Telehealth Speech And Language Consultant

Telehealth Speech and Language Consultant Are you passionate about early development, helping kids meet their full potential and supporting families to help everyone thrive?
Do you thrive collaborating and growing within a team?
Do you love to challenge your limits, learn new skills and climb to new heights?
And most of all, does it bring you joy to witness the achievements, successes and triumphs of those around you?
Yes!?
Then it sounds like you could be a Spring Forwardian.
We are seeking a seasoned Speech and Language Pathologist looking to leverage your expertise in a dynamic consulting role.
This is your opportunity to transition into a fulfilling position that goes beyond traditional therapy and join our team as a Speech and Language Consultant.
Who is Spring Forward? Spring Forward is a holistic early development centre that is focused on supporting and empowering children and families through early childhood.
In Australia, 1 in 5 children commence kindergarten developmentally vulnerable and 1 in 10 parents lack confidence in their skills and ability in their role as their child's first teacher.
It was statistics just like this that brought Spring Forward to life and motivated us to pioneer positive, lasting change in the world of early learning and development.
At Spring Forward, we have hand-picked a team of professionals with skills and expertise across a wide variety of professions from allied health to education who all work collaboratively to provide play-based early development services and comprehensive parent education and support.
The opportunity: As a Speech and Language Consultant, you will bring your extensive knowledge to the forefront, advising clients on best practices for speech and language development.
Collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including educators, professionals, and parents, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing customised early development plans that support kids and families to thrive.
Your expertise will extend beyond direct therapy to strategic planning, training, and program development, contributing to a holistic approach to language and communication services.
You do not need to be a registered therapist in order to fulfil this position.
This role is well suited to professionals who possess a wealth of knowledge and experience but have let their registration lapse for various factors.
Duties and Responsibilities (done virtually via video conferencing): Complete new client telehealth interviews and make assessment plans tailored to their needs (online, onsite, multiple departments). Assessing, screening, and preventing language, speech, and swallowing disorders. Oversee and generate intervention plans for clients to complete at home, school, or in the centre with the therapy assistants. Including funnelling clients into groups and parent education seminars. Case manage clients ensuring a clear, MDT 6-month early intervention plan is developed in collaboration with the other consultants. Get client commitment, buy into plans, and schedule all appointments.
Convert intakes into services. Run webinars and seminars online as required. Supervise and educate the junior team members. Run telehealth parent consultations and appointments with clients. Complete all client reports (home programs, progress reports, and assessment reports). Ensuring a high quality of evidence-based and ethical care is provided to clients of our service. Assessing, goal setting, planning, report writing and implementing personalised and successful intervention plans for clients. Develop goals and plans in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team. Manage weekly schedule to ensure achieving all set KPIs. Develop plans for therapy assistants to implement and comprehensive home programs for clients. Complete individualised and/or group parent education. Contribute Speech Pathology expertise to a multidisciplinary team. Providing in-services to the team and approved community partners about relevant topics. Administering a range of clinical assessments of a standardised and non-standardised nature. Positively promoting Early development and parent support/education services at Spring Forward. Actively engage in weekly MDT supervision and professional development. Contribute to content creation and promote engagement across social platforms. Minimum Required Education/Training: Bachelor's degree in Speech Pathology – you do not need to be registered. Master's degree in speech therapy or speech-language pathology – you do not need to be registered. Experience with certain disorders and age groups may be required. Sound understanding of speech-related disorders and treatments. You must have:
Good written and oral English. Knowledge of computer hardware equipment and software applications relevant to work functions. Stable internet connection, device with HD camera, and noise-cancelling headset. We're looking for a specific kind of person at Spring Forward, someone who will continue to champion our mission and strive towards our vision hand in hand with our existing team.
Being a Spring Forwardian isn't for everyone and that's ok!
The Spring Forward team flourishes with like-minded individuals coming together to think out of the box and execute our collective dreams.
Our unique business model sees self-motivated and driven team members thrive with no limits to how far they can progress in their careers.
But it could be for you if:
You can play an active role in our team, contributing thoughtfully and proactively to the company.
Collaboration is one of our core values because none of us know as much as all of us. You are willing to learn!
You don't need to know it all but you do need to be hungry for knowledge. You can effectively communicate and do so with honesty and kindness. You want to make a difference and are passionate about setting children and families up for success. You can contribute positively to our workplace culture. You can work independently.
Spring Forward operates under a flat organisational structure which means your only direct reporting lines are to the executive management team.
We don't want to "manage" you; successful Spring Forwardians are able to take charge and manage themselves in accordance with their own performance metrics. The successful applicant will receive comprehensive onboarding and on-the-job training and ongoing support.
Commencing an employment journey with Spring Forward shows your investment in us and our mission, and in turn, we invest in you right back.
It's important to us that our relationship with our team is reciprocal.
Aside from the intrinsic satisfaction you will gain from making a positive impact in the lives of children and families as you set them up for future success, you will also benefit from:
A personalised career growth and employment success plan. A self-care and burnout prevention allowance and a continual investment in your overall wellness. Consistent investment in your personal and professional growth. The latitude to innovate, develop and create! The opportunity to work with a fun, easy-going yet enthusiastic team of professionals. Weekly professional development. Work in the comfort of your home while practicing your profession. Leave credits that can be used on your 3rd month. Equipment loan available on your 3rd month. And that is truly just the beginning.
If this position has piqued your interest, you think that you could be the perfect fit, and are ready to take the next step in your career, you are encouraged to submit your application ASAP!
We look forward to hearing from you.

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