We are seeking a passionate and dynamic speech pathologist to join us at the forefront of child and adolescent mental health service development in Tasmania. Our vision is to provide world class, innovative mental health care to support our children and young people live life to the fullest with the best possible health and social outcomes.

The Tasmanian Government are committed to action through the Tasmanian Mental Health Service Reforms with a whole raft of new initiatives in motion to change the shape and improve mental health service delivery. You too, can be part of this exciting work and help build new services and capacity in Tasmania to treat children and young people with severe and complex mental illness.

This position will be based within the CAMHS South Community Team based at Clare House in New Town, however also provides specialist assessment in-reach and liaison with the CAMHS Hospital-based team.

As part of a multidisciplinary team delivering high quality mental health services in accordance with Mental Health Services principles, national Mental Health Standards, Agency policy, legal requirements and relevant professional competencies, the Speech Pathologist will:

• Work as an effective member of the multidisciplinary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in providing specialist assessment, treatment, and delivery of Speech Pathology services for infants, children and adolescents with psychiatric, behavioural, emotional or developmental difficulties.
  
• Undertake delivery of quality care to clients of CAMHS based on best practice principles and within a collaborative and multidisciplinary framework.
  
• Promote community awareness in relation to mental health and act as a consultant to other agencies with regard to the support and management of clients with mental health needs.

The Role:

• Provide expert, comprehensive input to management plans by evaluating the client’s communication profile and articulating the impact of this on the client’s functioning in their family and community, on diagnoses, on the treatment experience and on their mental health management.
  
• Provide intervention, including individual work, group work and case management, to an allocated caseload of infant, children, and adolescents in the CAMHS setting.
  
• Provide primary, secondary, and tertiary Speech Pathology consultation demonstrating a high level of clinical knowledge in the areas of paediatric speech and language, social communication, pragmatic language and language-based problem solving and the interplay with psychiatric, emotional and behavioural disorders.
  
• Function as an active member of a multidisciplinary team including the provision of support and consultation to other team members as required.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of Appointment:

Permanent, part time, day work position working 38 hours per fortnight commencing as soon as possible.

• notwithstanding hours may be negotiated with the successful applicant

• Applicants should note that, for a period of six months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time and part time vacancies.

Location:

Mental Health Services - South

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Base Salary: $96,689 to $114,391 per annum + 10.5% superannuation

• Please note that access to salaries beyond $105,245 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme
  
• Salary range is in accordance with Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2019

In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:

• Professional Development Allowance of up to $724 per annum for the ability to accrue fund up to five years
  
• Post graduate qualification salary advancement where applicable

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

• Degree or diploma in Applied Science, Speech Pathology or equivalent and eligibility for membership of Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)
• Current Tasmanian Working with Children Registration

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Tertiary qualification in Speech Pathology
• Post graduate qualification pertinent to mental health/paediatric speech pathology
• Significant clinical paediatric experience with children and adolescents presenting with social, emotional, learning and behavioural problems
• Current Driver’s Licence

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide and Statement of Duties, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Applicant Guide

How to Apply

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties.

Please Note:

• We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.
• All attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Referee details are submitted as part of the online application so make sure you have the contact details of two referees before applying.

For More Information (Contact Officer)

Julia Ebert

Position: Speech Pathologist - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Phone: (03) 6166 0588
E-mail: julia.ebert@ths.tas.gov.au

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