Ready to take your career to the next level while making a difference in the lives of children?

The Soundmill Centre is seeking an experienced or recent graduate Speech Pathologist to join our dynamic team in Adelaide in 2027.

About Us The Soundmill Centre was founded in 2018 and has grown from a backyard office to a well-known and respected provider of speech, language, literacy and feeding support in Adelaide and across Australia.

Our valuable team of speech-language pathologists support children from 2 to 18 years of age in Adelaide using clinical and school-based practice models, and across Australia using telehealth services. We focus our services between Glenelg, Seaford and Aberfoyle Park. Throughout the school terms our services are focused primarily on therapy supports, while in the school holidays our services are focused on assessments, report writing, therapy plans, professional development opportunities and team building activities such as axe throwing, winery visits, escape rooms, quiz night and many others.

Our families provide us with an opportunity to work with a mixture of mild to moderate to more complex communication needs and are either privately funded or funded via the NDIS (approximately 50/50).

Our vision and values are not just words on paper – they are at the ‘HEART’ of everything we do, guiding our actions and decisions every day to ensure we deliver genuine, meaningful support to our young learners and their families.

Our Vision:

Transforming lives and empowering families through compassionate speech, language, literacy, and feeding care for young learners.

Our Values:

- Heart: Our genuine care, compassion and commitment is our strength. We work from the heart striving to educate and empower all those who journey with us.
- Excellence: We use up-to-date research paired with celebrating uniqueness and strengths to ensure the highest quality service is delivered to every learner as they journey towards achieving individual, positive and sustainable outcomes.
- Achievement: We use holistic, collaborative, and evidence-based practices to empower parents, guardians, and families as their child’s first teacher and partner with related professionals to ensure communicative growth across all aspects of a child’s developing world.
- Respect and Honesty: We work with integrity to enhance the lives of young people ensuring there is transparency, responsibility, and clear communication in everything that we do. We work in a respectful manner with learners and families.




- Team:Our team is our most important component towards ensuring high-quality heart-centered care is provided to our learners and their families. We leverage each other’s strengths and foster an environment that is respectful, honest and directed towards continuous growth.

In our team, you will enjoy the following employment benefits:

- Frequent support and supervision from a senior speech-language pathologist.
- Your own clinic room in our new Sheidow Park office space (from January 2027), with a dedicated budget for setting up your own unique space.
- Realistic caseload size comprising of clinic, school or preschool sessions.
- Professional development allowance plus in-house professional development opportunities.
- Regular work shadowing opportunities and weekly team meetings.
- A gradual increase in caseload to ensure you are able to meet your young learners and connect with families to ensure services are meaningful, holistic and are geared towards excellent outcomes.
- Full administration support, such as scheduling, so you can focus on therapy.
- Work-life balance with negotiable and flexible working hours.
- Access to a beautiful, well-resourced clinic ensuring a pleasant working environment.
- Opportunities to grow your career in areas of your interest (i.e., literacy, feeding, stuttering, administration and management and more)
- A supportive team environment that includes regular team bonding (and treats!).
- Quarterly team building activities - for example, an afternoon at a winery, dinner and quiz night, or escape rooms in the city.
- We work with many learners with literacy difficulties, including dyslexia, and all new staff are trained and supported in this therapy area as required.
- We close for 3 weeks over Christmas to ensure our staff have time to spend with families and recharge for the year ahead.
- Opportunities to support parents and child communication development in playgroup settings collaborating with Gowrie SA.
- Pathways to engage in professional development workshops and presentations for schools in Adelaide.
- Avenues to be involved in research in collaboration.

About you





- You are a dedicated professional who aligns with our values and brings a positive, collaborative approach. You prioritise the well-being of our children and families, valuing a supportive team, and a culture free from negativity.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

- Working from the heart to provide our children and their families with the best possible speech pathology journey.
- Screening, assessment, diagnosis, and management for learners with literacy, speech, language, and communication differences or disorders.
- Development of evidence-based, client-centred treatment plans and provision of ongoing monitoring and evaluation of progress.
- Managing a diverse caseload of clients.
- Working in partnership with children, families, teachers, and other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care.
- Integrating yourself within schools we work with to ensure holistic, collaborative, and functionally relevant services.
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date client records and written reports.
- An understanding of NDIS is desirable.

Qualifications and Skills:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Speech Pathology and membership with Speech Pathology Australia.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a growing team.
- Commitment to working in an honest and trustworthy fashion aligned with our practice vision and values.
- Current driver's licence and vehicle.
- Working with Children Check, current RRHAN-EC training certificate, police check and Catholic Education Clearance.
- New graduates are welcome to apply, and we offer comprehensive mentorship and guidance for those just starting their careers. This includes a reduced caseload that grows over the first 12-months of employment.

We offer competitive remuneration, ongoing professional development opportunities, and a supportive and friendly work environment. We understand the need for flexible working arrangements and are committed to supporting the right candidate’s working needs. If you are passionate about making a positive impact and have the skills and experience we are looking for, please apply by submitting the following to: [email protected]

1. A cover letter outlining why you think you would be a valuable fit for our team, where you see your career five years from now, and a description of your favourite ‘speech pathology’ moment.
2. Your resume.

The Soundmill Centre is an equal-opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

📌 Speech Pathologist – Paediatrics | Full-Time | Permanent (Sheidow Park)
🏢 The Soundmill Centre
📍 Sheidow Park