Latrobe Community Health Service is a not-for-profit provider of a range of health and wellbeing services across Victoria. We are a growing organisation committed to excellent customer service and to being an active and positive participant in the life of the communities we serve. Our dedicated workforce is the key to our success and we aim to provide our employees a role in an organisation that is a truly great place to work.

LCHS Children's Service Team are seeking a Psychologist to join their new School Readiness program.

The integrated Children's Service model will continually expose you to health professionals with a collaborative mindset, in this role you will accelerate your own learning and work with Occupational Therapists and Speech Pathologist to design, deliver and evaluate this exciting new program.

While working in this team you will be required to:

• Work with kindergarten educators and families to build their capacity to support young children’s learning in the areas of communication and wellbeing.
• Ensure children are able to access and be included in kindergarten and get the most out of it.

To be considered for this position you will have:

• A strong desire to work as part of an interprofessional paediatric team in a community setting.
• Sound knowledge of Paediatric Psychology theory and practice with a particular interest in delivering services within a community health setting.
• Understanding principles of family centred practice.
• A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team. Ability to listen, lead and influence