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Senior Speech Pathologist CAMHS Forensic Services


Company : Women's and Children's Health Network


Location : Adelaide, Australia


Created : 2025-12-13


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Senior Speech Pathologist CAMHS Forensic Services Women''s and Children''s Health Network Enfield SA Women''s and Children''s Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Kaurna Land, Enfield 5085 Salary - AHP3, $108,347.00 to $116,216.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits Part Time (0.5 FTE) - Term Contract (Temporary for 8 months) About the Opportunity We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CAMHS team as a Senior Speech Pathologist, where you will be responsible for: Providing specialist speech pathology services to children, adolescents, and families with complex mental health needs. Delivering speech pathology services in forensic mental health care settings, including in-reach to Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre and community-based Adolescent Sexual Assault Prevention Program (ASAPP). Leading clinical practice and collaborating within multidisciplinary and interagency teams. Supervising and supporting speech pathology staff. Conducting assessments and screenings in Youth Justice and community settings. Contributing to quality, safety, and service development across CAMHS. About You To be successful in this role, you will have: Ability to communicate and work with other professionals, facilitate group functions and work as a team member. Ability to work with a high degree of responsibility with limited supervision and direction. Ability to communicate clearly in both written and verbal forms. Extensive clinical experience in the delivery of speech pathology services to children and adolescents accessing mental health services. Extensive experience in the area of supervision of clinical staff. What WCHN Can Offer You Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Salary package and range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for meal entertainment expenses each FBT year. Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness programme that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia). Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Womens and Childrens Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites. Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities. Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Programme. About Us The Womens & Childrens Health Network is the states leading provider of bestpractice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer: Specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions. Stateoftheart maternity and obstetric care services. Communitybased services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA. Specialist programmes including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services. Join our patientcentred team and contribute to providing South Australias women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both our hospital and our many and varied community services and programmes. Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network. Want to know more about WCHN opportunities? Click Here to discover how you can Realise your Potential and join one of the many teams at the Womens and Childrens Network to make positive change in our community. Special Conditions To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below. AHP3 - Speech Pathologist - CAMHS Forensic Services - Role-Description - 911861.pdf Immunisation Requirements Checklist Applicant Documents Checklist Other Important Information The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working parttime. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role. Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Enquiries Lynne Whitcher - Administration Coordinator, 7117 3845 or**************@sa.gov.au Application Closing Date: Monday 19 January 2026 - 11:55pm #J-18808-Ljbffr