Occupational Therapist

About the job

Flexible hours - Choose your hours - Unique workplace with gardens and open space and horses onsite - Support to grow and you can't beat the chance to make a difference in the lives of kids and young adults!

Are you:

• looking for a role with a passionate team to deliver the best outcomes for the Participants?
• wanting to be able to tailor Occupational Therapy programs to your strengths and interests?
• looking for a supportive environment to dare to be different and think outside the box?

We would love to meet you if you:

• have finished a New Grad program and are looking for a new place to spread your wings - get in touch.!
• are an experienced OT passionate about delivering therapy to your participants - get in touch!

Salary based on experience. Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits available.

About the role:

You will be providing Occupational Therapy services to a primarily pediatric case load in clinic, community and via telehealth in a collaborative environment with our onsite Speech Pathologist and Equine Program staff.

Provide ongoing therapy programs tailored to the participants.

Work with the onsite Speech Pathologist to conduct group programs including Social Skills, School readiness and High School Transition.

About our Client:

They have been providing Allied Health services to the local growing community for 4 &1/2 years. In that time the demand continues to grow.

They provide equine programs to people with a disability to develop and enhance their abilities. The Centre has an Allied Health clinic including Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy to provide a wrap around service to participants as well as opportunities to do therapy differently. There are gardens and open space as well as interactions with horses that can contribute to therapeutic outcomes where appropriate.

Why choose to work with our client?

They believe in the individual participant being the Centre of our programming and have opportunities for participants to practice their skills in many different scenarios.

Great facilities!

Great team!

Onsite Speech Pathologist!

Mentoring & Development support!

They provide you with flexible working hours, administration support, Allied Health Supervision and over time an opportunity to design your own role.

They are looking for passionate and vibrant OT's, someone who can bring their life experiences to the table, who believes in the long term and who has a vision for what that future could be.

Musts:

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Be AHPRA Registered with Professional Indemnity / Public Liability Insurance

Have excellent organisational skills, verbal and written communication skills.

Have own transport

Eligible to work in Australia

Have the ability to obtain:

Current First Aid Certification

Working with Children Check

NSW Police Check

NDIS Worker Screening Check

Note: Experience in Animal Assisted Therapy is not a requirement of this role.

To get in touch for a confidential chat about becoming our next OT!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Expected hours: 12 – 38 per week

Benefits:

Employee mentoring program

Professional development assistance

NFP Salary packaging

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