About the role

This is a lifespan role, working with children, young people and adults with developmental delay and disability. While you'll keep a client caseload (some NDIS), your biggest impact will come from building the capacity of the people around each person. As part of our mobile team, you'll work where life happens: homes, schools, preschools, workplaces and community settings.

Key responsibilities

- Coaching educators, teachers and support teams to create communication-rich environments

- Equipping families and support networks with practical strategies and multimodal communication approaches

- Working directly with clients across the lifespan, including people with complex disability

- Designing and running workshops and professional development

- Supervising and mentoring peers and less experienced speech pathologists

- Taking part in regional work, if that interests you

About you

- Degree in Speech Pathology and eligible for Certified Practising membership with Speech Pathology Australia

- Minimum 5 years' experience as a speech pathologist, ideally across early childhood, schools and/or adult disability

- Passionate about capacity building and believe communication is a whole-team responsibility

- Confident (or keen to grow) in coaching adults, supervision and training others





- Experience with multimodal communication, including AAC, highly regarded

- A dynamic go-getter who still loves client work

- Current driver's licence, Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening (or willingness to obtain)

About us

At I Can Jump Puddles (ICJP), we believe communication is far more than words, and it doesn't sit with one person alone. It belongs to the whole team around the person: families, educators, teachers, support workers and everyone in between. We're looking for an experienced, energetic Senior Speech Pathologist to help us empower and upskill those teams, so everyone can communicate in many different ways. This is a role full of variety, innovation and opportunity, and a chance to help us grow our speech team even further in 2027.

Advantages

- Salary above $110,000 pa

- Flexible hours to suit your life

- Mobile team: work out in the community, not stuck behind a desk

- Holistic supervision through our internal multidisciplinary network

- Genuine career growth and leadership pathways

- A supportive, innovative team that helps you see the possibilities

- Varied work across coaching, clinical, education and community settings

📌 Senior Speech Pathologist (Adelaide)
🏢 I Can Jump Puddles
📍 Adelaide