Early Intervention Consultant

Posted: 10/11/2023

Closing Date: 10/12/2023

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Broadmeadow

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 Early Childhood Teachers, who are looking for a career change, to become an Early Intervention Vision Consultant. The Early Intervention Vision Consultant is an early childhood intervention specialist who acts as the one point of contact for young children living with disability, within a multidisciplinary team. Qualified Teachers will be provided with mentorship and supervision to support the transition to a therapeutic role, as well as access to the Master’s of Disability Studies offered through the NextSense Institute in conjunction with Macquarie University. This program of study will be paid for by NextSense.

We have multiple roles to join our teams at Broadmeadow, Macquarie, Werrington and Liverpool. This is a permanent full-time role, working 38 hours per week across 5 days and reports directly to the local Area Manager. You’ll make a difference in this role by:

- providing high quality, client-centred services that assist individuals, aged 0-9 years, with vision loss or Deafblindness to achieve their goals
- implementing best practice services for clients in clinical and educational settings
- providing evidence-based assessment, intervention supports and other strategies to assist clients in achieving 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 services
- developing, delivering and evaluating Individual Support Plans and progress reports with the client, their family and relevant others

**What we can offer you**
- Competitive remuneration
- 100% salary packaging allowing you to increase your take home pay
- Extensive 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
- Extensive Mentoring Package and individual supervision and support to guide you
- Collaborative work environment
- Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible working arrangements

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Desired Skills and Experience**

To be successful in this role you'll need to demonstrate you meet the following selection criteria.
- Bachelor in Early Childhood Education
- Eligibility for general membership with South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment (SPEVI)
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working in an early childhood setting eg Childcare centre or preschool or
- Experience working with children who have a disability or as an inclusion support teacher
- Willingness to study towards a Masters in Sensory Disability through NextSense Institute
- Demonstrates sound childhood development skills and knowledge
- Works collaboratively as a keyworker integral to the multidisciplinary team
- Contributes to client outcomes in a team setting
- Valid driver's licence and willingness to travel where necessary to see clients and deliver services, including NextSense sites, school/home visits, and via telepractice
- Working With Children Check
- NDIS Worker Screening Check

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