Sss Clinician

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time / asap - 31/12/2024

Organisation: Department of Education

**Salary**: $66,063 - $90,558

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: VG/DE/SRS/20007314

An opportunity exists for an appropriately qualified allied health professional to join the Department of Education's Student Support Services (SSS) workforce, North East Melbourne Area. Speech pathologists and provisional psychologists are invited to apply. In this role you will provide professional advice to schools that strongly influences student learning outcomes and wellbeing policies within a school community, and the wider Area.

An opportunity exists for an appropriately qualified allied health professional to join the Department of Education's Student Support Services (SSS) workforce, North East Melbourne Area. Speech pathologists and provisional psychologists are invited to apply. In this role you will provide professional advice to schools that strongly influences student learning outcomes and wellbeing policies within a school community, and the wider Area. SSS staff do vital work in supporting students' health and wellbeing and are critical to building an excellent education system that reduces the impact of disadvantage. For more information see the Department's website DE Allied Health Careers.

Student Support Services (SSS) assists children and young people facing a range of barriers to learning to achieve their educational and developmental potential. We do this through the provision of a range of strategies and specialised support at the individual, group, school, and team level within a Department Area. SSS staff work collaboratively with schools, students, and parents to facilitate improved emotional health and wellbeing for students.

As a SSS clinician, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary Area-based team to build the capabilities of schools to support children and young people to engage in their education. The multidisciplinary Area-based teams consist of a broad range of Allied Health professionals including psychologists, speech pathologists, social workers, behaviour clinicians and visiting teachers.

For more details regarding this position please see the attached position description applicable to your professional qualification ie. provisional psychologist, speech pathologist

The position is part-time (0.4FTE) and fixed term until 31/12/2004. The position services the Nillumbik area and is based at Greensborough.

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person

**Applications close [18 March 2024]