Meet Celine
managing director
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work days: Tuesday - saturday
Celine is the Managing Director of WSSP. Since taking on this role, Celine has made it her mission to ensure that her practice trains and develops speech pathologists who are compassionate, results driven, and innovative. Celine believes that looking after her team means creating a workplace that is dynamic and flexible. She has implemented robust clinical and financial systems that allow her team to achieve autonomy and a strong sense of purpose. For instance, team members and able to schedule their caseloads in a way that works for them and are supported to develop special interest areas and, as a result, grow their professional reputations.
Together with her team, Celine has been able to develop several unique service delivery models that are tailored to the needs of our clients. The development of a Work Experience Program for young adults with disability, a Student Clinic service at a local high school, and the creation of online groups for high school students are among the many unique initiatives she has headed.
When Celine is not working she enjoys running, writing and spending time with her friends and family.
After I graduated high school, I decided to start a Business Degree at the University of Technology Sydney. While I enjoyed the subjects, I knew that I wasn’t very passionate about what I was learning so I sought the support of a careers counsellor at the University. The counsellor had me complete a battery of tests that took about 30 minutes to complete and it spat out “You should become a speech pathologist.” I enrolled for the speech pathology course at the University of Sydney for the following year.
I was very unsure whether or not this was the job for me, until my second year when I met my first patient; a 5 year old boy diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. As his language improved throughout the term, I knew then that I wanted to do this for the rest of my life.
I love sharing my knowledge with parents and seeing the progress the kids make. There’s something really satisfying about helping parents figure out how to implement a homework routine or seeing a young child get a really difficult sound on their own for the first time.
All the Wrong Questions by Lemony Snicket. It’s a really weird, funny crime fiction story that has a moral about the importance of looking after the environment. I’d say it’s mainly for kids aged 8+ years.
My favourite book for children under 5 is Mem Fox’s “Where is the Green Sheep?”
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