Speech Pathologist

Reference Number: 3671

Category: Mental Health

Department: Child & Youth MHS

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• Speech Pathologist, Grade 2 Central Child Community Team, Austin Health Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Services (ICYMHS)
• Fixed term, part time parental leave cover (22.8 hours per week)
• Available now – ending 15/02/2026

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Department

The Central Child Community Team (CCCT) at Austin Health's Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Services (ICYMHS) is a multi-disciplinary team that offers individual and group assessment, treatment, consultations, and a clinical case management service to young people with a variety of complex and severe mental illnesses and/or disorders.

CCCT primarily provides services to young people aged 0-11in the Local Government Area of Banyule, Nillumbik, and Boroondara.. The service currently operates within business hours, with a view to expand operating hours in the future to improve accessibility in line with Royal Commission recommendations.

About the role

This is a fixed-term part time parental leave backfill position.

The successful applicant will coordinate and deliver a high quality, responsive and accountable clinical speech pathology service for Young People case managed by CCCT. This will include assessment, development of management plans, and providing high quality, evidence-based clinical treatment modalities at an individual or group level.

About you

You will be someone with excellent communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, who takes a supportive team approach to their work. You'll have strong organisational and time management skills, as shown by a dynamic and flexible approach to time and caseload management.

To be successful in this role you will bring with you:

• A relevant professional qualification in Speech Pathology (Bachelor of Speech Pathology or equivalent tertiary qualification), with eligibility for membership of Speech Pathology Australia
• A minimum of 2 years' experience in the provision of speech pathology services to children with communication and swallowing disorders who may require speech, language, voice, and fluency assessments
• Knowledge of the assessment and management of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Learning Difficulties as well as the other common mental health difficulties that impact children and young people
• Display a clear understanding of and practice in the principles of recovery-orientated, trauma-informed, and family-centred, collaborative practice and expertise in engaging young people and their families within a clinical setting

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. While this is not an Identified position, we actively welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as a significant proportion of our clients identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We are committed to fostering a culturally safe and inclusive workplace and delivering culturally safe services to the community.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

Work with us

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Rowan Chipchase, Program Manager Youth Outreach,

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Sunday 24 August 2025