Qualifications & experience
- Experience working with children and building relationships with children will be highly regarded.
Tasks & responsibilities
- To provide Occupational Therapy interventions to children aged between 3 and 18 years of age.
- The responsibility for the treatment program would lay with the qualified health professional (occupational therapist) and the assistant would run the session as advised by the qualified therapist.
- Working a full-time position of 37.5 hours per week you would have a caseload of 4 clients per day / 20 clients per week. Each therapy session lasts 60 minutes usually.
- The Occupational Therapist will build rapport, trust and a good working relationship with the child and their caregivers.
- Sessions can occur in clinic, at home or in the community.
- The Occupational Therapy Assistant would have regular access to working from home opportunities throughout the day completing session planning, session notes, case related administration and team meeting attendance virtually.
- Dedication, commitment and professionalism is a must when working with children who have additional needs.
- Full drivers licence and access to own vehicle are essential
Benefits
- Working from home opportunities
- Access to a pool car
- Join a great team culture with quarterly staff meetings outside of work, weekly team meetings and a multidisciplinary approach to practice including occupational therapists, psychologists and speech and language pathologists.