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Role Details

The Opportunity

This is an exciting, full-time, permanent, opportunity to join an expanding new team within the Catholic Education Office.

The CESA Inclusive Learning Through Allied Health (CILAH) program delivers allied health services in occupational therapy, speech pathology, and psychology working with students, families, and education staff within our schools.

Allied health professionals in the CILAH program focus on providing support most likely to assist in reducing challenges students with disability face from learning, speech and language, behaviour and regulation, and social-emotional wellbeing.

As the Lead AHP for ASD Assessments, you have the opportunity to contribute to this exciting initiative by working with other allied health professional in delivering models, establishing clinical governance frameworks and developing key stakeholder engagement strategies.

As the Senior Allied Health Professional – ASD Assessment Lead position, you will:

• Possess a high-level experience in discipline-specific assessment, intervention and intervention evaluation.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the ASD assessment pathway, including referral, assessment, reporting, and follow-up processes.
• Conduct ASD assessments using validated tools and evidence-based practices.
• Provide training, mentoring, and clinical supervision to other allied health staff in ASD assessment practices.
• Monitor and evaluate the quality, equity, and sustainability of ASD assessment services across the system.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure ASD assessment practices align with current research, policy, and community needs.

About You

The successful applicant will demonstrate the following:

Enthusiastic Leader: You are enthusiastic about training and mentoring allied health professionals, fostering a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Passion for Inclusive Education: You are dedicated to improving learning and wellbeing outcomes for students, particularly those with disabilities, and have a deep understanding of the challenges they face.

Experienced Practitioner: you have significant experience in allied health, particularly in Autistic Spectrum Disorders, with a strong clinical background in your discipline.

Effective Teaching and Mentoring: you have  a proven ability to teach and mentor people in the area of ASD assessments.

Outcome Driven: You are committed to achieving goals and meeting key performance indicators, ensuring the CILAH program contributes positively to CESA’s objectives.

 Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in occupational therapy, psychology or speech pathology.
• Registration/certification with the relevant professional regulatory/oversight body: the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, the Psychology Board of Australia, or Speech Pathology Australia.

Please refer to the Position Description for further information

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