We’re a forward-thinking practice, positioning early for Thriving Kids, Medicare, school and early learning partnerships, so our therapists can focus on great care with confidence in what’s ahead.

At Motivate Kids, we believe every child has something to say, and every way of communicating matters. Communication helps children share ideas and preferences, build relationships, learn and participate. Our role is not only to support children’s communication development, but also to help the people around them recognise, understand and respond to their unique ways of communicating.

Since 2017, Motivate Kids has supported children and families through exceptional paediatric Occupational Therapy. In 2027, we are introducing Paediatric Speech Pathology as a specialist discipline alongside Occupational Therapy, and we are looking for Speech Pathologists to help shape it from the beginning.

This is an opportunity to help design a recent service backed by an established practice, ISO 9001 aligned systems, purpose-built therapeutic environments, dedicated operational support and a team that invests in clinical excellence. Each discipline offers specialised care in its own right, with opportunities for collaboration when children benefit from both.

Help establish and lead a high-quality Speech Pathology service: shape clinical pathways, scope, assessment resources and quality processes alongside our Director of Therapy; mentor and supervise speech pathologists; and help build collaboration with our OT team when children benefit from both. Approximately 75% clinical time, with protected leadership and service-development time during establishment. You’ll also have a voice in Motivate Kids’ strategy,



clinical leadership and the development of future services.
Start: December 2026 or January 2027.

Our philosophy

Every child has something to say. Every way of communicating matters.

Communication supports agency.

Children communicate to express ideas, needs, choices and boundaries. Our role is to support meaningful communication in forms that work for them.

Being understood is a shared responsibility.

We work with the people and environments around a child to build understanding and responsiveness, rather than placing the responsibility solely on the child.

Communication grows through connection.

Trusted relationships, play and everyday interaction offer important opportunities for communication, learning and participation.

Speech Pathologist - (multiple roles)

Provide assessment and therapy for children and young people across early language, speech sounds, understanding and expressive language, literacy, AAC, social communication, and feeding and swallowing, in the studio and in the community. You will join our clinical O-Week from 18 January 2027.

What you will do

- Assess and support children and young people across communication, language, speech sounds, literacy, AAC and social communication; support feeding (chewing, swallowing and managing different food textures) within your training, competence and agreed service scope
- Deliver individualised,



evidence-informed and neurodiversity-affirming therapy that brings together clinical expertise, creativity and play, at our Broadview studio, at home, at childcare and at school
- Deliver specialised Speech Pathology care and collaborate with OTs when children benefit from both, including shared priorities, case consultation and joint sessions when appropriate
- Help develop a coordinated mealtime pathway, contributing Speech Pathology feeding and swallowing expertise alongside the existing OT-led SOS program within agreed professional responsibilities
- Work closely with families and the important people in each child’s life, sharing practical strategies that make a difference beyond our studio
- Write clear, practical reports for families, NDIS and referrers
- Senior role: shape clinical standards, service pathways, supervision, mentoring, interdisciplinary practice and speech resources, and contribute to Motivate Kids’ strategy and future services

What we offer

- The opportunity to shape a new service with clinical input, supported by an established, forward-thinking and quality-focused paediatric practice
- A purpose-built studio designed with calming colours, natural materials and purposeful lighting, with spaces for both movement and calm to support regulation and participation
- Individual and group professional development budgets
- Supervision: senior-led for our speech team, and external Speech Pathology supervision for the Senior role
- An office team that handles billing, scheduling and family communication
- MacBook and iPad, and fully stocked therapy resources with no out-of-pocket spend
- Wellbeing support, includ

📌 Paediatric Speech Pathologist (Adelaide)
🏢 Motivate Kids
📍 Adelaide