Job description
- Grade 2, Salary from 94,796 to $108,628
- Part Time – 1-2 days per week (0.2-0.4) – Ongoing
- Classification commensurate with skills and experience as per Psychologists, Dietitians, Audiologists and Pharmacists (Victorian Stand-Alone Community Health Services) Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026
- Enjoy a tax break with generous salary packaging.
- Wyndham Vale & Altona Meadows location
- Work within a new and exciting team.
We are One Team IPC Health, we are passionate, creative and we make a difference.
IPC Health is proud to ‘make a difference’ to the health outcomes of our clients across, Wyndham and Hobson’s Bay. We are a not-for-profit community health service who deliver innovative, quality services in a client-centred, collaborative, and coordinated manner.
Our recent awards recognise our outstanding initiatives and programs that create a culture of creativity in the workforce and harnesses innovation to achieve outstanding client outcomes. 99% of employees partaking in the 2022 People Matter Survey said they ‘felt they can make a worthwhile contribution at work’.
We have an opportunity for You!
We invite you to be a part of the passionate, creative, and innovative team at IPC Heath. We are looking to recruit a Grade 2 Developmental Psychologist to provide assessment and intervention services within our Autism Clinic.
Our service provides assessment and will soon be commencing intervention services as we continue our growth path. Join a dynamic multi-disciplinary team led by a dedicated team leader, including an occupational therapist, speech pathologists, paediatrician, clinic and wellbeing coordinator, and administrative team. The team work collaboratively to provide assessment, intervention, and holistic support to families. We are committed to providing family-centred care within a social model of health.
You will make a difference by
- Working collaboratively with the team to deliver outstanding support to the communities we serve in the Wyndham and Hobsons Bay municipalities.
- Completing autism assessments and participating in case conferences with team and children’s family and support team.
- Liaising with other professionals in the child’s education, support, and/or health team.
- Delivering client-centred and holistic interventions that will address the needs and priorities of the children and their families.
- Ensuring that children and families feel heard, understood, and supported.
- Reflecting, evaluating, and modifying services to enhance outcomes.
To succeed, you will need:
- Qualified Psychologist with AHPRA registration (master’s degree desirable).
- Minimum 2-3 years’ experience working in Paediatric Psychology
- Autism assessment skills and treatment planning experience is desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to provide best practice assessment, treatment, and support to children and families.
- Experience working with families with diverse backgrounds (e.g., refugee, culturally and linguistically diverse, families experiencing adversity).
- Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team to contribute to optimal outcomes for children and families.
- Understanding of educational environments and funding options (kinder and school settings) (desirable).
- Willingness to learn and be supported by colleagues.
- Strong communication, networking, and interpersonal skills.
- An ability to actively engage children and their families in service provision.
- Current and valid Victorian Working with Children’s Check and driver’s licence.
What next?
Read the relevant program success profile for Allied Health Professional at the following link: IPC Health Careers.
To find out more about the role, please contact Stephanie Popovic, Team Leader Autism Clinic on 0490 681 653.
Submit your resume, cover letter and a document addressing the ‘to succeed’ criteria found on the success profile.
Suitable candidates may be contacted for an interview throughout the advertising process..
Our Story
We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.
At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and wellbeing. We are changemakers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and wellbeing both individually and together.
We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.
If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected] using the subject line: Developmental Psychologist – Autism Clinic – Paediatric / Child enquiry via EthicalJobs, with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.