The Role: bestchance Child Family Care is currently seeking an exceptional Registered Occupational Therapist (Level 2-3) with a positive and proactive approach to join our dedicated Children's Therapy team.
Reporting to the Team Manager - Children's Therapy Services, you will work as part of a transdisciplinary team of Allied Health professionals to provide high quality services, integrating the developmental and therapeutic needs of children, to increase children's meaningful participation in daily life.
This role will focus on building the capacity of children, families and communities through individual and group clinical work (both in clinic and in the community).
We are currently recruiting to multiple positions, with flexibility on time fractions ranging from part-time 3 days per week to full-time hours.
About you: To be successful you will have experience working with children as a clinician/therapist within Occupational Therapy and will be fully registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
Crucial to your success will be your ability to develop rapport and positive working relationships with stakeholders and families from a broad range of social and cultural backgrounds.
Please note, a valid driver's licence and access to a vehicle is required.
All bestchance Children's Therapy Services staff are required to hold a WWCC and be able to provide a satisfactory National/International Criminal History Check and NDIS Screening Clearance prior to employment.
In addition to the above we offer: Paid Parental Leave for primary and secondary carers Strong proactive focus on health and wellbeing, understanding that carers need caring too! Genuine flexible working arrangements in a supportive, inclusive and passionate team Protected mentoring and supervision time Opportunity to be part of our mentoring program to offer our Level 1 therapists support Access to Employee Wellbeing Program About us: CTS provide therapeutic intervention and capacity building supports to children aged 0-10 years and their families. We service families through the NDIS, Department of Education's Continuity of Support program and also provide capacity building supports to educators through the School Readiness Funding (SRF) program.
We are committed to best practice within the early childhood intervention space and deliver our services through the Key Worker model by using a Transdisciplinary Practice (TDP) approach and for more complex cases, a Team Around the Child (TAC) approach. We are passionate about providing a welcoming and safe environment for our children and families to thrive and learn, and have adopted family-centered and strengths-based practices.
bestchance Child Family Care is a not-for-profit organisation with the aim of building stronger communities, healthier families and happier childhoods. We achieve this through our quality education, care and therapy services for children, our support programs for families, and our registered training organisation.
bestchance Child Family Care provides a supportive environment to grow, nurture and develop strong bonds with children and families.
If you have any questions regarding this position please contact the Officer Team Leader Collette Martin on 0438 467 760 or via email on
bestchance is a child safe and equal opportunity employer. We are committed to child safety and have zero tolerance of child abuse. Applicants should be aware that we carry out Working with Children, Police Records and reference checks to ensure that we are recruiting the right people.
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