SRF Psychologist/ Speech Pathologist/ Occupational Therapist

Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

• Part time, 0.7 FTE, ongoing Psychologist, or Speech Pathologist, or Occupational Therapist role available
• Hourly rate aligned with industry award + Super + Salary Packaging
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

Are you looking for a role with flexi-time, with a great work/life balance and variety of locations and population?

Are you keen to make positive change for children as they transition to school through your work with their teachers, parents/carers?

Would you like the opportunity to run attachment programs, work within the NFP model and run collaborative workshops with allied health clinicians?

This is a fantastic opportunity to balance your 1:1 therapy work while using clinical skills in a coaching role.

The cohealth School Readiness Funding program (SRF) delivers outreach services to kindergartens within the following local government areas: Melbourne, Maribyrnong, Moonee Valley, Hobson's Bay and Wyndham. The team builds the capacity of educators and families to promote Communication, Wellbeing, Access, Inclusion and Participation.

The SRF team offers many opportunities to work collaboratively with other allied health professionals, educators, teachers and families.
You will be part of a vibrant, dynamic well-connected team who spend time working remotely, but still have fun and come together as a team.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Work collaboratively with Early Years community to deliver quality evidence-based programs and supports to educators and families
• Build the capacity of educators and families to support children through coaching, modelling, group training, case consultation support and other discipline specific services
• Manage service delivery targets, complete daily data recording & other administrative duties as required

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Psychology Board of Australia) or equivalent.
• At least two years of professional experience in a clinical &/or community / school setting working with children.
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Victorian Driver's License required

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6755207

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter as well as address the key selection criteria.

This campaign will close on 22 May 2025 at 10.00 PM.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Lorena Wright 0455 050 676.

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.