Location: Together OT Allied Health Services

Job Type: Part-Time or Full-Time.  Work days and hours flexible to meet the needs of the applicant and the team.

Want a learning program that’s tailored to your learning style and goals? Want the opportunity to learn rather than worrying about billables?  Do you value play and engagement as the basis of all therapy sessions?  Want to work in paediatrics but did not get a placement in paeds so you think you don’t have chance?

Here is an opportunity to work in an occupational therapy clinic that’s just a little bit different from the others.  Come work with colour, crashmats and a supportive team! 

If you’re keen to work with a vibrant forward thinking paediatric clinic who puts the client and the family first, then we are the place for you.  Our approach is the Canadian Occupational Therapy Inter-relational Practice Process Framework (Not familiar with that? Don’t stress, we provide in-house training and upskilling).  This framework is 100% client engagement based.  And for children this means engaging with play.  Which means you won’t find only plain white walls and just a desk when you walk into our clinic spaces. 

We are a vibrant and forward-thinking paediatric clinic, committed to providing exceptional care through a play-based bottom-up developmental approach.  Our team is a mix of dedicated occupational therapists, allied health assistants and administration staff who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of the children we serve.  Our values are compassion, teamwork, holism, development, adaptability, individualised and respect. 

Our therapy approach is based on the Canadian Occupational Therapy Inter-relational Practice Process framework.  This framework emphasizes the collaborative and individualized approach to working with each client and their families based on their goals, context and needs.  The process highlights that each client’s occupational therapy journey is unique and that some clients will require a quick time limited intervention while others will need to be reviewed regularly with the therapy plan and end date adjusted based on their needs.

We implement this framework and play-based approach through our clinic spaces that have been designed to embed sensory integration and play as the foundation of all therapy sessions.  All therapy rooms can provide gross motor, fine motor, sensory processing and play approaches that can be adapted to how each child presents on the day.  We employ a strong parent coaching model based on Occupational Performance Coaching by the University of Otago.  This empowers parents to create their own strategies that are in line with their unique context, values, client’s needs, and whole family needs.

We implement a co-therapist model, meaning that each child has a primary therapist, however we’re a team that supports the client to have regular therapy by seeing each other’s clients when unplanned or planned leave occurs to the best of our ability. 

We are seeking a New Graduate Occupational Therapist who values play, self-reflection and teamwork to join our team.  This role requires a professional who values individual training, everyday learning opportunities and building therapy skills to become an adaptable, supportive and dynamic therapist who responds to the needs of the child during each session.  You will be working closely with our team of therapists and the child’s support network to provide holistic care to our clients, valuing emotional regulation as the basis of therapy.

We are excited to announce our new graduate program, meticulously designed to cater to your individual goals and learning requirements. This unique approach ensures that you will set personal goals at the 3-month, 6-month, 9-month, and 12-month marks with your supervisor. Our program is structured to progressively enhance your skills and boost your confidence.

Unlike traditional training programs, our focus on personal goals significantly amplifies learning and development. Your caseload will be carefully selected to align with your goals, ensuring a gradual build-up over the first three months.

• We offer formal weekly supervision to ensure continuous guidance and learning.

• A weekly one-hour slot is allocated for self-directed learning via engaging in structured learning webinars.

• We have a partnership with The Kids OT Pod paediatric OT community that provides bi-monthly training webinars and an extensive library of resources and webinars.

• We provide informal supervision by our highly experienced on-site Occupational Therapists for shared learning and growth.

• Staff development is supported via a $2000 professional development budget per year.

• We conduct internal professional development sessions to enhance your skills.

• We provide opportunities for engaging in external professional development through our business links with other occupational therapy development avenues.

As you can see our program is designed to support your professional growth and personal aspirations.

• Want a set ‘cookie cutter’ training program that every new grad in the company would do,

• Don’t want to engage in formal supervision,

• Think a chat about clients or processes with a senior OT doesn’t count as support,

• Dislike engaging in self-reflection,

• Prefer more school visits over clinic sessions,

• Spend more time sitting with the client at a desk than playing on the floor,

• Want a white sterile “professional” therapy clinic setting,

Then I’m afraid this is not the workplace for you.  We wish you all the best with your career. 😊

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