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Speech Pathologist / Speech Language Therapist - 252712

Description

Speech Pathologists provide diagnostic assessment and management of disorders of communication and swallowing through direct intervention, education, consultancy, advocacy, or a combination of these approaches.

Skill Level

1

Alternative Titles

  • Speech Therapist
Skills Assessment Requirements

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Speech Pathologist is Speech Pathology Australia (SPA). To have a positive skills assessment you must meet the following criteria:

  • There are two pathways for skills assessments:
  1. Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) Application
    • Applicant must hold certification from or have membership to one of the signatory MRA Associations
    • Applicant must have completed professional education to become a speech pathologist in a country that is a signatory to one of the following MRA Agreements:
AssociationQualification
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)Certificate of Clinical Competence – Speech Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)
Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC)Certified Speech-Language Pathologist (S-LP(C))
Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT)Certified Member (Cert MRCSLT)
Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapist (IASLT)Full Member
New Zealand Speech-Language Therapist’s Association (NZSTA)Full Member (with the exception of those who graduated prior to 1993, who are ineligible to apply)
  1. Overseas Qualification Competency Assessment Application
    • If the applicant fails to meet the requirements for the MRA Application, they can apply for this stream. The applicant must be able to demonstrate competence as a speech pathologist
      • Qualification comparable to trained speech pathologists in Australia;
      • Ability to use English effectively in the Australian speech pathology context; and
      • Practised as a speech pathologist for at least 1000 hours in the last five years
      • Provide a portfolio of evidence demonstrating your skills and knowledge are equivalent to the competency standards determined by the Competency Based Occupational Standards for Speech Pathologists (CBOS)
    • Applicant must have a qualification at the level of an Australian bachelor’s degree or higher (AQF Level 7) or a comparable qualification
      • It must be specific to speech pathology
      • Include supervised clinical practice
    • English Language Requirement
      • Applicants are required to demonstrate ‘competent’ English
      • Applicants who hold a valid passport from the countries below automatically satisfy the English language requirement:
        • United Kingdom
        • Canada
        • New Zealand
        • United States of America
        • Republic of Ireland
      • CBOS Competency Standards
        • Applicants must be able to demonstrate competence in the CBOS units that cover the following areas:
          • Language
          • Speech
          • Swallowing
          • Voice
          • Fluency
          • Multi-modal Communication
Group Title 2527 Audiologists and Speech Pathologists/Therapists
Group Description

AUDIOLOGISTS AND SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS/THERAPISTS provide diagnostic assessment, treatment, rehabilitative services and management of human hearing defects, and communication and swallowing impairments.

Tasks

Tasks Include:

  • Administering and interpreting a wide range of audiometric tests to determine hearing efficiency and locate sites of detected hearing problems
  • Interpreting audiometric test results alongside other medical, social and behavioural diagnostic data
  • Evaluating total response pattern and acoustic tests to distinguish between organic and non-organic hearing loss
  • Planning, directing and participating in counselling, speech reading and other rehabilitation programs
  • Prescribing appropriate hearing aids and instructing patients in use
  • Administering tests and observing patients to determine nature and extent of disorders
  • Planning and conducting programs of remedial exercise to correct disorders such as stuttering and abnormal articulation
  • Administering individual and group therapy for rehabilitation of patients with communication problems caused by defective hearing, cerebral palsy, surgery and injury
  • Advising on treatment for children with difficulties in learning to speak
  • Counselling and guiding language-handicapped individuals, their families, teachers and employers

Skill Level

Occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Occupations in this Group

  • 252711 Audiologist
  • 252712 Speech Pathologist (Aus) / Speech Language Therapist (NZ)

How to calculate your points (skilled visas)

To apply for a skilled visa, you must determine your points score. The minimum required to be eligible is 65 points. However, depending on your occupation, the demand, and the state you are applying to, you may need a higher score to receive an invitation.

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