Speech Pathologists

Luminary Community Services puts its focus on creating real and lasting change in our communities, ensuring that all participants and clients receive care and support to achieve their goals. We are a rapidly growing provider, servicing the NDIS with Allied-Health and Positive Behaviour Support services. Luminary strives to positively contribute to the lives of both our staff and our customers to ensure they can live a life they find meaningful. We believe every person has the right to feel safe and supported and to have ownership of their life story. We are looking for the person who constantly challenges themselves to be better and enjoys the comradery of a connected and dedicated team. If you’ve gotten this far and some of those key words perked you up, we would love to chat with you. All experience levels are invited to apply.

Qualifications & experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree: A degree in speech pathology from an accredited university program.
• Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist (CPSP): Registration as a Certified Practicing member of Speech Pathology Australia.

Tasks & responsibilities

• Communication and Swallowing Evaluations: Conduct comprehensive assessments to identify disorders in speech, language, voice, fluency, and swallowing.
• Needs Identification: Determine the level of impairment and the impact on the participant's daily life and participation in the community.
• Capacity Building: Assess the participant's potential for improvement and capacity building through therapeutic interventions.
• Therapy Planning and Implementation: Develop individualised therapy plans that address specific needs of participants, which could include techniques for improving clarity of speech, language development, and effective swallowing techniques.
• Skill Development: Employ a range of therapeutic strategies to enhance communication abilities, ensuring alignment with the participant’s goals as outlined in their NDIS plan.
• Technology and Aids: Recommend and train participants in the use of assistive technologies such as communication devices.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work collaboratively with other health professionals such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, and social workers to provide holistic care.
• Family and Carer Training: Provide training and support to family members and caregivers to facilitate effective communication strategies safely at home.
• Progress and Outcome Reporting: Document participants’ progress and outcomes to adjust therapy plans as necessary and report these findings to the NDIS.
• Goal Setting Documentation: Ensure all interventions are goal-oriented and documented thoroughly to support NDIS funding requests and reviews.

Benefits

• CPD Benefits: Very generous Professional Development allowance and access to Professional Development leave to ensure realistic access to ongoing education.
• Small, Close-Knit Team: Luminary is a small, local team committed to their roles and each other. This ensures everyone has access to a high level of support in their role. Our open door policy allows you to have a real impact on how Luminary delivers supports.
• Clinical Supervision Benefits: Regular internal supervision is contractual and access to external sources of clinical supervision can be organised.
• Diverse and Inclusive: Luminary employes individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, including neurodiverse individuals and individuals with lived experience of disability.

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