Lane Cove West  

Full Time, Part Time, Contractor roles available

• Make a real difference to the lives of chidlren and their families
• Collaboration within a multidisciplinary team
• Diverse workload with opportunity to follow passions and interests
• Generous salary with salary packaging benefits

·     About You?

Do you share our mission in helping children to live, learn and grow to their potential? Are you looking to work in a caring, collaborative and passionate multidisciplinary team of professionals to broaden your skills and contribute to a growing organisation to make a real difference in the lives of children and their families? Do you have a love of learning and an interest in learning difficulties and interested in a flexible and diverse role as a Psychologist?

PosAbility Australia offers all of the above with a role that provides;

• Unique opportunities to focus on assessment and/or intervention for learning difficulties, ADHD and Autism, along with counselling and group programs. 
• Competitive above award base salary and salary packaging benefits.  
• Opportunity to work collaboratively in a caring and passionate multiplidisciplinary team of allied health therapists and educators. 
• Varied caseload with the opportunity to focus on areas of interest. 
• Flexible work options, including the opportunity to set your own schedule. 
• A focus on staff well-being and opportunity to do what you love everyday. 
• Internal training, mentoring and supervision and a generous external professional development budget. 
• Opportunity for career progression and supervision of other Psychologists. 
• Access to a wide range of resources and a willingness to invest in resources for team members. 
• Opportunity to participate in new projects, such as our Outreach Program, increasing access to services for children in rural and regional communities. 
• Ability to initiate services to vary the caseload in line with interests and passions. 
• Opportunity to be part of a growing organisation that values its employees and is truly focused on making a difference to the lives of children and their families.  

About Us

PosAbility Australia is a not for profit organisation and registered charity that aims to maximise a child's ability to Learn to their potential, Live to the fullest and Grow to be all they can be. PosAbility is a unique place to work where all staff members are able to draw on their interests, passions and strengths to contribute positive to not only making a difference in the lives of children and their families, but in contributing to the landscape for children with learning difficulties and helping PosAbility become the best multidisciplinary assessment and intervention service for children with learning difficulties in Australia. 

About the Job?

We are looking to employ an experienced, passionate and talented Psychologist to provide assessment and psychological services to students in pre-school, primary and/or high school. The position may include morning, daytime and after school hours and will commence in January or February, 2024. 

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct and score psychological assessments, inclduing diagnostic assessments for Specific Learning Disorders, ADHD and Autism. 
• Write up psychological reports and provide feedback to clients. 
• Use evidence-based counselling techniques with children, adults and families. 
• Conduct observations of children at school or pre-school as required to formulate assessment or management plans. 
• Develop and implement group programs in areas of interest and support the marketing and administration to assist with the set up and running of the programs.
• Participate in training, peer supervision and ongoing development. 
• Deliver intervention programs for students to build their executive functioning, organisation and study skills. 
• Work with families to support parenting and advocacy for school and within the community. 

Essential Criteria

• Full Registration as a Psychologist with AHPRA
• Experience in administration of cognitive, academic and other standardised testing
• Demonstrated proficient oral and written language skills
• Experience in counselling children
• Strong report writing skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development in the field of child development and learning difficulties
• Ability to work well individually and as part of a team

·    Desirable Criteria

• Endorsement as an Educational and Developmental or Clinical Psychologist
• Experience in education as a teacher, school counsellor or educator
• Registration as a Board Approved Supervisor
• Experience in supervising other psychologists
• Valid Australian Driver's License
• Knowledge of assessment for Specific Learning Disorders
• Experience in diagnostic assessments of ADHD and Autism

How to apply?

Interested applicants should email their CV’s through to [email protected].