Teacher of The Deaf

Posted: 01/09/2023

Closing Date: 16/09/2023

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Moonee Ponds

Job Category: Allied Health

**Our Purpose and Ambition**

NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.

NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we’ve been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We’re a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.

We’re committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.

We are currently creating a world-leading centre for innovation on-site at Macquarie University that represents a new era for hearing and vision loss. This nationally significant social infrastructure project will be a place to nurture, trial and share new ideas and form new partnerships that will drive better outcomes for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision.

**The Role**

NextSense has an exciting opportunity for a Speech Pathologist to join our team at Moonee Ponds. This is a permanent full-time role and reports directly to the Area Manager. You’ll make a difference in this role by:

- Providing evidence based functional assessment, intervention supports and other appropriate strategies to assist client/family to achieve outcomes.
- Delivering services in person, via telepractice in a NextSense centre, client home, school or other appropriate setting.
- Using a person/family centred framework when providing service to enable clients and their families to develop their skills and capacity and achieve outcomes.
- Developing, delivering and evaluating Individual Support Plans (ISP), and progress reports with the client, family and relevant others, that reflect the individual’s strengths and needs and the family’s priorities.
- Maintaining client records to ensure all information, including sensitive issues, are treated in a way that respects the individual clients right to confidentiality and dignity

**What we can offer you**
- Above award remuneration and salary packaging allowing you to increase your take home pay
- Unlimited personal/carer’s leave
- 2 weeks paid leave over Christmas in addition to 4 weeks annual leave
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary carer and 6 weeks for secondary carer
- Access to industry leading education and professional development
- Collaborative work environment
- Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
To be successful in this role you'll need to demonstrate you meet the following selection criteria.
- Relevant qualifications in Teaching or equivalent
- Be able to work collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Contribute to client outcomes in a team setting
- Prior experience in working with clients with a sensory disability highly desirable
- Experience working towards goals and key performance indicators
- Working knowledge of NDIS framework desirable
- Ability to learn new systems, processes and frameworks

NextSense is an equal opportunity employer and compliance with child protection legislation is essential.