Job description
About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Role:
As the Senior Occupational Therapist (Clinical), you will:
* Support other Occupational Therapists across the state and schools within your region to use complex clinical evidence-based occupational therapy to achieve student learning outcomes.
* Provide professional leadership and high levels of expertise in specific or specialised clinical aspects of school based occupational therapy services to others across the department.
The Senior Occupational Therapist reports to the base school Principal on operational and administrative matters and to the South East Region Deputy Principal Behaviour Support Service on all professional practice and clinical matters.
Please refer to the role description for further details of the role of Senior Occupational Therapist (Clinical).
About You:
* The capability to work with staff across schools and use coaching skill sets to support the co-design of plans is highly desired.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply:
* Attach a curent CV (maximum 3 pages);
* contact details for two referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history) and
* two-page response to the selection criteria, describing your suitability for the role in relation to the above competencies and the responsibilities of the role as stated in the role description.
Enquiries/applications should be directed to:
Tracey BanksDeputy Principal Behaviour Support ServiceSouth East RegionPh: 0439 019 302Email: Tracey.Banks@qed.qld.gov.au
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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