Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Inside Out Therapy; Burpengary; Hybrid; AUD 78,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9 day fortnight

Work from home option

Above award wages

PD budget of $2000

Job summary

Inside Out Therapy is seeking a qualified Occupational Therapist to join our Burpengary team, delivering paediatric therapy in a vibrant, multidisciplinary setting. You will work with neurodivergent children and families, using play-based approaches to support self-regulation and participation in daily activities.

Our role emphasizes collaboration with speech, physiotherapy, counselling and allied health staff, with a focus on family-centred care.

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatrics is essential.
• Registered with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist.
• Current Working With Children (WWC) Check or eligibility to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of paediatric clients with a focus on neurodivergent presentations.
• Deliver play-based, relationship-focused, and neurodiversity-affirming therapy.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including SLT, PT, and counsellors.
• Use standardised and informal assessments to inform therapy plans.
• Engage families in the therapy journey and adapt to daily routines.

Skills

Paediatric therapy

Education

Occupational Therapy degree

Tools

WWC Check

AHPRA registration

Driver's license

Job description

Are you:
A passionate, Paediatric Occupational Therapist who wants to work as part of a multidisciplinary team of therapy legends?

Looking for a workplace that truly respects your individuality and is excited to hear about your new ideas?

Compassionate and fun with an incredible knack for providing outstanding support to clients and their families?

Then we think you have found your new team!

“Inside Out – when you start from the inside and work outward, magical things happen.”

Who are IOT:

Inside Out Therapy has three purpose-built clinics based on the northside of Brisbane, sharing our one big goal: providing quality and meaningful support to Neurodivergent children, teens and families to help each individual live an authentic and healthy life.

Our clinics are led by our very passionate Director and an amazing, dedicated team of therapists, offering a range of disciplines including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Psychology, Counselling and Allied Health services.

Adopting a family-centred and coaching approach, we tailor our services to the unique and diverse needs of our clients and pull strategies from various treatment frameworks such as Sensory Integration, Motor Skills Acquisition, Play Therapy, Routines Based Intervention, DIR Floortime, Trauma Informed Care, the PolyVagal Theory and Neurodevelopmental Treatment.

Providing both centre-based and mobile services, Inside Out is committed to evidence based practice as well as quality and consistent care for clients as young as toddlers through to adolescence. We are a Neurodiverse Afferming service provider that empowers neurodivergent children and their families through respectful therapy services that celebrate Neurodiversity.

About the Role

Inside Out is looking for a qualified Occupational Therapist to join our fun-loving and supportive team in Burpengary.

In this role, you will:

• Support a caseload of clients (no more than six clients per day, four days per week), through weekly or fortnightly appointments offering play-based, relationship-focused and neurodiverse affirming approaches to build the child's capacity for self regulation, independence in daily routines, having authentic and meaningful relationships with others, participation in learning occupations and develop a positive and genuine sense of self
• Support little people to develop their capacity for improved emotional, attentional and sensory regulation
• Engage your little clients in a play-space rather than a small clinic room sitting at a desk!
• Each appointment runs for 50 mins. Leave each day no later than 4:30pm!
• Collaborate with a passionate, multi-disciplinary team including speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, counsellors and allied health assistants
• Use a range of standardised, informal and observational assessments to gather information, and develop meaningful and effective therapy plans
• Work closely with families on their therapy journey
• Liaise with external stakeholders to ensure what you do in the clinic can be utilised in the child's everyday contexts
• This is a role for someone who genuinely enjoys working with children - you won't write endless reports you will be focused on therapy!

What We Offer

• A values-based organisation (founded, owned and run by an occupational therapist) which places our clients and their care at the centre of all that we do
• State of the art facilities with endless resources: you will have your own therapy room with swings, rock walls and motivating games and equipment to ensure you are never stifled for creative games and ideas. Our little people LOVE coming to their sessions and they will love sessions with you
• Flexibility with your caseload and the opportunity to work from home and have a 9 day fortnight
• 2 hours of non clinical time per day, 4 days per week (5th day is working from home or an RDO)
• Low KPIs and bonuses available if you bill over these
• Strong focus on Professional Development particularly around trauma, regulation, play-based and relationship based therapy - Professional Development budget of $2000 (minimum) for each team member.
• Fortnightly in-service with our talented multidisciplinary team
• Continuous shadowing opportunities, working alongside other clinicians, lots of time to debrief and reflect so you have both the time and opportunities to continue to develop and grow as a therapist
• Fortnightly Supervision
• Incredible admin support so you can just focus on delivering amazing service to your little people
• Work with our therapy dogs
• Our team loves coffee dates
• Above award wages, with a focus on rewarding you for your consistency, efficiency and effectiveness in your role

About You

You are our ideal candidate if you have:

• An Occupational Therapy degree
• Experience with Paediatrics
• A strong commitment to learning and growing (both as an individual and as a clinician) through truly rewarding and complex work with children and families
• A real passion for working with clients who are Neurodivergent, preferably with some experience in working with Autism, ADHD and/or trauma
• A current Working With Children (WWC) Check (or are eligible to obtain one)
• A car and driver’s licence
• Registered with AHPRA as an Occupational Therapist
• Adaptable and flexible in order to meet client’s needs and expectations
• Fun, bubbly and prepared to bring your passion for working with children to work each day
• Neurodivergent therapists are encouraged to apply

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