Listen "Transitioning into the Workforce: Supporting New Graduates - S05 E06"
Episode Synopsis
In this week’s episode, SPA’s Nathan Cornish-Raley and Nadia Marussinszky speak with new graduate speech pathologist, Jen Wong, early career professional Steven Pitt, and practice owners and supervisors Nicola Dann and Ishwari Samarakoon about transitioning into the speech pathology workforce and the supports that help new grads to do this.
Resources for Speech Pathology Australia Members:
Work Ready:
https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Members/Early_Career_Support/Work_Ready/SPAweb/Members/Early_Career_Support/Ready_for_Work.aspx?hkey=3e7ab3d7-2c27-4d4c-a617-e46f6b5e3c0e
Supervision:
https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Members/Supervision/SPAweb/Members/Supervision/Supervision.aspx?hkey=bfb8c396-1fa1-4069-afdf-e2ffe706d051
Early Career Support:
https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Members/Early_Career_Support/SPAweb/Members/Early_Career_Support/Early_Career_Support.aspx?hkey=478d7842-df32-4fc4-83ec-7f1687dde730&WebsiteKey=fc2020cb-520d-405b-af30-fc7f70f848db
Resources from presenters:
Hawkins, P. and Shohet, R. (2012) Supervision in the Helping Professions (4th Edition)
Bouverie Centre – Clinical Supervision Training:
www.latrobe.edu.au
St Luke's Innovative Resources – Stepping into Supervision: A Strengths Approach:
https://innovativeresources.org/training/online-training/
The Grad Life Roadmap:
https://thespeechielife.mykajabi.com/tss-sales-landing-page-1
Burnout E-book:
https://thespeechielife.activehosted.com/f/13
Free resources:
https://linktr.ee/thespeechielife
Speech Pathology Australia acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.
We recognise that the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
Resources for Speech Pathology Australia Members:
Work Ready:
https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Members/Early_Career_Support/Work_Ready/SPAweb/Members/Early_Career_Support/Ready_for_Work.aspx?hkey=3e7ab3d7-2c27-4d4c-a617-e46f6b5e3c0e
Supervision:
https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Members/Supervision/SPAweb/Members/Supervision/Supervision.aspx?hkey=bfb8c396-1fa1-4069-afdf-e2ffe706d051
Early Career Support:
https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Members/Early_Career_Support/SPAweb/Members/Early_Career_Support/Early_Career_Support.aspx?hkey=478d7842-df32-4fc4-83ec-7f1687dde730&WebsiteKey=fc2020cb-520d-405b-af30-fc7f70f848db
Resources from presenters:
Hawkins, P. and Shohet, R. (2012) Supervision in the Helping Professions (4th Edition)
Bouverie Centre – Clinical Supervision Training:
www.latrobe.edu.au
St Luke's Innovative Resources – Stepping into Supervision: A Strengths Approach:
https://innovativeresources.org/training/online-training/
The Grad Life Roadmap:
https://thespeechielife.mykajabi.com/tss-sales-landing-page-1
Burnout E-book:
https://thespeechielife.activehosted.com/f/13
Free resources:
https://linktr.ee/thespeechielife
Speech Pathology Australia acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.
We recognise that the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
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