Occupational Therapist

Job Type 

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

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Highlights of working with us

Our unique co-therapy model which means you’re never left without a team of support staff to assist in service delivery.

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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.

As a team we value development by hosting students each term and have strong links with the University of Canberra.  Staff development is supported via a $2000 professional development budget per year, internal professional development sessions, informal collaboration with team members, once a week formal supervision and engaging in external professional development through links the business has with other occupational therapy development avenues including The Kids OT Pod paediatric OT community that provide bi-monthly training webinars.

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 support neurodiversity and are a neurodivergent workplace.  Applicants from neurotypical and neurodiverse occupational therapists are welcome.

We are seeking a dynamic and adaptable Occupational Therapist to join our team.  This role requires a professional who is ready to throw the therapy plan out the window and adapt on the fly depending on the needs of the child during the 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.

Please don’t apply if you:    

• Wish to come in, see your clients and go home without helping your teammates,

• Want to manage your own diary and times for outside work appointments without any thought to your teammates,

• Don’t want to engage in supervision,

• Are driven by billable hours rather than client outcomes,

• Prefer more school visits over clinic sessions,

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

• Want a “one size fits all” approach with block therapy and/or for assessment & therapy models for every client,

• 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. 😊

If you are passionate about paediatric healthcare and are looking for a rewarding role in a supportive and fun team, we would love to hear from you.  To apply for this position please email the following:

• Your Curriculum Vitae

• Please create a short video no longer than 5 minutes answering the following question:

You have a session with a 6-year-old for handwriting. 

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