Speech Pathologist

MacKillop Education is a Special Assistance Catholic P-12 School that comprises of three school campuses; Geelong, Maidstone and Caulfield. It caters for children and young people who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from mainstream education. The students referred to MacKilllop have a history and/or ongoing experience of trauma and their needs are complex and diverse; self-regulation is difficult for our students and this can result in challenging social and emotional behaviours. 

We have a Permanent Part-time (22.8 per week) opportunity available based in Caulfield, VIC within our MacKillop Education Program.

About the role:

The Speech Pathologist provides high level support, addressing the therapeutic language and speech needs of individuals and groups of students. The Speech Pathologist works closely with the Learning and Teaching team, as well as students and teachers in the classroom. The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate evidence of an appropriate speech pathologist qualification and be a current member of Speech Pathology, Australia.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Appropriate qualifications as a Speech Pathologist and experience working with neurodivergent children

• Experience working with children and young people who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education and a sound understanding of how trauma and/or neurodivergence can impact learning

• Excellent communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with others and exercise influence in a diversity of contexts.

• Ability to work independently, to take initiative and a capacity for effective decision-making

 Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the PD as part of your application.

 For a full listing please view the attached Position Description. 

You must have a:

• Valid and current Driver's Licence;
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check;
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles)

Our offer:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
• Generous Salary Packaging up to $18,500 (helps increase your take home pay)
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training 
• Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.

For more information, please contact:

Elyse Tubb at 

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person's ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Child Safe Standards 

MacKillop Education schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards.