How you’ll be making an impact in people’s lives:

• Undertaking Occupational Therapy assessments including activities of daily living, home, worksite, functional, ergonomic, equipment assessments 
• Undertaking assessments to develop and implement effective rehabilitation plans
• Designing and implementing intervention programmes using occupation to improve functional performance, independence and work capacity
• Identifying barriers and designing, implementing and monitoring programs that support people to achieve maximal work participation
• Understanding a variety of healthcare and rehabilitation funding schemes and empowering your clients to achieve their wellness and recovery goals
• Liaising with clients, family members, funding bodies, medical practitioners, employers and stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes

Ability Action Australia puts people at the heart of what we do, both our clients, and our team. We know that having motivated and supported therapists results in the best outcomes for our participants and are dedicated to creating a flexible and friendly environment that supports long term career development.

What's in it for you?

As you support many, we support you. We offer:

• Work flexibility – Starting from 24 hours a week to full time, you can select the hours and days that work best for you as an individual with purchased leave also available so you can take extra leave if required to work around your needs
• Excellent remuneration – Industry leading salary + salary packaging + car allowance + laptop + smartphone
• True work/life balance – Combine the convenience of working from home with the social interaction and support of office hours
• Career progression – Access to ongoing training tailored to your interests and long-term goals combined with professional development opportunities through Ability Action Australia and our parent company, MedHealth
• Passionate and uplifting culture – You will be part of a purpose and values driven team focused on delivering an outstanding service to our clients

About your role:

We are expanding our Western Sydney team and would love to welcome an experienced Occupational Therapist who can bring their passion to improving the lives of others.

As this is a community based, flexible role you will work out in the community, from home and/or any of our hub spaces, managing an allocated caseload based on your hours as close to home as possible. You will be part of an exceptional multi-disciplinary team and have access to supervision, mentorship and CPD.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Current registration with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• A pro-active attitude, motivated by improvement and the opportunity to test and learn from new ideas
• A genuine passion for working in the disability sector

Sounds like you? Then, I want to hear from you!

For a confidential conversation please call Renee Sinclair M: 0429 293 152 or you can apply via email [email protected].#AAA

• Part-time (0.6 FTE) ongoing position with flexible working days
• Co-located at Cranbourne West Secondary, forming part of the wider headspace team
• $48.60 - $58.09 p/Hr + Super + generous Salary Packaging benefits of up to $18,550

We are seeking a compassionate and collaborative Occupational Therapist to be a part of our headspace team. This position will work with students to ensure that they can successfully engage and participate in their education through classroom and other school based activities.  The successful applicant will be skilled in a variety of therapies and behavioural based interventions to effectively support students. Along with the ability to manage a caseload of students you will possess highly effective collaboration skills to liaise with multiple stakeholders, i.e. Child protection, tertiary services, Youth Justice, other mental health community services.

An important aspect of this role is the ability to identify sensory processing and/or sensory modulation difficulties and to create class implementation plans for teachers to respond to. Other duties include teaching emotional regulation skills to students and facilitating social skills training and communication skills training (individual and groups).

To view a copy of the full Position Description, click here. 

About you

• Minimum of tertiary qualification in Occupational Therapy and AHPRA registration
• Sound knowledge of current theory and practice in occupational therapy
• Highly developed listening and communication skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage own workload and set priorities without supervision
• Knowledge of typical and atypical childhood development
• Capacity to engage and form positive relationships with children, particularly children with developmental differences.

What’s in it for you?
EACH is the lead agency for headspace. At EACH you'll be supported to be your best.

We provide:

• Internal professional development calendar
• Flexible work arrangements to support a positive work-life balance
• Competitive remuneration and conditions including generous leave options 
• Not-for-Profit Salary Packaging of up to $15,900 free income tax per year 
• $2,650 additional tax-free money towards meals and entertainment  
• A variety of opportunities for career progression and professional development via formal and informal training, our leadership pipeline and discipline-specific learning
• Access to large, well-resourced working facilities including on-site parking 
• Support through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program 
• 4 weeks paid annual leave, sick/carers leave, family & domestic violence leave, public holiday substitution policy, and more…