Team Leader - Allied Health
APM Group · South Morang, VIC, Australia
When you join Early Start Australia, you’ll be part of an allied heath team that’s in it together. A local team that’s right beside you, supported by leaders who know the work. From small shifts to life-changing breakthroughs, you’ll make a positive impact for children, young people, and their families across Australia. With flexibility and support to thrive, you’ll continue to grow and build a meaningful career, your way.
What you’ll do at our South Morang clinic:
Therapy Service Delivery & Program Management
- Conduct assessments appropriate to each client’s needs
- Manage a discipline-specific caseload, including complex clients, using a case management approach
- Develop, implement, review, and adjust tailored therapy programs aligned with client goals
- Deliver therapy services across clinic, home, school, and community settings as required
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, families, educators, and stakeholders to optimise client outcomes
- Develop and facilitate specialised programs, including group therapy and parent workshops
- Maintain current knowledge of industry best practice and contribute to continuous service improvement
- Ensure all client documentation, including service agreements, consent forms, risk assessments, therapy records, and reports, is completed accurately and maintained in accordance with privacy and confidentiality requirements
Therapy Planning & Intervention
- Complete initial assessments and establish client-centred goals
- Develop measurable therapy plans targeting identified areas of need
- Prepare therapy resources, home programs, and session plans
- Collaborate with other health professionals where required
- Conduct school and home visits as appropriate
- Monitor progress, review outcomes, and update therapy goals and programs
- Complete client reviews and reports as required
- Identify opportunities for additional services, programs, or disciplines and incorporate these into therapy planning where appropriate
Funding & Administration
- Ensure therapy plans align with funding availability and funding requirements
- Review NDIS plans where applicable to inform service delivery
- Provide accurate and timely information to support invoicing and administration processes
Clinic Operations & Service Quality
- Deliver evidence-informed therapy services that build on client and family strengths, needs, and priorities
- Support inclusion and participation in community activities
- Maintain effective communication with clients, families, and stakeholders
- Participate in service evaluation, training, audits, and quality improvement activities
- Ensure compliance with ESA Clinical Operational Standards and NDIS requirements
- Audit client files, clinical notes, and activity records to support quality and compliance
- Manage incidents and complaints in accordance with organisational policies
Leadership & Team Development
- Provide clinical supervision, mentoring, performance coaching, and caseload support to team members
- Conduct regular one-to-one meetings and maintain accurate records
- Complete annual performance reviews and support career development planning
- Contribute to workforce planning, leave management, and achievement of team performance targets
- Support recruitment, onboarding, training, and succession planning
- Utilise professional development opportunities to strengthen leadership and clinical capability
Stakeholder Engagement & Compliance
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, families, referrers, community organisations, and service providers
- Participate in networking and relationship-management activities to support service growth
- Maintain strong collaborative relationships across internal and external teams
- Comply with organisational policies, professional standards, child safety obligations, cultural competence requirements, and workplace health and safety procedures
- Actively identify, manage, and mitigate risks to support safe, effective, and high-quality service delivery
What you’ll bring:
Experience/ Skills:
- Demonstrated leadership potential or experience within a multidisciplinary allied health team
- Demonstrated experience delivering high quality evidence-based and goal-focused therapeutic intervention in an early intervention and/ or paediatric allied health setting
- Demonstrated ability to achieve clinical, financial and quality KPIs and support team members to achieve their KPIs
- Demonstrated senior clinical knowledge with significant experience in relevant discipline
- Strong communication, interpersonal, organisational and time management skills
- Exceptional observational and report writing skills
Qualifications / Compliance:
- Relevant qualification in Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology
- Registration with AHPRA or Member of Speech Pathology Australia (SPA)
- NDIS Workers Screening Check
- Current Drivers’ Licence and vehicle
- Current Working with Children Check
- National Police Check
- Accredited First Aid Certificate
What you’ll get:
Flexibility and Wellbeing
- Flexible hours and compressed work options
- Up to 12 weeks annual leave.
- Up to 16 weeks paid primary carer leave
- Wellbeing support program for you and your family
Reward and support
- Competitive salary + bonus program
- Registration and professional membership contribution
- Relocation reimbursement up to $5,000, if applicable
- Dedicated admin support so you can focus on what you do best.
- Work in an environment that focuses on multidisciplinary collaboration, improving outcomes together
Growth, your way
- CPD allowance + paid professional development leave
- Structured mentoring and leadership programs
- Ongoing opportunities to build your experience, including Fly In Fly Out (FIFO) work supporting children in remote areas
- National and global career pathways through the APM Group
Who we are:
We’re a dedicated and passionate team of allied health professionals helping children and young people aged 0-16 to reach their full potential. Our multidisciplinary teams work closely with families to deliver personalised, evidence-based support across communication, motor, cognitive and social development. We are a registered NDIS provider and our clinics offer therapy under different funding models. As part of the APM Group, we offer the scale and stability of a global organisation, with the feel of a local team.
Apply today or reach out to Ayesha on 0461 101 104 or Ayesha.din@apm.net.au for a confidential chat to learn more.