Posted: 29/06/2026
Closing Date: 31/07/2026
Salary:
$30.64 - $49.82
Job Type:
Permanent - Part Time
Location:
South Brisbane
Job Category:
Therapy Services (Allied Health)
Our Therapy & Family Services team provide speech language pathology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, and teacher of the deaf services across a number of programs, including NDIS
Job Description
About the role:
Our Therapy & Family Services team provide speech language pathology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, and teacher of the deaf services across a number of programs, including NDIS.
We are looking for a Speech Language Pathologist to administer speech, language and listening assessments in accordance with Healthy Hearing Monitoring Guidelines in addition to providing speech pathology sessions for NDIS and Medicare clients with a hearing loss.
In this role you will be providing support to children and their families from our clinics in Taigum and Sandgate (travel between offices is required). You will have access to mentoring within the Therapy Services team and also a generous professional development budget to upskill your knowledge and experience. In addition to this we support your journey in learning Auslan via formal training and the ability to practice Auslan within a multi-disciplinary team.
You will interact with babies, children and their families supporting families’ communication choices, values and embrace Auslan as the language of the Deaf community.
Main responsibilities of the role include:
Assess children in accordance with assessment schedule and write formal reports
Plan and develop programs to meet the needs of the child
Implement therapy programs
Provide appropriate, timely and effective clinical management
Maintain up-to-date case notes and progress reports
Work independently and cooperatively within a transdisciplinary model
Providing family inclusive support.
About you:
In your application, let us know if you have these key skills and experience:
Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Speech Pathology
Speech Pathology Australia Certified Practising Membership
NDIS Worker’s Screening Check
Working With Children Check/Blue Card
You should also let us know if you have these other great skills:
Knowledge and skills in Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)and principles of Family Centred Practice (FCP)
Demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication, time management, and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within a multidisciplinary team
Demonstrated an ability to manage caseloads independently
Evidence of ongoing education/professional development relevant to the Deaf & Hard of Hearing population
Experience in Auslan highly regarded
Experience in telepractice highly regarded.
About Us:
Deaf Connect is the largest, whole-of-life service provider and social impact organisation for Deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing Australians. We stand with the Deaf community to build capacity and influence social change while paying respect to history, culture and language.
Our organisational values of Heart, Courage, and Discovery stand with the Deaf community to build capacity and influence social change while paying respect to history, culture, and language.
We offer an attractive benefits program including:
Salary packaging, enabling you to make huge savings on tax and maximise your pay
Flexibility regarding working arrangements
Discount membership to gyms and facilities throughout Australia
Free annual flu vaccinations
Free comprehensive online learning portal
Free financial wellness support through our default super fund
