture Coordinator on 0431432638.